Lake Martin Magazine

Farm Egg Vinaigrette 2 farm eggs (regular eggs may be substituted) 1 lemon 1 teaspoon whole grain mustard 2-3 sprigs of fresh dill 2 tablespoons white vinegar Splash of Champagne vinegar 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil To boil the eggs, place raw eggs in the bottom of a medium saucepan. Cover with 1 [...]

Something we should all keep in mind when tasting new wines is that taste is a very personal thing. This is especially true in settings, say a wine tasting, where other participants are seeking to learn more about wine.

If you’re driving down Highway 229 towards the Red Hill community you’ll ride past a small cottage with odd-looking shutters and an asymmetrical roof. This is the home of the Dirt Road Gourmet. No, it’s not a restaurant or a catering business. It’s a manufacturer of frozen food, specifically casseroles, that is owned by Jackie and Rebuen Thornton.

If someone were to ask me what my favorite month of the year is to fish Lake Martin, I would definitely say April. During April, the water is progressively warming and rising. Rising water typically causes fish to move in shallow to take advantage of the new real estate.

Bright red bunches of flowers are hard to miss against the brown leaf litter of the early spring forest floor. And it’s those flower clusters, sometimes called “firecrackers” because the rows of long, tubular flowers look vaguely like something you might light on Independence Day, that are the trademark of the red buckeye blooming in Lake Martin’s forests right now.

Dana Rickman is the director of marketing communications for Alabama’s Special Camp for Children and Adults (ASCCA), which serves people with physical and mental disabilities on a campus on the northern end of the lake. Dana and her husband, Matt, who is camp director, live at Camp ASCCA with their children, Zach and Andie. Dana [...]

Rob McDaniel, executive chef and general manager of SpringHouse restaurant at Russell Crossroads, was in school at Auburn University and working in various local restaurants for extra income. From this experience, an unavoidable truth came to fruition: McDaniel enjoyed his work in the kitchen more than the work in the classroom. So, he followed his true passion, food, and dropped out of school at Auburn and enrolled in the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vt.

When the water’s up and the temperature’s up, one of the next things to go up on Lake Martin are canvas Bimini tops. And after winter storage, spring is when many boaters find that it’s time to do a little maintenance on those boat tops. It’s best to go ahead and get that cleaning out of the way before the boating season begins in earnest, and before the heat of summer makes cleaning even more arduous.

Roadside litter can be an unsightly companion to the pristine shores of Lake Martin, but several local neighborhoods are doing their part to solve that problem.

The Old South meets Lake Martin in this three-story home in Equality. The Southern sensibility is felt most on the front porch – a spacious, two-story area supported by white columns. Porch swings complete the Southern picture and offer a place to relax and look out on the 440 feet of shoreline overlooking the Little Kowaliga area.