"100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die" brochure now avalable | Arts & Culture

The Alabama Tourism Department today released a new version of its food brochure as part of The Year of Alabama Food campaign. The brochure, 100 Dishes to eat in Alabama Before You Die, lists more than 30 new dishes.

Bessemer’s Bright Star Broiled Star Seafood Platter appears on the front cover of the printed brochure while the back cover shows plates of food from tourism’s Top 25 dishes. The publication is red with white lettering and white plates of food that represent Alabama’s culinary offerings.

The brochure highlights dishes at award-winning restaurants, historic diners, famous BBQ joints, farm-to-table, fresh Gulf seafood and home cooking. Some of the new listings include T-Bird sandwich at Rosie’s Grill in Daphne, sweetbreads with braised seasonal vegetables at True in Mobile, pecan chicken salad at Claunch Café in Tuscumbia and braised Meyer Ranch beef short ribs at the Cotton Row in Huntsville.

Four Alabama chefs and restaurants that are semi-finalists in this year’s James Beard Foundation Awards, the Oscars of the culinary world, have dishes listed in the brochure. They include Frank Stitt’s Highland’s baked grits at Highlands Bar & Grill in Birmingham, James Lewis and his Neopolitan pizzas at Bettola in Birmingham, Chef Chris Hastings and his Tomato salad at Hot & Hot Fish Club in Birmingham, Nick Pihakis and his cheese biscuits at Jim N’ Nicks and Chef Wesley True and his sweetbread with braised vegetables at True in Mobile. A few other dishes that continue to be listed in the brochure include the Muffaletta at Panini Pete’s in Fairhope, peach pie at Peach Park in Clanton, orange-pineapple ice cream at Trowbridge’s in Florence, BBQ chicken & white sauce at Big Bob Gibson’s in Decatur, Cheeseburger in Paradise at Lulu’s in Gulf Shores, Eggs Cathedral at Spot of Tea in Mobile, BBQ Ribs at Dreamland in Tuscaloosa and the BLT Supreme at Radley’s Fountain Grille in Monroeville.

Some of the new listings include T-Bird sandwich at Rosie’s Grill in Daphne, sweetbreads with braised seasonal vegetables at True in Mobile, pecan chicken salad at Claunch Café in Tuscumbia and braised Meyer Ranch beef short ribs at the Cotton Row in Huntsville.

“We are excited about the new 100 Dishes brochure and the new look. Art Director Tommy Cauthen designed the cover to make it more appealing to travelers as they look for the brochure in our welcome centers,” said Lee Sentell, state tourism director. “It’s been our most popular brochures to date and we think this will continue to hold true as we release this updated version.”

 The brochure can be downloaded from the website, www.yearofalabamafood.com or visitors can pick up a copy at any of the state’s eight Welcome Centers.

 For more information about the Year of Alabama Food visit www.yearofalabamafood.com. Also like Year of Alabama Food on Facebook and follow @AlabamaFood on Twitter.