“The Good Things in Life” —that’s what Cakes & Ale means to chef/owner Billy Allin. And yum, yum, yum…. the food at Cakes & Ale is good indeed. This wonderful Decatur restaurant whips up its meals from scratch everyday, using the best and freshest vegetables in season from local stores. Their freshly-milled grains are artisan-produced; [...]
Is this cold weather making you shiver? Sounds like you need some comfort food, the kind that warms the body and feeds the soul on a blustery winter’s day. When the flower show opens, you’ll hear from some fantastic chefs about how to prepare healthy, delicious meals with fruits and veggies from your own garden. [...]
The catalogs, that is. In January, my mailbox is stuffed with gardening offers, and today brought a fantastic catalog from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. I’m still shaking my head at how expensive it must have been to produce and mail, because it’s oversized, with glossy, magazine-type pages. And it’s packed with so many intriguing flowers, [...]