Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Auburn Grooms Cake


Nicole, Ashley Mac's pastry chef, did a fabulous job on a grooms cake for a wedding in January

Acoustic Soup

The soup's on - Acoustic Soup that is
Thursday, January 29, 2009
`Too many cooks spoil the broth."
Not so when the broth is Acoustic Soup, and the cooks are some of the best restaurateurs of Birmingham.
Guests will enjoy delightful soups, breads and appetizers at Acoustic Soup benefiting VSA arts of Alabama. The benefit will be from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 at The Tutwiler Hotel and Icon restaurant.

Participating restaurants and chefs include Ashley Macs, chicken tortilla soup; B&A Warehouse, beer cheese soup; Bistro Provare at the Culinary and Hospitality Institute, Mediterranean seafood and orzo soup; Coretti Catering, Chaquecan (native American); Daniel George, butternut squash; Icon Restaurant and Bar, spicy green tomato; Lucy's Coffee and Tea, New England clam chowder; Tavern on the Summit, chili; and V. Richards, Rick's sirloin chili.

-Susan Strickland-Birmingham News