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Bob Carlton | bcarlton@al.com

Bob Carlton is an award-winning feature writer for Alabama Media Group and its affiliated brands AL.com, This is Alabama and It's a Southern Thing. He writes about the people, places and, especially, the food that make Alabama a special place to live. Bob grew up in Linden, Ala., in Alabama's diverse and bountiful Black Belt, and he earned his journalism degree from the University of Alabama. He began his professional journalism career as a summer intern with The Birmingham News in 1979 and joined The News full-time upon his graduation from UA in 1980. Bob has more than 40 years of experience at The Birmingham News and Alabama Media Group, where he has covered everything from music and movies to radio and television, and now, food and culture. He has won numerous Alabama Press Association and Alabama Associated Press Awards for his feature writing.