Char 32 Keeps Point Clear’s Steakhouse Tradition Glowing
Reservations are required at Char 32, and after one visit it is easy to see why. The restaurant occupies a corner of the historic Point Clear Swim and Tennis Club,…
Chilean-Born Agronomist Brings Extension Science to Baldwin County Backyards
An agronomist, by definition, is an expert in the science of soil management and crop production. In Baldwin County, the title belongs to Carmen Flamini, an agent with the Alabama…
35 Million Meals: Inside Feeding the Gulf Coast and Its 25-Year-Old Chef Challenge
35 million meals a year: how Feeding the Gulf Coast keeps 24 counties fed Every county in the United States has a Feeding America food bank — about 200 in…
In Foley, a Classic Caribbean Skiff Gets a Second Act
Among the thousands of center consoles and bay boats that crowd Gulf Coast waterways on a summer weekend, a certain 23-foot runabout stands out from a distance: high, sweeping bow,…
Goin’ Up the Country: A Weekend on the Tombigbee River in Greene County’s Boligee
Someone once described Boligee, Alabama, as the “Chicago of the South.” The friend who passed along the line grew up there, and he meant it half as a joke and…
Cosmo’s Restaurant and Bar: The Canal Road Original Worth the Detour
There is a paw print in the logo of Cosmo’s Restaurant and Bar, and once you know the story behind it, it tells you everything about the place. The Orange…
Sixty Years of Hand-Pressed Hamburgers: Ed’s Drive-In Grows a Second Location in Grove Hill
Some restaurants earn their reputation on novelty. Ed’s Drive-In in Jackson has spent six decades earning it the other way — by refusing to change. The hand-pressed hamburgers, the chicken-fried…
Brown Bag by the Bay Turns Daphne’s Lunch Hour Into a Concert Series
Every Thursday from late summer through October, something quietly unusual happens on the shore of Mobile Bay: office workers trade their break rooms for a park, unpack lunches on blankets…