Ripening Green Tomatoes: Any Suggestions?
If you spent all day Sunday inside enjoying the rain and checked the weather in the evening, you undoubtedly saw today's forecast for more rain or snow showers. Ouch. For me, this meant one thing:...
View ArticleOcean Pyramid To Go at Sekisui Pacific Rim
On the spur of the hungry moment, I stopped by SPR Monday night for an Ocean Pyramid to go. It was snowing. I didn't care. I'd been thinking about the Ocean Pyramid for at least a week, and the...
View ArticleDelta Sky Magazine Highlights Memphis Restaurants
Last month the editor of Delta Sky magazine asked me to write a piece for a special insert on Memphis. The Memphis section is part of the December magazine tucked in the back of seat pockets on al...
View ArticleSouthern Sophistication
Acclaimed chef José Gutierrez gives fine French dining a comfortable bistro feel.
View ArticleThink Pink
Often considered a summer drink, rose wines can be perfect for the Thanksgiving table.
View ArticleJennifer Chandler Offers Free Cooking Demo at Cheffie's Cafe
Cheffie's owner Jennifer Chandler has an early holiday gift for folks who like to entertain the easy way: She's offering a free cooking demonstration called "Taking the Stress Out of Holiday Entert...
View ArticleSquash, Coconut and Ginger Soup: A Wintertime Favorite
My CSA ended weeks ago, but the bottomless bowl of winter squash lingers on my counter. Since winter's blowing in, I got aggressive. First I experimented with squash soup, settling on a combina...
View ArticleOrganic Blue Corn Chips at Target: Delicious!
When the Target in East Memphis was renovated earlier this year to accommodate more groceries, I was a real hater. I whined incessantly about how I missed the gardening department and how I hated h...
View ArticleTacos Los Jarochos at Perkins and Summer
Food agony number one: Spotting the Los Jarochos taco truck at Perkins and Summer after work, racing home to pick up my husband, and driving back to the truck before realizing that neither one of u...
View ArticleEmerald Thai: A Restaurant To Rediscover
For me, chilly December weather prompts a craving for Thai food, and nothing satisfies that food itch like Emerald Thai Restaurant, located on Mt. Moriah across the street from Neely's Bar-B-Que. ...
View ArticleCelebrating the Holidays with Food
Our tree is beautiful, and my paper whites are blooming in time for Christmas. Still, I’m dreaming of food. Here’s why: Instead of shopping after work, we opt for dinner at Andrew Michael...
View ArticleNew Look Bloody Marys Kick Off Christmas Dinner
I've never been one to think Bloody Marys need to be saved for brunch. For me, the veggie centric cocktail works any time, most recently about 5 p.m. on Christmas when I was cooking dinner. I m...
View ArticleA Decade Downtown
Fine dining at Felicia Suzanne’s stays true to its splendid chef’s farm-fresh Southern roots.
View ArticleBoneheads Opens in East Memphis
<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> For years, the intersection at Perkins and Poplar stayed relatively the same due to a stable collection of retail shops an...
View ArticleHomemade Cupcakes at Mosa Asian Bistro
I’ve reluctantly come to accept that when I eat Asian food, I’m not getting dessert because I don’t like green tea ice cream, fortune cookies or sliced fruit. But Charlene Pao at Mosa Asian Bistro ...
View ArticleNine-Year-Old Midtown Chef Creates Winning Jif Burger
Feeling good about your kitchen cred? Well step back and consider this: A 9-year-old kid in Midtown named Logan Guleff is probably a better cook than you, at least when it comes to inventive recipe...
View ArticleEVOO Straight from Italy: So Good!
I made a breakthrough discovery recently while sauteing Brussels sprouts: All olive oils are not created equal. I know this is a pedestrian observation, but I'd never cooked with super-fresh olive ...
View ArticleGrawemeyer's Deli on South Main: Opening Soon
Have you noticed the apple-green paint and the repurposed front doors from the Orpheum? Grawemeyer's Deli at 520 South Main is heading toward a mid-February opening, promising downtown's historic a...
View ArticleBGR The Burger Joint Lands on Poplar
A new burger franchise called BGR The Burger Joint is coming to Poplar just east of the 240 loop in the Ridgeway Trace Center. The Memphis BGR is the first in Tennessee, and the burgers look rather...
View ArticleMatzo Ball Soup (plus more) from Shoaf's Loaf
<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Cold weather finally hit the Winter Market at Tsunami last Saturday, so I was thrilled to see several quarts of matzo ball...
View ArticleTaster's Choice
Presenting the winners of the 2012 Memphis Magazine Readers' Restaurant Poll.
View ArticleThe Real Dish
Veteran restaurateurs share the good, the bad, and the ugly about the business they love.
View ArticleStaying the Course
With an inspired menu that keeps diners coming back, Tsunami holds true to its owner's vision.
View ArticleBGR Burgers: Pricey and Not that Great
OMG BGR! I spent $40 on burger meals for two at the new BGR The Burger Joint. Was it worth the sticker shock? I kind of don't think so. The restaurant opened Monday in the Ridgeway Trace Center...
View ArticleCochon 555: I Judged and Loved It!
Certainly, the cooking teams from Memphis, Birmingham, and Little Rock who turned five heritage pigs into sublime presentations of taste, texture, and good looks deserve our applause. And congratul...
View ArticleCooper-Young Chili Cook-Off Saturday
Shameless chili chef Wendy Sumner-Winter has a singular focus this week: to win the Cooper-Young/Peabody PTA Chili Cook-Off Saturday at Peabody Elementary School. She has spent three days cooking b...
View ArticleCalamari at Majestic Grille: Love It!
Confession time: My favorite appetizer is crispy calamari. When I eat those little octopus legs, I’m convinced the critters swam directly from the sea to my plate. Skewed reasoning, I know, but the...
View ArticleUrban Joe: The New Roast at Urban Farms Market
Need a decadent jump start for your morning? If so, stop by Urban Farms Market and pick up this winning duo: the market's new private label java called “Urban Joe” and a loaf of chocolate chip bana...
View ArticleRevival Southern Food Company, Acre, and Elegant Farmer: Congratulations!
On the way home from work last night, I realized I wasn't hungry. Quite a change for me at dinner time. Then I remembered what I ate for lunch: Andouille sausage sliders with Creole mustard slaw, a...
View ArticleEvelyn & Olive: Jamaican Food Comes to Madison
On our way to Evelyn & Olive, the new Jamaican restaurant on Madison Avenue, we cranked up the reggae to get us in the mood. It was fun, but hardly necessary. From our first taste of salt and...
View ArticleAndy Ticer and Michael Hudman: James Beard Foundation Award Semi-Finalists
<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> If you've eaten at Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen in East Memphis, this announcement won't be a surprise: The James Beard ...
View ArticleStuffed Avocado Salad at Rizzos Diner
These days most of the salads I eat are ho-hum retreads with dried cranberries and blue cheese crumbles. That’s probably why I can’t stop thinking about my lunch at Rizzos Diner: avocado salad stuf...
View ArticleChef Jennifer Chandler Makes Salads At Easy Way Look Easy and Taste Delicious
Is there any more exuberant cheerleader for fresh home-made meals than Jennifer Chandler? Certainly not Saturday, when the Memphis chef and author held a salad-making demonstration at Easy Way on M...
View ArticleMonsanto: Just Say No
If you shop at the Cooper Young Farmer's Market, you probably know Brandon Pugh of Delta Sol Farms, pictured below. Brandon is an organic farmer. He lost today. So did you. A federal judge in New Y...
View ArticleMade In Memphis
If your cookbook collection is lacking in local flavor, allow me to point you toward three titles from friends and family of CMI, the parent company of Memphis magazine. First up is Joy Batema...
View ArticleA Seasoned Foodie
Edible Memphis editor Melissa Petersen has a full plate producing almost a dozen similar magazines coast to coast.
View ArticleIn The Beginning
Toward the end of October, the editor of Delta Sky magazine asked me to write a story about the culinary scene in Memphis as part of the magazine’s special section profiling the Bluff City. While I...
View ArticleFarmer Mixer at the Brooks: A Sell Out
"It's all about walking the line." So says Chubby Vegetarian Justin Fox Burks about the lovely spread of vegetarian dishes he and Andrew Adams served at Thursday's kick-off for the "Farmers Market...
View ArticleRicki's Cookies Rolls Out Hamantashen for Purim
How cool is it to have a holiday that begins on a Thursday? Leave it to the Jewish calendar to amp up spring with Purim, a holiday that commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Pe...
View Article9-Year-Old Logan Guleff Heads to NYC for Jif Sandwich Cook-off
Fourth-grader Logan Guleff and his Chomp Burger recipe head to New York City next week for the Jif peanut butter sandwich competition and the chance to win a $25,000 college scholarship. Oh, and hi...
View Article"The World in a Skillet" Dinner Sunday at Restaurant Iris
Here’s a delicious way to kick off a new week: Kelly English is hosting a dinner Sunday night at Restaurant Iris featuring recipes from Paul and Angela Knipple’s new cookbook, “The World in a Skill...
View ArticleCelebrate Big Star (and Oysters for 40 Cents!) at Mortimer's Restaurant
Until Saturday night, I'd never been to Mortimer's restaurant on Perkins in East Memphis. And oh, the glories I have missed: an iced tray of oysters for 40 cents each, a tribute wall to local music...
View ArticleMartinis for 25 Cents and Birthday Dinners at Felicia Suzanne's
Felicia Suzanne’s, the upscale Southern restaurant at the corner of Main and Monroe, is throwing a party this week to celebrate its 10-year anniversary. Chef Felicia Willett is rolling out spec...
View ArticleYoLo Comes To University of Memphis Campus
After three failed attempts to buy YoLo frozen yogurt at the University of Memphis, (broken yogurt machine, machine being cleaned, bookstore closed), I finally got a dish of dark chocolate and ora...
View ArticleCelebrate Spring at Dinstuhl's Open House
Is anything more magical than Dinstuhl's at Easter? See for yourself today when the local stores hold their spring open house. Translation: free candy. I stopped by Dinstuhl's in Laurelwood Sho...
View ArticleNo Menu Monday at Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen
Here's a quick take away from my first no menu Monday at Andrew Michael Italian Restaurant: Noma dirt, hibiscus cream cheese and an arugula flower. I'd never seen an arugula flower before, but ther...
View ArticleEnd of Prohibition Party At Sweet Grass Next Door
If celebrating the end of Prohibition seems a little dated, you might want to stop by Sweet Grass Next Door tonight and shake it up with a Sazerac or Manhattan. It's been 78 years since Americ...
View ArticleSqueeze In
Rizzo's amps up diner food favorites with yin-yang flavors and hipster appeal.
View ArticleRaffe's Beer Garden Is Getting a Makeover
Tony and I stopped by Raffe's Deli on Poplar Saturday to put together a six-pack of singles for dinner and then poked into the Beer Garden in the back to see what was going on. We found out that t...
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