COLORADO, USA — "Fried Green Tomatoes" is back in movie theaters this Mother's Day week in celebration of the film's 30th anniversary. The 1991 film is being presented in cinemas nationwide on Sunday, ...

Before Nancy Atchison auditioned for the part of the young Idgie Threadgoode in the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes,” her parents read her the novel on which it was based, Fannie Flagg’s “Fried Green ...

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.

Fannie Flagg, the Alabama-born actress and comedian, scored a best seller in 1987 with "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe," a gently whimsical tale set during the Depression in the ...

Back when some of the South’s best tomatoes were harvested on Johns Island and processed off Main Road, the arrival of those first green tomatoes was a sure sign that summer was on its way. With such ...