by The Observer Staff | Sep 21, 2022 | Ann Cipperly, Column
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...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 14, 2022 | Column, Stacey Wallace
By STACEY PATTON WALLACE When I was growing up in Alexander City (“Eleck” City to the locals), we didn’t have many restaurants at which to dine. We had Cecil’s (now closed), Lake Hill Restaurant (now closed), Pizza Hut, Western Sizzlin’, Hardee’s and various other...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 14, 2022 | Ann Cipperly, Column
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...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 7, 2022 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BYHI-WIRE BREWING DADEVILLE — An unusual yet oddly beloved pair unite in this collaboration between two acclaimed innovators within each field — Dadeville, Alabama-based Wickles Pickles and Asheville, North Carolina’s Hi-Wire Brewing. “Here in the South,...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 7, 2022 | Column, Stacey Wallace
By STACEY PATTON WALLACE Back when I was a young girl living with my parents in Alexander City (“Eleck” City to the locals), my Mama would make us a special treat. (My two much older brothers Jim and Mike were students at Auburn University, and I was thrilled to have...
