Category Archives: food

B’ham represented at Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating conetest

Posted on July 4, 2007 | 6 comments

UPDATE: 6:18 p.m., Joey Chestnut wins (eating 66 hot dogs), ending six-year winning streak of Takeru Kobayashi. Simpson tied for 6th with 35 hot dogs.

(Major League Eating website link to official results)

There’s a chance, by 12 p.m. local time, that we’ll see a new hot dog eating champion. There is a Birmingham representative at the 2007 Nathan’s Hot Dog eating contest today.

Chris "The Phenom" Simpson is representing the Magic City in Coney Island this morning. Simpson finished 6th in last year’s competition.

As we write this, he is currently at 10, putting him in 3rd place. We’ll let you know how he does. Continue reading →

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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, food, National, News, Quirky

Park Place Farmers Market begins next week

Posted on June 5, 2007 | Leave a comment

We’ve noticed that many people have stumbled across our site while looking for information about when the farmer’s market in Linn Park will begin this year.

We’ve learned that the market is tentatively scheduled to make its return for a third year beginning next Wednesday, June 13. The market will run from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

At this time, the end date is not known. It is also not known if the market will operate on July 4, which falls on a Wednesday this year. Once the final set of dates are confirmed, we will add them to the Timetable calendar.

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OrderCorner comes to Birmingham

Posted on May 23, 2007 | Leave a comment

ordercorner logoIf you’re not in the mood to cook a recipe you find on MyRecipes.com & bring it in for a business meeting (though you probably wouldn’t anyway), you can now call on OrderCorner to help you with your corporate catering needs. The Birmingham Business Journal posted the story about the business’ expansion into the Birmingham market this afternoon.

The Houston, TX based company also announced their expansion into the Charlotte, N.C. area today. It also has a significant presence in Austin & San Antonio, TX; Chicago, IL and New Jersey.

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Southern Progress launches MyRecipes.com

Posted on May 23, 2007 | 1 comment

MyRecipes.com logoCooks of the Magic City (and the country for that matter) rejoice; welcome MyRecipes.com into existence. Birmingham-based Sothern Progress Corporation (SPC) introduced this new site earlier this week (just in time for the holiday weekend) as the first portal from the company’s newest division, SPC Digital. MyRecipes.com launched with more than 25,000 recipes already at users’ fingertips, with more to be added every month. The recipes appear to be taken from several titles that are published by SPC, including Southern Living, Coastal Living, Cooking Light and Health.

Head on over and check it out.

 

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