David Holloway

Mobile

Food Editor at AL.com

Retired food writer for Alabama Media Group. Large appetite, bad manners, big tipper. Half and half tea, please.

Articles

Need a Mother’s Day gift idea? How about a family brunch!

1 week ago | al.com | David Holloway

Many of us suddenly need to find an appropriate gift for the female caregiver in our lives. Sure, traditional gifts run the gamut from perfume and flowers to spa treatments and more jewelry. I can safely predict that any of those gifts will be greeted with enthusiasm and many hugs. But it is my long-held belief the perfect gift for Mom ought to be something more special, something more personal. And it’s not hard to assume that something I come up with will include the gift of food.
Any excuse for a party: These three dishes will liven up your Cinco de Mayo fiesta

2 weeks ago | al.com | David Holloway

Any excuse for a party, right? That’s sort of the way that I view the celebration that we undertake on the fifth of May each and every year that’s better known by its Mexican name – Cinco de Mayo. We all know that that day is when folks gather to drink Mexican beer, enjoy lots of guacamole and tacos and generally act up with reckless abandon. But I wager that most Americans would be hard pressed to explain just exactly what it is that we are celebrating.
Cooking with gas or charcoal, these sauce recipes make your barbecue better.

3 weeks ago | al.com | David Holloway

What’s better, charcoal or gas? That’s the eternal question of the grilling ages, one that backyard chefs have been asking since the first suburbanite lit a match to cook supper outdoors. It is also, arguably, the most personal of all questions that grillers must face. I have owned both forms over my long and scorched grilling odyssey, everything from a small charcoal grill made from an old drum to a stainless steel, propane masterpiece that cost more than my first car.
Eggs are super expensive. Here are 2 Easter recipe options that skip them

4 weeks ago | al.com | David Holloway
It’s crawfish eatin’ time. Check out three recipes that don’t require a boil.

1 month ago | al.com | David Holloway

Baseball players like to call it “the sweet spot,” that one small area on the bat that allows for maximum hitting power and control. We have the same thing in the backyard culinary realm. It’s that tiny window of weather between the blahnessof winter and the blast furnace we call summer when entertaining outdoors is pleasurable. The obvious choice for your first-of-the-season gala is to fire up the grill and burn some meat. But the obvious choice sometimes isn’t the best option.
George Foreman was a boxing champion, but his simple George Foreman Grill changed the way we cook in America

1 month ago | al.com | David Holloway

The world lost a true culinary pioneer, visionary and all-around good guy last week. George Foreman will be remembered by some as the two-time heavyweight boxing champion of the world who defeated both Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. While he was one of the best boxers ever, I knew him more for what he did after he hung up his gloves. Before the multi-cooker and the air fryer, there was the George Foreman Grill, and it completely changed the way many Americans cooked.
3 easy pasta primavera recipes for spring

1 month ago | al.com | David Holloway

Officially the first day of spring is March 20. That’s the date that scientists and folks who study such stuff say that the sun’s rays fall directly on the equator. Or something like that. Unofficially it began the day after St. Patrick’s Day. That’s the date the folks who claim any droplet of Irish heritage are eating leftover corned beef and drinking what’s left of the green beer.
3 chili recipes for March Madness watch parties

2 months ago | al.com | David Holloway

Alabama sports fans are used to planning sports-themed parties, but most often they are centered on the state’s unofficial favorite sport – football. We do know how to throw a fine tailgate or football-watching party with all the fixings to go with it. But this year we are in the inviable position of having to plan parties for watching another sport – basketball.
3 delicious Alabama seafood recipes to try this Lent

2 months ago | al.com | David Holloway

To quote the poet, Willie Nelson, “Turn out the lights, the party’s over.” That’s right, it’s time for my annual announcement that the frivolity of Mardi Gras has given way to the solemnity of Lent. This year’s Carnival has been a good one, but now is time for reflection and rededication of ourselves in the 47-day run up to Easter. Many people will take this opportunity to improve some aspect of their existence by taking a break from unhealthy habits.
3 sausage recipes that will make your taste buds sing

2 months ago | al.com | David Holloway

It’s not uncommon for folks to be naturally curious about a job where the only requirement is to have a healthy appetite and be able to string a couple of words together in a sentence. Most of them I’ve heard before. “Who has the best fried shrimp in Mobile?” or “What’s your favorite place to eat out?” Things like that.