Tag: December 2016
Ask McGehee
In the late spring of 1914, a sign painter named Charles Ponzi arrived in Mobile aboard the steamer Tarpon. He had been working on board as a painter...
The Chiquimula
ABOVE Watt’s grandfather, Hobart Key Jr., left this set of antique checkers along with the incredible story of the...
The Best Pork
1. anything but shrimpy The El Matador shrimp app spices up any meal. Four jumbo Gulf shrimp are stuffed with Gouda cheese and jalapeños before being wrapped in delicious...
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Mobile Bay's Top Recipes of 2016
1. Cranberry Gimlet Cocktail Featured in "Party on the Porch, " October 2016. 2 ounces citrus vodka 3/4 ounce fresh-squeezed lime juice 3/4 ounce unsweetened...
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Mobile Bay's Top 15 Photos of 2016
ABOVE Taylor Atchison shares one of his showcase renovation projects: a diminutive, circa 1887, shotgun-style house tucked into a sliver of a lot at the edge of...
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Mobile Bay's Top 10 Stories of 2016
1. "The Amazing Life of Tom Galloway, " January 2016 A World War II veteran recounts how he overcame horrifying battles and Nazi imprisonment to return home to Mobile....
10 Easy Holiday Appetizers
1. Artichoke Leaves with Crabmeat 2 large artichokes 1 pound crabmeat 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 2 tablespoons sour cream 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon capers, drained dash...
The Christmas Orange
Growing up in Mobile, I always thought the delicious satsuma was named after the town that lies a few miles north of the Port City. I wondered if...
A Clarke Christmas
This year, the Clarke family got a special early Christmas gift. The youngest member of their large clan, baby Mary Myers Clarke, survived a harrowing health crisis against all...
A Letter Home
William G. Caffey, a Mobilian stationed in Hawaii with the Army, wrote the following letter home a little more than a month after the attack on Pearl...