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Bryant’s has sold and the biscuits will be baking soon
Bryant’s Breakfast has been sold to members of the Tashie family and will reopen soon.
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 1348 articles by Jennifer Biggs :
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Food News Table Talk: A touching story, our oldest BBQ restaurant is in peril, and cake and cookies
The week of sales: Earnestine & Hazel’s will open soon, Tops has sold real estate but no food changes there, and Leonard’s needs a buyer or else. Read about Dave & Amanda Krog’s path to opening their new restaurants, and there’s cake and cookie news, too.
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Sound Bites Nacho average bar snack: Jennifer and Chris talk about nachos they’ve known and loved
Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington talk about nachos, from the ones you make at home to barbecue nachos to dessert nachos, and Chris is so inspired by a curry on Facebook that he makes a comment.
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February 2021
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Real Estate Sold Burger: Earnestine & Hazel’s changes hands
A new ownership group has bought Earnestine & Hazel’s for $900,000 and and a nearby warehouse for $200,000. The old bar will reopen soon, and the new owner promises to keep those Soul Burgers sizzling.
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Food News Area’s oldest barbecue restaurant is on the market
Leonard’s Pit Barbecue might end up on the chopping block if Dan Brown doesn’t find a new owner for Memphis’ oldest barbecue restaurant.
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Food News Table Talk: The long 10-day winter, chai to warm up, cake to end COVID
The snow came and we drank it with booze, The Peanut Shoppe faces a tough decision, and the Rendezvous loses a beloved, 53-year employee.
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Food News Bobby Ellis was a familiar face at the Rendezvous for more than 50 years
Bobby Ellis spent more than 50 years at the Rendezvous; he knew what each one of the 70 keys on a big ring unlocked.
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Sound Bites Cream cheese: A Southern party staple
Le Bon Appetit @Home has been postponed a week because of the boil order; Jennifer Biggs and Kelly English talk about cream cheese and all the things it makes better.
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Food NewsRendezvous offers another deal on ‘Good Morning America’
You can score a Rendezvous deal today on ‘Good Morning America’ and this week, we have more information about the upcoming Soup Sunday, and Le Bon Appetit cooking classes are postponed one week.
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Food News Not so fast: Restaurants don’t have to close if they can boil water, Health Department says
Despite an announcement earlier in the day that restaurants would have to close due to the boil order, the Health Department directive says they do not.
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Food News Snow for grownups: Just add booze
The kids have had their fun and you’ve made the snow cream. Before it melts away, grab a big bowl of snow and whip up a batch of snosé.
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Food News Table Talk: Two holidays, two snows, untold numbers of photos this week
We got through Mardi Gras, Valentine’s Day, two (maybe three) winter storms, yet we cooked and we ate well, and we have the stories and photos to prove it.
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CoronavirusHealth Department’s newest directive a ‘big help’ to area restaurants
Shelby County Health Directive 18 allows greater occupancy, bar seating and a midnight curfew.
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Food NewsHere today, gone tomorrow: Make sweets while the snow falls
For the rare times we have enough snow on the ground, Southerners enjoy it by bringing it in their kitchen and stirring up a batch of snow cream.
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Food NewsSnow day cooking: Gumbo, chili, pot roast and sweet treats
Snow might keep you homebound, but for folks who like to be in the kitchen, there’s nothing wrong with that.
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Sound BitesCalvary Waffle Shop is (kind of) back; Michael Donahue and I talk it over
First comes Michael’s birthday, then baseball spring training, the Calvary Waffle Shop, Easter and finally, spring will have sprung.
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ReviewsPopeye’s is so confident about its new fish sandwich, it insures it for you
Popeye’s new Cajun Flounder sandwich stands ready to launch a war among fish sandwiches as its chicken sandwich did in 2019. See where it ranks against its fast-food foes.
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ReviewsNew Eats: Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
Freddy’s Frozen Custard opens its sixth area location and the line is long for steakburgers at Poplar and Perkins.
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Food News Coming Health Directive will loosen restrictions on restaurants
Bar seating, later hours and more capacity for restaurants are all possibilities in Health Directive 18, which should be effective late next week.
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Food News Table Talk: A week of small potatoes, tasting boxes and a reopened lunch spot
Readers were showing off Super Bowl food on Table Talk and getting their instant potatoes in the mail. Plus, an old reliable reopened for lunch, and some local small businesses are expanding.
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Food News Le Bon Appetit @home launches online cooking classes
Le Bon Appetit brings chefs to our home kitchens this year; the festival returns in June 2022.
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Sound Bites Wine works, but other spirits are sweet with dessert too
Beer for dessert? Maybe. Sisco Larson and Kat Gordon talk with Jennifer Biggs about what to pair with your last course.
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Reviews New Eats: Beauty Shop reopens for lunch
As favorite restaurants have reopened during the past year, it’s felt like visiting old friends when you walk back through the doors.
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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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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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