How did you get interested in cooking?I can remember bugging my mom for supper to be finished, and she would have me help to speed things up.What’s your favorite thing to cook at the station? Homemade pizza.What’s your favorite thing to cook at home?A version of chicken cacciatore.Best cooking tip:Don’t over-season.Favorite restaurants:There … [Read more...]
Currie Gets Cookin’
How did you get interested in cooking? I enjoy a good meal, and the fire station when I started had lots of great cooks.What’s your favorite thing to cook at the station?Breakfast!What’s your favorite thing to cook at home? Grilled or smoked food. My kids love it, and it puts us on the porch outside just relaxing.Best cooking tip:Season well. Most foods … [Read more...]
Trial by Fire: It’s a Firefighters’ Face-off at This Year’s Iron City Chef
You could call the 2015 edition of Iron City Chef “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.”The Vestavia Hills Rotary Club’s annual fundraiser usually pits four professional chefs against each other in a hotly contested cooking competition. This year, the contestants don’t work in restaurants, but at fire stations. Iron City Chef: Firehouse Edition has four Over the Mountain … [Read more...]
A Berry Merry Reunion: Hoover School’s First Graduates Will Reunite in June
By Kaitlin CandelariaBerry High School’s first graduating class swapped their tassels over in 1965. Now, they are gearing up for their 50th class reunion.“Even though a lot of us live in the Birmingham and the Atlanta area, we don’t see a lot of each other,” said Jane Gore Graham, planning committee member. “It’s still a special treat. There is a specialness about our … [Read more...]
Good Times: Birmingham Swim League Celebrates 50 Years
By Lee DavisJack Barnacastle coached future Olympian Billy Forrester and several future college All-Americans in his days as a swim coach.He coached many more future husbands, fathers, wives and mothers.They were all special to him.For four decades, Barnacastle was one of the top swim coaches in the Birmingham area, but with his modest nature, he won’t talk much … [Read more...]