Ann Cipperly Articles

Plan Ahead for Dinner on Valentine’s Day

By ANN CIPPERLY On Valentine’s Day, express love with a nourishing home-cooked meal. Plan on preparing the meal a day or two ahead in order to have a relaxing evening. Set the table the night before with your best dishes. Whether you are making a romantic dinner for...

Taste of Chocolate Returns for 20th Year

By ANN CIPPERLY After a two-year absence due to COVID-19, the Taste of Chocolate returns for its 20th year Tuesday, Jan. 24, from 5:30 until 7 p.m. at the Trinity Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Opelika. Members of the Beta Xi Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa...

Warm Up on Chilly January Days with Variety of Soups

By ANN CIPPERLY After so much rich food over the holidays, steaming bowls of soup are soothing comfort food on chilly January days. Whether it is creamy smooth, a chunky chowder or robust with beans, soup warms body and soul. Most soup recipes make a large pot, which...

Mother-Daughter Tea Honors Caroline Cannon During Holiday Season

BY ANN CIPPERLY Since Caroline Cannon was 4 years old, her grandmother, Lucinda Samford Cannon, has honored her with a Mother-Daughter Tea every year during the Christmas season. Now that she is a senior in high school, this year’s tea on Dec. 19 was especially...