Fannie Flagg grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, where she had close family ties to the Irondale Cafe, a restaurant that’s still serving fried chicken, creamed corn, and of course…fried green tomatoes.

“Fried Green Tomatoes” author Fannie Flagg is an optimist by nature, one who has spent a career as an actor, comedian and author making people laugh. The Birmingham native hopes her new book, a ...

Alabama is known for many things – civil rights museums, space exploration, music studios, to name just a few. But it also has some little-known or underrated attributes, such as its plethora of fine ...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 21-27: Sept. 21: Author-comedian Fannie Flagg is 84. TV and film producer Jerry Bruckheimer is 82. Guitarist Don Felder (The Eagles) is 78. Author Stephen ...

"The sweetness of the people in the South has kept me so supported all my life. I am so lucky in that other people may not have a home. I have a home to go home to, and I go home a lot. And it just ...