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OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
Former and current Southern Living staff members and executives.
Down Home
Southern Living Celebrates 50 Years
From left: Robby Melvin, Southern Living Test Kitchen Director; Sid Evans, Southern Living Editor in Chief; John Hall, Post Office Pies; Rob McDaniel, Springhouse; Frank Stitt, Highlands Bar & Grill.
DON QUIXOTE February19-21
Southern Living magazine is spending the year celebrating its 50th anniversary. Home-town festivities began Jan. 25 at the magazine’s offices in the new Time Inc. Food Studios. Guests celebrated the new studio as well as a recent move to a new building in the Southern Progress Corporation’s campus. Southern Living Test Kitchen Director Robby Melvin, joined by chefs from local Birmingham restaurants such as Post Office Pies, Springhouse and Highlands Bar and Grill, prepared tastings for the event. Editor Sid Evans and Publisher Greg Schumann gave toasts thanking early staff members who helped establish the publication. Rick Bragg, Tasia Malakasis, Matt Moore and Valerie Luesse were there signing their recent Southern Living books, available for purchase at Alabama Booksmith in Homewood. Guests in attendance included John Logue, Caleb Pirtle, Gerald Crawford, Zona Dale Taylor, Nez Calhoun, Jean Liles, Barbara Pettway McCalla, Peggy Smith, JJ Richardson, Philip Morris, Charles Beck and Katherine Pearson. ❖
Leslie S. Wright Fine Arts Center, Samford University
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