Easy and cheap marinara sauce

When making food at home, you can often save money compared to the prepared products you get from the supermarket. Also, you can greatly improve the quality and tailor it to your own preferences. This recipe is for a simple and quick marinara sauce that is great with many Italian dishes, including spaghetti and pizza. …

Pho Cali steps up the competition for Vietnamese cuisine in Macon

Since we’ve always like to publicize local restaurants and thought we would stop into a new restaurant to us, Pho Cali, a Vietnamese restaurant at 3780 Northside Dr., Suite 100A in Macon, next to the OrthoGeorgia. R7 – Broken Rice with Grilled Pork Slices and Fried Egg. $12.00 from Pho Cali in Macon, Georgia. Photo …

Cox Cafe cooks up comfort cuisine

By Doug Deal Macon Community News When we do a restaurant review at Macon Community News, we usually focus on full-service establishments. Occasionally, however, we like to share our experiences at quick-service comfort food restaurants. This month, we visited just such a place: Cox Cafe, a cafeteria-style restaurant located at 694 Lower Poplar Street near …

Japanese and Thai delights reign at Tokyo Alley

By Doug Deal Macon Community News Taking an evening stroll through an alley is something that sounds more like you are looking for trouble than a delicious meal. But, if you have spent enough time downtown, you know there are some excellent places to eat down Mulberry Street Lane. One such restaurant is Tokyo Alley, …

Farm to table is a concept that will Grow on you

By Doug DealMacon Community News If you don’t know already know where it is, it can be challenging to spot this month’s featured local restaurant. Even if you have GPS running, you may easily overlook it. Since the restaurant is nestled between an electrical power sub-station and a chiropractor’s office, your first instinct might be …

Pig on a Pie takes best overall in wing battle, Piedmont best flavor

By Doug Deal Macon Community News Buffalo style chicken wings have become almost as universal as the hamburger in restaurants these days, and it is no exception here in Macon. With so many options, it is hard to know who is putting forth an extraordinary effort and who is just trying to wing it. Over …

Life is sweet for teen-aged business owner

By Lauren Deal Macon Community News It would be easy to say that life is pretty sweet for Rebekah Thompson, the teenage daughter of Justin and Lynita Thompson. The 11th-grade homeschooler lives here in Bibb County with her parents, her sister Annessa, her grandmother, Grace Allen, and her two sweet dogs, Darby and Todoe. Rebekah …