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 [...]
Lori Greene and her family at Downing Hollow Farm will have a CSA in Memphis and Savannah, Tennessee this summer.
The CSA will offer four-week subscriptions for each of three months, June, July, and August. Each week, subscribers will receive a half bushel of fresh picked produce. Pickup in Savannah is $90. Pickup in Memphis is [...]
Last week, the Food Network’s Guy Fieri was in town filming at various locations for his show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.
We hear that they shot at Leonard’s. We were at Alcenia’s while preparations were underway for a fried green tomato shoot with owner B.J. Chester-Tamayo. We didn’t get to meet the greatest haircut since Alton [...]
The Tennessean Restaurant on the town square in Collierville will host its monthly wine dinner on Tuesday, January 15. The Tennessean’s wine dinners are on the third Tuesday of each month. Visit their website and join their email list for updates on special events.
There is no menu for the dinner yet, but not to worry. [...]
If you have seen signs around town reading, “Pass the living wage now!”, then you have seen the work of Rebekah Jordan and the Mid-South Interfaith Network. The Interfaith Network has been leading a successful campaign to bring a liveable wage to more workers in Memphis and the Mid-South.
The Interfaith Network also works to protect [...]
More Fark goodness:
I’m glad the Squad and the ladies are not living in Miami. We’d surely come up against the chicken busters.
And remember, “think like a chicken.”
It began as the saddest of celebrations, but it ended up as a happy farewell. Squirrelly, Jr., my mother, J Squirrel, and I went to La Tourelle for Bastille Day. We knew this might be our last chance to be hosted by the owners, Glenn and Martha Hays.
During dinner, however, we had a chance to [...]
After over four years in business, Chef Walt Norwood and his wife Carrie have closed their Collierville, Tennessee, restaurant, Washington Street Bistro, to move closer to friends and family in Oxford, Mississippi.
The Norwoods are currently in the process of opening Waltz on the Square in Oxford. The restaurant will be in the space once [...]
