By Donna Cornelius Last year, COVID-19 restrictions had organizations rethinking their usual fundraising events. The Birmingham chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International, a nonprofit, professional organization for women in food, beverage and hospitality, came up with Champagne & Fried Chicken, a drive-through picnic at Birmingham’s Pepper Place Market. The event … [Read more...]
Good Scoop: Unless U Scoops Support Adults With Special Needs While Scooping Up Ice Cream
By Emily Williams-Robertshaw Unless U opened an ice cream shop on its campus Aug. 6 staffed by and serving its special needs students. Unless U Scoops, with its wallpaper decorated using student drawings of whimsical ice cream in cones, bows and sundaes, serves Big Spoon Creamery products to the public at Unless U’s campus in Vestavia Hills. “Unless U Scoops is an ice cream … [Read more...]
A Piece of Cake: Daughters Baking Set to Open New Storefront in Mountain Brook Village
By Emily Williams-Robertshaw Mallory Webb knew she wanted to one day own her own business, but she never envisioned in her youth that she would one day own a bakery. It wasn’t until she was well into her studies at Samford University that she found she had a knack for the pastry arts. “I hated science in school, but somehow I just connected with baking,” Webb said. Cut to … [Read more...]
Feeding a Need: Ascension’s Food Truck Rally Raises Money for New Backpack Program to Feed Food Insecure Students
By Emily Williams-Robertshaw Each year, the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Vestavia Hills celebrates Ascension Day, which occurs 40 days after Easter. Last year’s annual Food Truck Rally had to be canceled because of the pandemic, but this year the event was back with a new cause. On May 13, local food trucks and about 600 guests gathered at the church to celebrate … [Read more...]
Sweet Success: Homewood Woman Propels Grandmother’s Roll Recipe Into Growing Business
By Sam Prickett After two years of online sales, the Homewood-based bakery Rolls finally has a brick-and-mortar storefront. Katie Cornutt had started making cinnamon rolls, based on her grandmother’s “old-timey” recipe, for her children. But the recipe made so many cinnamon rolls that she started sharing them with her neighbors. One neighbor suggested she start selling the … [Read more...]