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A Mother Shares Her Love Of Great Cooking by Kathryn Acree Serving a delicious meal to family and friends is a simple delight to many great Southern cooks. Shoal Creek’s Patsy Smith set out to pass down her favorite recipes to her daughter and the result has been the publication of two cookbooks, A Cookbook For My Southern Daughter and A Southern Daughter Entertains. Smith, originally from Montgomery, loved to entertain in her home, even as a young bride living with her husband, Bill, in Greenville, Alabama. “We were in a supper club with friends. Cooking and enjoying the company of others became a big part of our lives,” says Smith. Smith’s collection of recipes grew and when her daughter, Margaret Ann, left for college at Auburn in 1996, Smith compiled them into a book as both a gift and a means of passing along all the family favorites to Margaret Ann. Word spread of the delicious “tried-and-true” Southern recipes, many simple enough for the most novice cook to accomplish. Friends begged for copies and Smith had 100 copies of A Cookbook For My Southern Daughter published. The book was a hit and to Smith’s surprise, she was now a cookbook author worthy of being featured in The Best of the Best From
Alabama Cookbook. The cookbook found it’s way into bookstores across Alabama and before long, Smith was receiving requests for a second book. In 2009, A Southern Daughter Entertains was released once again to raves. “The second book contains many Southern favorites, but as eating trends have changed it also includes more seafood and poultry dishes, more salads, more soups, less salt, and generally less fat,” explains Smith. “My message would be to try new things, new recipes and to embrace entertaining in your home. It is a simple pleasure that gets overlooked when we’re so busy,” says Smith. “I was fortunate to come from a home that delighted in cooking and passing this along first to my daughter and then on to friends has been a joy.” Smith’s cookbooks can be found
Citizens Speak Out on the Future of Highway 280 Many along the 280 corridor have reviewed construction plans to relieve congestion on the busy roadway. The Hoover City Council recently passed a resolution to approve the ALDOT plan. The fate of the highway will be determined by what the other affected municipalities decide. The Alabama Department of Transportation’s proposal includes a fourlane elevated toll road from I-459 to Eagle Point Parkway. The group Rethink 280 expressed concern about the effects that plan could have on both businesses and the overall standard of living. They presented an alternative plan that proposes groundlevel solutions that utilize a combination of express and local lanes. Since the future of the highway impacts everyone living here, last month we asked to hear from you. On 280living.com we posed the survey question: What would you like to see happen with the Highway 280 expansion? At the time of printing of this article, the ALDOT plan is favored by the voters by a large margin. To see the poll results or cast your vote, go to 280living.com. The staff of 280 Living was interested not only in the results of the poll but
also readers’ feedback. We very much appreciate the many e-mails we received. The range of solutions from our readers underscores the fact that this will not be a simple decision for officials.
Patsy Smith with both books
at Baker Lamps and Linens, Chelsea Lane, Simplicity in Mt. Laurel and Smith’s Variety in Mountain Brook. You can also order online through www. southerndaughtercookbooks.com.
See Recipes from Patsy Smith, pg 26
Life, Love and Fly-Fishing By Michael Seale
Go ALDOT! I live on 280 off of hwy 41. I moved here in 2005 and every year traffic seems to be getting worse. I don’t want to have to run to the store and spend 45 minutes in traffic one way just to get to a store. I love the 280 area but hate the traffic. Fridays traffic starts at noon and that day is the worse of them all, in my opinion. I think the elevated bridge is a great idea. I have so many friends and people tell me “ I don’t know how you live on 280 with all that traffic”. I hear people say they either moved away from here or just stop shopping here because it is getting ridiculous. I agree. I saw the Figg Engineering plans for 280 they look amazing. I don’t think it will take anything away from 280 just make it convenient for people to get to where they are going. Would you rather lose over an hour in traffic on your way home or be spend that time with your family at home? Which is more important. I vote for the elevated bridge. E. Hernandez, 280 Resident
I consider myself, relative to most people I know and grew up with, to be somewhat of a city-slicker. I am more comfortable on a sidewalk than I am a nature trail, and my experience with the great outdoors likely pales in comparison to most people in Alabama. I did not grow up camping, hunting, or doing much fishing. And most of my time I have spent outdoors in my life has been on a baseball field or a golf course. That being said, I do enjoy going fishing when I can, being outdoors and enjoying what nature has to offer. But in all of my years on this earth, I had never attempted the art of fly-fishing. I have been dying to learn, as I have watched people doing it on television or in movies and let’s face it, it just looks “cool.” Luckily, I found Dr. David Diaz, one of the best instructors in the country, right here in Birmingham. Rob Rogers, owner and operator of Deep South Outfitters in Altadena Square, has Diaz on staff to provide his customers with one-on-one instruction on what Diaz
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