MONTGOMERY, AL - Community leaders in four Alabama cities will sample local barbecue sauces and send regional winners to the "BBQ Sauce-Off" championship on May 18 in Birmingham.

The regional competitions will begin May 4 in downtown Montgomery at the Southern Makers Festival and in Mobile at the Market on the Square.  The following Saturday competitions will be held in Decatur at the Decatur/Morgan County Farmers Market and in Tuscaloosa at the Tuscaloosa River Market.

Alabama Tourism Department's Brian Jones said the Sauce-Off is a follow up to the popular BBQ Bracket contest on Facebook that state tourism did last month. "We had more than 81,000 votes cast on our Alabama Food Facebook page with Jim ‘N Nick's ending up as our state winner. The BBQ Bracket was like a hit movie and the Sauce-Off is our sequel," Jones said.

MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL (WBRC)- Mountain Brook Police say they have charged one of the people they say robbed the local Piggly Wiggly last week.

Jeremy Nevitt, 22, turned himself in to police Sunday, April 29 and charged with first degree robbery. He was later released on $50,000 bond.

Police say that Nevitt and a female suspect took several cash register drawers from the Piggly Wiggly on River Run Drive Wednesday, April 24. Officers thought they had Nevitt surrounded at his mother's house Friday, April 26, but after an eight-hour standoff it was determined Nevitt was not at the house.

Police are still searching for the female suspect.

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White chocolate mixed berry bread pudding

Chef Jared Danks, the program director for the Culinary Arts and Pastry Arts programs at Culinard in Birmingham, makes a white chocolate mixed berry bread pudding.

Ingredients

4 oz. berries

1 oz unsalter butter (melted)

12 oz white bread (day-old)

1 qt heavy cream

5 oz (3 ea) eggs

13 oz granulated sugar

1/2 fl oz vanilla extract

4 oz white chocolate

Directions

Use the portion of the butter to thoroughly coat a 2-inch (5 cm) deep hotel pan. Reserve the remaining butter.

Tear the bread into chunks and place in a large bowl. Pour the cream over the bread and set aside until soft.

Beat the eggs and sugar until smooth and thick. Add the vanilla, the remaining melted butter and the berries.