Reports of Molly’s death are greatly exaggerated
Claims on social media that Molly’s La Casita is closed and for sale are wrong. It’s temporarily closed but will reopen when it’s not ‘crazy out there,’ owner says.
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.
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Food NewsA new year, a clean pantry and a cocktail dinner coming
Forget about spring cleaning in March; to get caught up from 2020, the time to start is now; Magnolia & May hosts an in-house or at-home cocktail dinner next week.
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Food News Quarantine Cuisine: Dory
Dave Krog’s Dory has finally opened, but for now, it’s just takeout and private dinners. The beef Bourguignon is great, and you don’t want to miss the rolls.
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Sound Bites Magnolia & May’s Chip Dunham talks about what his new restaurant is doing during COVID
Chip Dunham opened Magnolia & May just a couple of months into COVID; he talks to Jennifer Biggs about what it’s been like to have a new restaurant in a pandemic.
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Food News Table Talk: Cold weather, COVID and cleaning
It’s the time of year for chili, soup, and early spring cleaning after stockpiling during COVID.
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ReviewsMy Favorite Things: Warm apple purse at River Oaks
Warm apple purse might not sound like much next to show stoppers like crème brûlée and Key lime pie, but you’re in for a treat at River Oaks.
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Food News At Celtic Crossing, they’ll celebrate a hometown hero on Inauguration Day
Celtic Crossing hosts a party on Jan. 20 to raise a pint to the new president, one a little town in Ireland claims as its own.
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ReviewsClique HQ is sort of a secret, but word’s getting out, sandwiches getting sold
Memphis Sandwich Clique has set up Clique HQ and is serving sandwiches in East Memphis. But you have to order online, show up on time, and pay attention: There are processes.
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Sound BitesReflections on a sandwich quest with Chris and Jennifer
Jennifer and Chris remember some of their favorite sandwiches from an epic sandwich tour and talk about dining out during COVID.
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Food News Chefs, restaurant owners react to looser restrictions
“Sad that we’re wishing for 50%, but we’ll take it,” says one.
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Food News Table Talk: A week of soup, sweets and coffee
A cold week calls for soup on the menu, restaurants are gearing back up, sandwiches are making news, and soon we’ll have another Chick-fil-A.
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Reviews Day Tripper: Bread & Butter Bistro in Batesville
Batesville is just an hour’s drive south of town and offers up a gem of a breakfast and lunch spot with Bread & Butter Bistro; it even has a dog.
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Food We have a new food Facebook group; Table Talk has a place for you
Our new Table Talk Facebook group is ready for you to join so we can start dishing about good food and drink we’ve enjoyed and what’s still to come.
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Sound Bites Jennifer and Chris taste all the soup so you don’t have to
Jennifer and Chris talk about some of the soup they tasted for a tour of some of the best the city has to offer; listen today and read more on Thursday.
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Food NewsNew Eats: Belly Acres in Regalia
Belly Acres brings a menu of grass-fed burger choices and plenty of other options to the popular corner of Poplar and Ridgeway.
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Food News Recipe: Cream of mushroom soup
Cream of mushroom soup is easy to make and the heavy cream makes it a luxurious cold weather treat.
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Food News Table Talk: Introducing a talky cousin
We’re talking food on our Table Talk group on Facebook, soup on Sound Bites and eating new burgers in East Memphis.
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Reviews Soup’s on! 12 (plus) to eat in or take home
It’s cold, it’s dreary, the days are short and dark. Soup might not cure COVID and it won’t make winter go away, but it’ll help get us through these last weeks.
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February 2021
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Spirit of Memphis Phillip Ashley Chocolates has ridden a rollercoaster of a pandemic
The going got tough in 2019 and 2020 started with promise followed by disappointment. Then a pivot, a plan, a little luck and well, Oprah, made things happen. But success comes with a cost, too.
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Food News Table Talk: Soup views, restaurant news, and there’s info on FB, too
There’s still a pandemic, but that’s not stopping new restaurants and breweries from opening, and one local business owner has gotten so busy, he’s had to beef up his staff.
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Food News 2.2 million servings is a heap of mashed potatoes: What to do with ‘em?
The potatoes are coming to your mailbox soon, if you haven’t already gotten them, and the question is: How are you going to use them?
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Food NewsValentine’s Day is coming and Beauty Shop is reopening for lunch
Yes, there’s COVID, but you don’t want to forget Valentine’s Day; local restaurateurs make it easy for you. And Beauty Shop reopens for lunch Feb. 8.
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Food News Sugar Avenue joins Goldbelly online retailer
The move will give the local Memphis bakery’s cakes a national audience.
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Spirit of Memphis Creativity and innovation founded Phillip Ashley Chocolates, then saved it
Phillip Ashley Rix literally had a dream that he would be a chocolatier, so then he made it happen. More than 10 years later, Oprah gave her seal of approval and sales skyrocketed.
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Spirit of MemphisHampline Brewing gave three principals a way to cope with COVID
Hampline Brewing had reinvent early in COVID, before it even opened, and it gave the principals a way to get through the pandemic. It wasn’t just a new business for them; it became a passion project.
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