By Ann Coker I used to spend the summers with my grandmother in Goodwater, Alabama, a small rural community in Coosa County. Everyone in the...
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Grandma’s “Okrey”
By Linda Hicks I learned exceedingly early about gardening when I was a little girl growing up in Birmingham; my grandmother always had a vegetable...
Growing Up in Rural South Alabama
By Sheilia Munday Growing up in rural South Alabama provided wonderful life lessons on the origin of the food we ate. Each summer my parents...
Ginger the Wonderful
By Jashayla Burnett Zingiber officiale, commonly known as ginger, is from the family. It’s mistaken to be a root but it’s actually a rhizome. Whether...