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 [...]

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 [...]

Recently, Candice Ludlow of WKNO FM interviewed us for a piece about eating locally. The piece aired last week and can now be heard on their website. Mama Squirrel was charming and funny while she talked about the chickens. I was, well, I was on the radio, when I talked about our friends. And many [...]

First, Bon Appétit magazine went through a redesign that I suppose is meant to be fresh, but it left me cold. Their edgy, young design is about as edgy as a flyer for the prom. To each his own though. A team of professional designers and market researchers surely know more than I do with [...]

Martha Foose broke my camera. Mama Squirrel, my mom, J Squirrel, and I headed to Oxford to see Martha Foose signing her new book, Screen Doors and Sweet Tea, at Square Books. We took along the camera so that I could take some photos while doing research for an edible Memphis piece. During a pause [...]