Boiled crawfish. Gumbo. Cold beer. Live music. Good times.
That’s all that you have to do to help Porter-Leath help kids.
Porter-Leath helps over 10,000 disadvantaged kids in the Memphis area every year, and they have been doing it since 1850. Over 150 years of working to ensure that our most vulnerable, and most valuable, neighbors, our [...]
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 [...]
Today is the most specialest, wonderfulest, happiest day in the whole wide world. You see, this day is the anniversary of that fabulous day just a very few short years ago that the world was blessed with the gift of Papa Squirrel!!!!
Come out and join us tonight at 6:30 to celebrate Papa Squirrel’s birthday at [...]
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 [...]
Executive Chef Jackson Kramer of Interim Restaurant will be teaching a class at the Viking Cooking School on Monday, September 15, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The cost of the class is $79.
This class promises to be an excellent one. The class will be an opportunity to try “mystery box” cooking. When students arrive, [...]
Thursday, August 28, Davis Kidd’s Corks and Courses wine dinner will feature local author and food personality (and our friend) Jennifer Chandler.
The dinner will feature four courses inspired by Jennifer’s book Simply Salads. The cost of the dinner is $40 plus tax and tip.
Jennifer will be on hand to autograph books and answer questions. She [...]
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 [...]
The Southern Foodways Alliance will hold its Pot Likker Film Festival on Friday, August 22, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Powerhouse in Oxford, MS.
The Squad attended last year’s festival in Houston. Believe me, Pot Likker is far more than a bunch of folks sitting in a dark room watching movies.
Here is the [...]
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 [...]
(If you are reading this on an RSS feed, click through to see the slideshow.)On Tuesday, July 16, River Oaks hosted a benefit dinner for the James Beard Scholarship Foundation. All those who attended got to enjoy a wonderful evening of fabulous cuisine by some of our best local chefs. Every course was beautifully prepared [...]
