Ann Cipperly Articles

Bake Assorted Pound Cakes For Fall Entertaining

By ANN CIPPERLY When you need a dessert that almost everyone likes and is easy to prepare, a pound cake is ideal. The ingredients are easy to keep on hand, and the cake mixes up quickly. Pound cakes can be baked in tube pans for an elegant presentation, or in loaf...

Angie Dyer Enjoys Entertaining Family, Friends At Home

By ANN CIPPERLY With a love for cooking and entertaining, Angie Dyer enjoys opening her spacious home for parties, whether it is indoors, on the sunporch, covered porch or patio with an outdoor kitchen overlooking landscaped grounds. Recently, Angie planned to...

Serve Make-Ahead Dishes For Tailgating On The Plains

By ANN CIPPERLY During fall months in East Alabama, life for many folks revolves around Auburn Tigers’ football with plenty of good food for tailgating on game days. Since Saturday’s game against Penn State kicks off at 2:30 p.m., plan on serving a variety of hearty...

Serve Easy, Tasty Pasta Dishes for Early Fall Suppers

By ANN CIPPERLY After such a long hot summer, it was nice to turn the calendar over to September. I have noticed a few leaves with a golden hint in the yard the past few days. Soon it will be time to bring out the autumn décor and gather pumpkins. Fall is my favorite...

Julie Folmar shares favorite recipes from traveling the world

Julie Folmar shares favorite recipes from traveling the world

Feb 17, 2021

By Ann Cipperly Julie Folmar has a love of cooking and exploring various cuisines while traveling. Julie met her husband, John, while attending...

Horace King’s architectural legacy

Horace King’s architectural legacy

Feb 13, 2021

By Ann CipperlyFor the Opelika Observer Born a slave in 1807, Horace King became one of the most successful engineers and architects in east Alabama...

Prepare decadent brownies for Valentine’s Day treats

Prepare decadent brownies for Valentine’s Day treats

Feb 10, 2021

By Ann Cipperly On Valentine’s Day, surprise loved ones with a homemade treat. Chocolate candy and confections are popular for Valentine’s Day, and...

Serve New Orleans style dishes during Mardi Gras season

Serve New Orleans style dishes during Mardi Gras season

Feb 3, 2021

By Ann Cipperly Looking out the window in front of my computer this morning, it seems like being in Baton Rouge was much longer than just a year...

Busy mom teaches daughter how to cook as part of homeschooling

Busy mom teaches daughter how to cook as part of homeschooling

Jan 27, 2021

By Ann Cipperly Jennifer Rezek has a love of cooking and staying organized in the kitchen for her family. With the oldest two of her four children...

Warm up January days with steaming bowls of homemade soup

Warm up January days with steaming bowls of homemade soup

Jan 20, 2021

By Ann Cipperly Steaming, comforting bowls of soup are welcome on chilly January days. While soup is on the menu throughout the year, January is the...

Serve comforting, hearty Italian dishes on cold January days

Serve comforting, hearty Italian dishes on cold January days

Jan 13, 2021

By Ann Cipperly On cold January days, hearty Italian dishes provide comforting meals that everyone in the family will enjoy and savor. Whether it is...

Remembering chocolate delights as Beta Xi accepts scholarship donations

Remembering chocolate delights as Beta Xi accepts scholarship donations

Jan 6, 2021

By Ann Cipperly If you are a chocoholic, you will be missing the Taste of Chocolate event this year, which has been presented annually for the past...

Celebrate New Year’s Eve with cheese boards, cheese party dishes

Celebrate New Year’s Eve with cheese boards, cheese party dishes

Dec 30, 2020

By Ann Cipperly On New Year’s Eve, there will be plenty of us ready for this year to be over and ring in 2021 with hopes of it being much better....

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