Ann Cipperly Articles

Rachel White Switches Career in National Politics to Raise Family

By ANN CIPPERLY After interesting careers in Washington, D.C., and working on a presidential campaign for Sen. Ted Cruz, Rachel and Drew White, who grew up in Opelika, moved to Auburn last year to be near family. With two small children and a third on the way, Rachel...

Gayle Smith Shares Thoughts On Love of Music, Cooking

With a love for music from childhood, Gayle and Dr. Tom Smith both have enjoyed tremendous careers, sharing their talents at schools in Opelika and Auburn, Auburn University, Chattahoochee Valley Community College and Providence Baptist Church. At Auburn University,...

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 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....

Christmas dinner 2020

Christmas dinner 2020

Dec 23, 2020

By Ann Cipperly As Christmas approaches, many of us are focused on the reason for the season more than ever. We are not busy planning or attending...

Let children help with tradition of baking Christmas goodies

Let children help with tradition of baking Christmas goodies

Dec 16, 2020

By Ann Cipperly Once the tree is decorated with glittering ornaments, fill the house with the enticing aromas of baking cookies. Drizzled with...

Collinwood prepares for Luminaries, shares recipes for Christmas

Collinwood prepares for Luminaries, shares recipes for Christmas

Dec 9, 2020

By Ann Cipperly Along sloping streets in the Collinwood neighborhood, hundreds of flickering candles will glow for the 53rd annual Luminaries...

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