New Eats: The pickins’ are good at new Slim Chickens
The third area Slim Chickens opens at Wolfchase, with big shoes to fill if it plans to keep up with the other two in international sales standings.
Jennifer Biggs
Food and Dining Editor
Jennifer Biggs is a native Memphian and veteran food writer and journalist who covers all things food, dining and spirits related for The Daily Memphian.
There are 812 articles by Jennifer Biggs :
-
July 2021
-
News and Features -
Food Bain BBQ starts fundraising dinners; Peggy’s has moved
Bryant Bain starts a dinner series to raise money for a bigger smoker, and Peggy’s Healthy Home Cooking has moved about a mile west, from Cleveland to Crump.
-
Food Kelly English announces new plans for Iris space
Chef and restaurateur Kelly English’s former Restaurant Iris, near Overton Square, will be reborn as Pantà.
-
Food National Hot Dog Day demands it: Relish the moment
Today is the third Wednesday in July, also known as National Hot Dog Day; Jennifer and Chris tried a few to come up with some recommendations for you.
-
Food Recipe Exchange: Fresh Apple Cake
Fresh Apple Cake is simple enough for anyone to make and it’s delicious, like pineapple upside down cake without the pineapple.
-
News and Features Cheers for Beers: Grind City Brewing is a brew with a view
Grind City Brewing Co. sits on a hill in Uptown that provides a spectacular view of Downtown Memphis and the bridge, and the artisan taproom has about a dozen beers on tap.
-
Food Table Talk: A beer series launches, plus an apple cake recipe and new Midtown restaurants
An unsolicited recipe that you’ll appreciate is in this week’s Recipe Exchange; two new Midtown restaurants are on the way; food truck news for you too.
-
Sound Bites New Spanish restaurants will soon be in our midst, as well as ice cream
The Daily Memphian is in its new office and we’re back in the studio to record podcasts for the first time since March 2020, which means we had a lot to say this week.
-
Food Biggs: New restaurant, book signing ease week’s sad goodbye
Kelly English has joined the Memphis Food and Wine Festival lineup for October; James Beard-winning cookbook author Martha Foose will sign books at the Beauty Shop July 31.
-
News and Features Cheers for Beers: Crosstown Brewing brings the clean & easy
Crosstown Brewing Company sits at the far west end of Crosstown Concourse and turns out a variety of local beer, from year-round to seasonal to show-off brews.
-
Metro Memphis Food and Wine Festival makes full return this fall
Memphis Food and Wine Festival, derailed by COVID in 2020, returns to Memphis Botanic Garden on Oct. 16; tickets on sale July 15.
-
Food Table Talk: Staffing woes and rising numbers, but we have bakeries!
Recipe Exchange is back with a good one from Amerigo; Erling’s is temporarily cutting service by two days due to staffing; and a Downtown bakery is returning.
-
Sound Bites Larger Restaurant Iris expected to open by end of year
Chef Kelly English has some good news, bad news, and just plain old news for local diners.
-
Food Recipe Exchange: Bean and Corn Salad from Amerigo
Amerigo’s bean and corn salsa gets a new name; we call it a salad because it’s a great side dish and perfect for summer gatherings.
-
Food Erling Jensen closing two days a week amid staffing crunch
The lack of line cooks is forcing Erling Jensen to close, he hopes temporarily, on Monday and Tuesday. The restaurant has always been open seven days a week.
-
Food Catching up: Some bakeries reopen, some restaurants on vacation
Two Girls and a Whip will soon reopen Downtown, La Baguette has reopened, Crumbl Cookies is open and almost every place you thought was closed is just shut for vacation.
-
Food $10 Deal: Young chow rice at Golden City
Young Chow rice is a nostalgic and filling lunch or dinner at Golden City in Cordova, and the price tag is $8.50.
-
Food Table Talk: $10 Deals, restaurant news, grocery store blues
Tamales and burgers make for good $10 Deals; restaurants are moving, opening and selling; and disco is back in Downtown.
-
-
June 2021
-
Food Table Talk: Torchy’s talk, cookies and coffee, and another coveted recipe
It was an eventful week for Torchy’s and for the neighborhood surrounding Williamsburg Village; the recipe for Chicken Kingfield from the old Harry’s on Teur is delivered.
-
Food Recipe Exchange: Chicken Kingfield from Harry’s on Teur
Chicken Kingfield is an old favorite from Harry’s on Teur; former chef and owner Derk Meitzler gladly shared the recipe.
-
Neighborhoods East Memphis feels a parking pinch around Torchy’s
With four new restaurants, Williamsburg Village might be a dining destination, but parking is tight and East Memphis neighbors are not happy about cars on the nearby residential street.
-
Food Greek Fest returns; Memphis recipe exchange launches
Memphis Greek Festival comes back in the fall; our recipe exchange has started, and we want you to share your Top 5 Memphis dishes.
-
Food New Eats: ‘Damn good’ Torchy’s Tacos is open
Torchy’s Tacos brings a taste of Austin to East Memphis. Be sure to tell them you want yours ‘trashy' — the word that makes shredded lettuce go poof and adds queso to your tacos any time you utter it.
-
Food Recipe: Tsunami’s Roasted Sea Bass on Black Thai Rice with Soy Beurre Blanc
This Memphis restaurant favorite can be made at home, but be patient with the pricey fish.
-
Table Talk Table Talk: Recipe exchange begins, Wiseacre celebrates a year — and more
I want an H-E-B, she wants one, he says it makes him break into praise: Memphians are hungry for the Texas grocery store. And our recipe exchange starts right here with Tsunami’s sea bass, straight from chef Ben Smith’s cookbook.
-