RECIPES EXCERPTED WITH PERMISSION FROM ASHLEY MAC’S KITCHEN, © 83 PRESS, 2023
ASHLEY MCMAKIN is best known around the Birmingham, Alabama, area for her five bustling Ashley Mac’s Kitchen cafés, where fresh lunches combine with takeaway family meals and scrumptious sweets for busy weeknights and easy entertaining. A wife and mother of three children, plus her two beloved bonus boys, Ashley is no stranger to hosting in her home. And as long, warm summer days dawn on the South, the McMakin family likes to take their gatherings outdoors to throw festive and delicious porch parties for family and friends. Mother’s Day is no exception.
Ashley’s simple secret to flawless entertaining is to work ahead. “I always want the focus in our home to be the people,” she says. “So, I opt for doing as
