Category Archive: Reviews

Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe

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It’s impolite to review a restaurant before it has had at least a couple of weeks to work out the kinks. Reviewing a place on opening day is probably a mortal sin, but I’ll risk it because, darn, Taziki’s was good. We had no idea the Jim ‘n Nick’s sister chain was opening in Memphis …

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Texas Eats

Cookbooks can be the most wonderful works of art, but at heart they are products. They have to have some sort of shine to encourage sales. One technique is the gorgeous food porn cover — images of the recipes inside like you’ll never be able to recreate at home. Another draw is the name on …

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The Sweet Magnolias Cookbook

The Curmudgeon’s Recipe for Romance For the topping: 1 bodice, ripped 1 chest, glistening with sweat 1 set golden locks, flowing (his or hers) 1 kilt (optional (wife’s note – kilt is not, repeat NOT, optional)) For the filling: 200 pages purple prose Combine the topping ingredients well and put in front of the filling. …

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Basic to Brilliant, Y’all

Welcome to our dish for the Virtual Potluck with Virginia Willis. Buy Virginia’s book then fill out this form to get a personalized bookplate from Virginia. Is it wrong to start this by saying that I really love Basic to Brilliant, Y’all? Because I do. Virginia Willis subtitled this book 150 Refined Southern Recipes and …

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Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All

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Before I embark on a review of Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas I must admit to two things. First, I am proud to call the author, Brad Thomas Parsons, a friend. Angela and I lost our chicken-on-a-stick virginity with him and the Homesick Texan at the Southern …

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