By Kennedy McJunkin The 22nd Annual Corks & Chefs food-tasting event will take place over the weekend of April 27-28, from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. each day at Linn Park.Corks & Chefs, held in concert with the Magic City Art Connection Festival, will showcase more than 15 local restaurants, four cocktail bars and numerous local wineries and breweries, all … [Read more...]
Clean Your Plate: Brick & Tin’s Chef Aims for Vegetables Adults Will Eat
By Kennedy McJunkin Brick & Tin’s head chef, Bradley Jennings, thinks grown-ups should be eating their vegetables, and he has found a better way to serve them.“A lot of people grew up having to eat vegetables that they were less than enthusiastic about eating,” Jennings said. “We are all grown-ups now, so we should start eating vegetables.”Brick … [Read more...]
Hoover Boys Soccer Team Hopes to End Title Drought
By Rubin E. Grant As the Hoover Bucs’ boys soccer team entered the state playoffs this week, they had only one goal in mind. They wanted to put an end to the school’s long drought without a state championship. Hoover hasn’t won a title since 2003, which also happens to be the Bucs’ only state championship in boys soccer. “Since the beginning of the season, we’ve had the … [Read more...]
Rebels Knock Off Bucs in First Round: Vestavia Hills Faces Bob Jones in State Baseball Quarterfinals
By Blake Ells The 7A, Region 6 regular baseball season was quite a ride, with its two playoff spots up in the air into the final weekend of the season. Just three weeks ago, sixth-ranked Vestavia Hills was playing its best baseball of the season when it took two games from Mountain Brook. Then, they had a lackluster weekend against Spain Park, splitting two games. The … [Read more...]
Buying Local, Working Well: Homewood Store Keeps Its Business Close to Home
By Ingrid Howard Alabama Goods, in downtown Homewood, has been certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Enterprise Council South. “We have a corporate gift division, and several of our clients support supplier diversity. We have always informed them that we are a female-owned company, and now we can inform them that we are officially WBENC … [Read more...]