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On May’s Tastings, featuring downtown Mobile’s Debris Po Boys & Drinks

I have to assume that is as awesome as it looks. I love soft-shell crabs just about any way you want to prepare them. When I lived in Baton

Rouge, you could get live soft-shell crabs for $4 apiece at the

Red Stick Farmers

Market, a true gem. If memory serves, they are called “buster” crabs in those parts. Whatever. I call it fine eating.

FRIED SOFT-SHELL CRAB PHOTO BY ELIZABETH GELINEAU - David Dodson Oh, you have made me crave a roast beef po’boy dressed! Wanna bring me one, please? - Peggy Nichols Trout That looks insanely delicious. Can you please deliver one to me in northern Vermont? Thanks in advance. - Kakki Hope Stenger We were here yesterday and cannot wait to go back. - Scootie Lambert Dabbs Po’boy lovers know that the bread can make or break the sandwich. - Michael K. Sullivan This place is awesome! - Kimberly Gandy Turner PAPA’S HOUSE

On May’s feature, “Grandfathered Inn,” about Robert Brown’s renovation of a memory-filled, third-generation Bay house

THIS is what it’s all about. Keeping family and traditions alive. - Meg Perkins Wittendorfer

We were friends with Carolyn Smith and had the opportunity to see this home many years ago. So glad to hear that it will stay in the family. - Joy Holtzman Antar

Talented is an understatement. - Meg Schaffler Gavin

I love that he cherished it so much to keep and restore it. Memories preserved. - Susan Marchant

Monteigne, I remember a beautiful wedding reception there! - Pat Higbee Hawthorne

I’m still calling it the Big House. - Chelsea E. Colliss Super cool house and story. I grew up with Robert. Awesome family. - Krissa Lane Mull

Robert will restore it beautifully. I hope we get to see pictures when it’s completed. - Stephanie Trosclair Teufel

LIKE NO OTHER

On May’s Amazing Life, a recollection of Wallace Tutt, Mobile law clerk-turned internationally renowned designer to the stars

It’s so good to see your article about Wallace Tutt, a truly remarkable man. I believe the consistent message was his ability to be genuinely friendly and humble while being extraordinarily talented. It is too bad that people with his principals and ability cannot live forever. - Diane Horst

NICE JOB, MATEY

On April’s History, “The Pirate bore down on us,” by John S. Sledge

That is a lot of history, but it must have been fun to research. Great story. - Patricia Edington

MONTEIGNE AND ROBERT BROWN PHOTO BY MATTHEW COUGHLIN

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A FESTIVE FOURTH Happy Birthday, America! Celebrate the holiday weekend with some of our favorite fun and refreshing summer recipes. On the menu: Bourbon Peach Glazed Baby Back Ribs, Bleu Cheeseburgers with Summer Herb Aioli, Dill and Feta Potato Salad, Tomato Pie, Whipping Cream Pound Cake and more. MAKE A SPLASH Life on the water has its perks! Explore our gallery of some of the coolest local pools, wharves and outdoor spaces.

PUT A RING ON IT Share your proposal story with us, and we’ll feature your engagement announcement online and on social media. SUMMER GARDENING If you missed the early summer growing season, it is not too late to reap a small bounty from your garden soil. Follow our late summer gardening guide for tips from local garden experts for what to plant now and how to best care for them to guarantee a second harvest in the heat of summer. BUSHWACKED A Bushwacker from Pirates Cove is one of the tastiest ways to beat the summer heat. Go online for the recipe so you can recreate the cocktail at home!

WHIPPING CREAM POUND CAKE / PHOTO BY ELIZABETH GELINEAU PIRATES COVE BUSHWACKER / PHOTO BY ELISE POCHÉ APRIL AND BRAD SUMMERS’ POOL / PHOTO BY JUSTIN CORDOVA

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