As a native Memphian, one of my most shameful confessions has been that I have never eaten at Chez Philippe at The Peabody. It took an email from Lori Greene of Downing Hollow Farm to change that. Lori forwarded this email to us:
Hi Lori. I was wondering if you knew of anyone that may [...]
Last night Papa Squirrel and I enjoyed a screening of the movie Tableland at the Brooks. For those of you not familiar with this film, it won first place this year at the New York City Food Film Festival. It’s a great look at how small-scale sustainable agriculture works in the northwestern US and British [...]
We got off to a very slow start Saturday. I had a birthmark removed from the top of my head Thursday. There was a very slim chance it could have eventually become cancerous. But, far worse, should my hair ever begin to thin, I would be left with a rather ugly mark in plain view. [...]
Tonight, the Memphis Farmers Market dinner series moved to River Oaks. This seasonal meal celebrated local products beautifully.
OneTomatoesLocal tomatoes, scallop mousseline, chorizo brothSchlumberger, Riesling, Alsace, ‘05Multiple varieties of cherry tomatoes were peeled and served alongside a dollop of scallop mousseline. The chorizo broth was very light and complemented without overpowering the delicate flavors of the [...]
Squirrelly, Jr., at the Memphis Farmers Market, on his fourteenth birthday:
Ooh! Eggplant!
What have you done to me?
He got his eggplant. We also bought him a cinnamon roll for breakfast. We’re not monsters.
Happy birthday, Teh Boy.
In our most recent CSA basket from Downing Hollow Farms, we found lovely slender eggplants. Once we saw that we had tomatoes that also had the same slender shape and fresh basil, we knew what to do — eggplant Napoleons.
I made nice long, thin slices of eggplant with the mandolin. I made not so nice [...]
I know. It’s been almost 2 weeks since the dinner. We’re horrible bloggers who care more about showing off our baby chickens instead of telling you about a really great meal. It’s true. We suck. A lot.
But we didn’t forget, and the Memphis Farmers Market dinner was truly a dinner worth writing about. Kelly and [...]
On the heels of becoming only the sixth four-star restaurant in ten years of Commercial Appeal ratings, Kelly English hosted one of the series of farmers market dinners at Restaurant Iris on Sunday.
We ran into Kelly at the farmers market Saturday where he was stocking up on produce in preparation for the dinner. He [...]
Believe it or not, one of Squirrelly, Jr.’s very favorite foods is squash. I know. He’s just weird.
But a mom has to take advantage of a child’s particular weirdnesses. So, I’ve been working on different ways to make squash for him. Generally, he prefers it sauteed instead of boiled. No surprise there – I’m in [...]
To our Memphis-bound reader, welcome back. Hopefully this info will answer your question and be useful to others as well.
The Agricenter does have a market Monday through Saturday. There is a Wednesday afternoon market at the Botanic Garden at Audobon Park. It and the Memphis Farmers Market downtown on Saturday are my favorites because they [...]
