By ANN CIPPERLY When Pastry Chef Melissa Dorman Baysinger and Executive Sous Chef Derek Land are not working at their full-time jobs with the...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Whittelsey Family Celebrates Christmas with Joyful Traditions
Nestled on Sanders Creek where family farmed generations earlier, the home of Anne and Sheldon Whittelsey is decked with festive décor to welcome...
Skidmores Organize Ahead for a Relaxing Christmas with Family
By ANN CIPPERLY Two Opelika City Schools teachers, Erica and Zac Skidmore, began early getting organized for Christmas for seven children. They had...
Bake Special, Festive Cakes During the Christmas Season
BY ANN CIPPERLY Tall, delicious, homemade cakes are the centerpiece of many Christmas desserts that have become family traditions passed from one...
Christmas Market Bake Sale to Benefit Local Charities
By ANN CIPPERLY Yummy cakes, cookies and candy, along with hearty soups and casseroles by the United Women in Faith, will be available at the...