Growing tomatoes, smoking brisket and learning patience
With Memorial Day nuzzled up to the print of this column, I really felt the pressure to write with meaning. To make this one count. To be able to leave you with something other than a how-to on smoking the perfect brisket, or secret tips for planting your favorite summer fruit, the tomato.
Bots on the Barbie: MSU engineer designs robotic meat-skewering system
If you’re grilling this summer, kebabs – cubed meat, fish or shrimp and vegetables on a stick – are likely on the menu. The shish kebab, tracing back as far as the Byzantine era but popularized in early 20th-century Turkey, is a staple of Mediterranean cuisine, but variations exist across cultures. Today, the market for commercially premade ones is gaining ground, and soon, this dish might be prepared for the grill by robots.
Senior citizens become ‘stars’ at Montgomery Gardens prom
At 93 years old, Maxine Baird had never been to a proper “prom” before. That is, until her assisted living facility, Montgomery Gardens, held “An Evening Under the Stars,” Thursday night, giving its residents one more chance to go to senior prom.
Sites & Bites: ‘Beach food’ (and vacations) are on my mind
Counting the days until it’s time to pack the car and head to the beach?
Elevate your menu for a legendary backyard barbecue
Summer is here and it’s time to hit the grill.
Plant-based proteins may help lower high blood pressure risk
Eating more minimally processed plant-based proteins – such as beans, nuts and lentils – may lower the risk for high blood pressure, according to new research.
Sweet, easy recipes to solve warm-weather hunger
From lazy days by the pool to weekend road trips and everything in between, summer is packed with adventures.
Robert St. John: Advice for upcoming graduates and peposa
A few years ago, when both of my kids left for college, I wrote each of them a letter.
Butter Together: Cookies for when things fall apart
Maycember is in full swing, and I’m not sure we are going to make it.
Clay Bowen: I cannot believe you haven’t seen that movie
I’ve never seen “The Big Lebowski.” Yeah, I’m the one.
New executive director comes to Starkville arts council
A new chapter has begun for the Starkville Area Arts Council, with a new face at the helm.
Grow with O: Meandering through May
Wow! May is a busy month!
Jabe Nicholson: The better missionaries
Under a cloudless azure sky, my friend Sandy and I were sitting in a 13’ Boston Whaler. It was riding on a gentle swell in the turquoise Caribbean, far out beyond sight of land.
In the Garden with Felder: Rainy leafspot season is upon us
Got spots? After this rainy spring we are seeing a lot of leafspot fungi infections on garden plants.
Community Calendar for 5-17-25
Saturday, May 17 ■ Glib Glub: Starkville Area Arts Council will host a reception at 5:30-7 p.m. at its Main Street headquarters for the latest
Kiwanis 5K returns downtown for Memorial Day weekend
The Kiwanis Club of Columbus is bringing back its Memorial Weekend 5K Benefit Run for the fourth year, this time benefitting My Book of Lowndes County.
Following in the footsteps of WWII prisoner of war fathers
Ellen Weaver Hartman didn’t know she was a kriegie kid. She knew almost nothing about her father’s service in World War II until a few years ago.
Side-of-the-road sourdough: The underground economy of unlicensed bakers
Cottage food industry laws exist in all 50 states, and though the rules vary from state to state, they allow producers to sell directly to consumers on various levels.
