Lately I’ve thought — and written — a lot about service. We have experienced the superb and the surreal recently. It’s interesting, then, that it was a less than flawless day at Jim ‘N Nick’s that inspired me to finally review them.
So on our less than flawless day, we ordered an appetizer and two entrees. [...]
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 [...]
The Southern Foodways Alliance has announced its eighth annual field trip. This time, the gang is going to Louisville, Kentucky, for Blue Grass and Brown Whiskey.
This is an opportunity to spend three days experiencing the best Louisville has to offer in food and otherwise. The Squad can personally vouch for the superb time and the [...]
(If you are reading this on an RSS feed, click through to see the slideshow.)On the chef-to-table connection:
Farmers need to become gastronomes. Gastronomes need to become farmers. Then we can elevate both our tables.
On owning a restaurant:
My father was so helpful with the restaurant. I didn’t know anything about business. I didn’t care anything about [...]
There is not another writer like Roy Blount, Jr. That’s because his handwriting is so damn small that you can’t read it to steal his ideas. Even if you’re sitting right next to him. At least I got to make my friends jealous by sitting next to him.
Restaurant Eugene in Atlanta is named for chef-owner [...]
Today was our first day at our first Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium. We’re spending the night tonight in the beautiful Alluvian hotel in Greenwood, MS after an absolutely perfect evening.
We’ve seen great sites like the factory floor of the Viking Refrigeration Systems facility and the memorabilia from the early days of the Viking Corporation at [...]
The great folks at the Southern Foodways Alliance and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council are putting on two great events next week. These events are the epitome of great events. Yes, they are SFA events, and they are barbecue events.
Monday’s event will be a free brown bag lunch with a speaker discussing whole hog barbecue. Covering [...]
Saturday, July 21, at St. Arnold’s Brewery in Houston, Texas, the Southern Foodways Alliance presents the Potlikker Film Festival. The festival will present some of the films of SFA filmaker Joe York and Houston filmmaker Maureen McNamara.
Of course, there will be food from Houston chefs and beer from St. Arnold’s as well. Best of all, [...]
This September, The American Table Culinary Tours is offering a tour of one of the most famous and influential food cities on earth, Memphis, Tennessee.
The director of The American Table, Hanna Raskin, was the official “field trip maven” of the Southern Foodways Alliance. After the SFA cut back on travel events, Hanna started her own [...]
(If you are reading this on an RSS feed, click through to see the slideshow.)In addition to an itinerary of events, the Southern Foodways Alliance provided us with a list of local places recommended for excellent dining. One place definitely caught our eye, The Donut Shoppe across the river from Florence in Muscle Shoals.
The Donut [...]
