Category: Food
Southern favorites: Main Street Café popular spot for comfort food
STORY BY JOYANNA LOVE PHOTOS BY KEITH MCCOY Local favorite Main Street Café in Clanton has been serving up homemade Southern classics for the past 17 years. The restaurant was born in October 2004 wh... Read More
Innovation and creation: Facility helps food creatives realize business dreams
Story by Elisabeth Altamirano-Smith Photos Contributed by Alabama Cooperative Extension Office Every good Southern cook dreams of having the perfect recipe that people swoon over. While many in the Un... Read More
Steady winners: Seven local businesses receive top honors for five years
By JOYANNA LOVE/ Managing Editor For the past five years, Peach Living Magazine has polled local residents to highlight their favorites in the annual Best of the Best contest. A handful of local busin... Read More
A Thanksgiving Family Fiesta: Extended family celebrates blessings and heritage
STORY BY ELISABETH ALTAMIRANO-SMITH PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED Thanksgiving is traditionally remembered by many as the day that European immigrants were saved by Natives with an introduction to native foods s... Read More
Vote for your favorites in Peach Living’s contest
By JOYANNA LOVE/ Senior Staff Writer Each year Peach Living, a six time a year magazine published by The Clanton Advertiser, sponsors a contest to name the Best of the Best in Chilton County. This yea... Read More
Warmed by Love: Debbie Housner shares award-winning chili recipe
Story by JOYANNA LOVE Photos Contributed and by JOYANNA LOVE Whether as a meal or as part of a party spread, chili has long been a colder weather favorite. Debbie Housner makes it about once a month t... Read More
Creative cures: Family’s goats help with simpler lifestyle
Story and photos by JOYANNA LOVE Moving to a place where they could have some land and have a farm had long been a dream for Jaime and her husband Stan Elliott. “Neither one of us was raised on ... Read More
Taste of New Orleans: Local eatery shares recipe
Story and photos by JOYANNA LOVE A unique flavor from Louisiana has found a home on Clanton’s Lake Mitchell shore at Lake Mitchell Marina. The restaurant offers a variety of New Orleans-s... Read More