By Donna Cornelius While COVID-19 has taken a heavy toll on the food and beverage industry, one of Birmingham’s tastiest events isn’t just surviving but thriving.Birmingham Restaurant Week set records in the fall and provided much-needed support not only for the city’s restaurants, bars and food trucks but also for the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama. BRW … [Read more...]

By Donna Cornelius If you’re looking for sweet new ideas for holiday desserts, who better to ask than some very talented bakers, all members of Les Dames d’Escoffier International’s Birmingham chapter? LDEI is an organization of women who are leaders and experts in the food and beverage industries. The group is dedicated to growing, creating, promoting and sharing local food … [Read more...]

By Emily Williams As the TumTum Tree Foundation works its way toward its 31st annual Wine Auction on Nov. 13, some of Birmingham’s finest restaurants are hard at work creating tasting menus and wine pairings for a Vintner Dinner series. Dean Robb, owner of Blueprint on 3rd, is preparing for its Nov. 12 wine dinner and recently received the list of wines that will be provided … [Read more...]

By Emily Williams Perseverance can be found in every detail of the TumTum Tree Foundation’s 31st annual Wine Auction and Vintner Dinners. This year, the entire event has gone virtual, calling for participating winemakers and chefs to get creative in their approaches. Despite the pandemic’s effect on the food-service industry, the foundation’s mission has called its … [Read more...]

By Donna Cornelius Sept. 19 was prominently marked in my datebook, circled in red ink and decorated with stars – the treatment I usually reserve for my grandchildren’s birthdays and major holidays. That Saturday night, my younger son and I were set to go to Tasting TBL, Tyler and Jennifer Lyne’s new supper club at their home in Hoover. Tyler, a College Station, Texas, native, … [Read more...]