South African Wines Meet Gulf Oysters at the South Meets South Wine Dinner
A May 30, 2024 wine dinner at Crown Hall in Mobile paired South African wines with Gulf Coast cooking, bringing together six small coastal businesses for one evening.
Shuck Cancer: How a Fairhope Oyster Roast More Than Doubled Its Fundraising for Cancer Patients
On a spring evening at Oak Hollow in Fairhope, the tents went up, the oyster knives came out, and a crowd that had bought every available ticket gathered under the…
South Meets South: How South African Wines Found a Foothold on the Gulf Coast
When Suzaan Laing came to New Orleans from South Africa to earn a master’s degree at Tulane University Law School, she expected to go home afterward. Instead, a pandemic, a…
Hooked on Fairhope: A New Kids’ Fishing Tournament Casts Off at the Pier
There is a moment every coastal parent knows: a kid on a pier, line in the water, entirely absorbed. A group of Fairhope friends decided that moment deserved its own…
Happiness on a Half Shell: Inside the Fort Morgan Oyster Fest
For one weekend each February, the Fort Morgan peninsula becomes the oyster capital of the Gulf Coast. The Fort Morgan Oyster Fest, held at The Beach Club, turns the last…
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,…
Growing Oysters Where the Gulf Meets the Bay: Inside Admiral Shellfish Company at Fort Morgan
No two oyster farms taste the same. The flavor of an oyster is a map of where it grew — salinity, water depth, wave energy, the character of the bottom…