Now is a very good time to head out to your favorite bookstore and pick up a copy of the February / March 2010 issue of Taste of the South magazine.
Having acquired your copy, promptly turn to page 66. There you will find our review of Mindy Henderson’s The Great Southern Food Festival Cookbook: Celebrating [...]
I am a huge fan of webcomics. I read them daily, but I haven’t posted anything about one in a very long time. Recently, one of my favorites reminded me that I should talk about webcomics and food. And this one even has a food related title.
Although the name Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal brings to [...]
Congratulations to local chef Kelly English of Restaurant Iris on being named one of Food and Wine magazine’s ten Best New Chefs for 2009.
Previously, Kelly has received well deserved praise, including a glowing review from Memphis Magazine and a rare four star rating from the Commercial Appeal. This latest recognition, however, puts Kelly on an [...]
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 [...]
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So there we were, sipping absinthe at a very crowded City Grocery during the Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium. This very nice lady joined us at our table and in our chat. After a bit, we exchanged business cards and holy crap.
We were sitting with Lisa Fain, the Homesick Texan!
Mama Squirrel and I love her [...]
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 [...]
Martha Foose, author of Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook and all around excellent lady, was in town recently to record an episode of Book Talk on WYPL radio.
The episode aired last Saturday, and it is now available as a podcast. Martha is brilliant and funny. Her stories are [...]
Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty, will be reading at Davis Kid at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 21.
Having been a part of the movement since the 1970s, serving as the executive director of the Hartford Food System, Mark Winne has an insider’s view on [...]
Local food photographer and vegetarian Justin Fox Burks has branched out with a new food blog, The Chubby Vegetarian.
Justin is a superb photographer. He can make peanut butter and crackers look good. Well, ok, peanut butter and crackers are good, but he can make them look gorgeous.
Justin’s photography can be seen on his website and [...]
Yes, Macrae is back blogging. She marks her return with a yummy-looking corn salad.
While we are delighted to have our esteemed fellow blogger writing and cooking again, it did not escape our notice that she took advantage of our absence to raid the Memphis Farmers Market early for all the good stuff.
Well, I suppose someone [...]
