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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

(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 [...]

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 [...]