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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Restaurant Iris brings a New Orleans classic event to East Memphis when it starts its Friday Jazz lunch this week; our March Friday lunch is at Limelight; and Memphis Black Restaurant Week is in full swing.
This week’s recipe comes with a bonus, too: the Waffle Shop’s special mayonnaise.
A number of food events are just around the corner: Memphis Black Restaurant Week, Black Opulence, the Soulful Food Truck Festival, a Friday Matinee Menu, the Cooper-Young Chili Cookoff and a Whataburger giveaway.
Fish pudding might not have been blessed with an appealing name, but it’s a simple casserole that you can order on Fridays at the Calvary Waffle Shop or make at home any time.
Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington just wrote about tamales, and on this week’s Sound Bites, they talk about them, too.
Ikea offers different meal deals Mondays through Thursdays, but on Wednesdays, one adult and two kids can eat for $10.
A new restaurant is coming to South Main, and it was a sad week in the restaurant world.
Whether you want your fish fried, baked or even in a taco, you can find it at these area Catholic churches on Friday nights.
Kevin “Shea” Grauer, 55, worked at Karen Carrier’s Beauty Shop in Cooper-Young for 18 years; Carrier called Grauer her “beacon of light.” Friend Duncan Aiken shares what happened the night Grauer died.
At Mr. Donut on Goodman Road in Horn Lake, there’s a neon sign with two words that go together like love and happiness: Hot tamales. These are Delta-style, wrapped in corn shucks.
Delta-style, Mexican and other kinds of tamales can be found all around Memphis. Here are some of the best. Related story:
These tamales are a bit of work and they take time, but the reward is a freezer full of some mighty fine tamales.
Tasia Vergos, the widow of Rendezvous founder Charlie Vergos, came to Memphis for an arranged marriage and lived a long life in her adopted city.
We continue talk of cakes not just fit for but named for kings and talk about the food news of the week on this week’s Sound Bites.
For something a little different before Lent begins, go the Shrove Tuesday route with a pancake supper.
Frogmore Stew, a soup fashioned from a Lowcountry boil, comes to us from Restaurateur of the Year Ryan Trimm and his former restaurant.
Mardi Gras cometh and with it, king cakes, pancakes and all manner of delicious food. And can broccoli win a cage match with Brussels sprouts?
The restaurant won’t become SOB Broad, however.
Chef Ryan Trimm has also been named Memphis’ Restaurateur of the Year, and it comes with a big party.
Biggby Coffee will open on Germantown Parkway with a longtime Memphian as the local franchisee.
This was a typed recipe, so we’re not sure if it’s a copycat or the real deal from the Atlanta Bread Company — but we know a good recipe when we see one.
On this week’s Sound Bites, Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington talk about the Porcellino’s biscuit recipe (Chris made ‘em) and plenty of this and that.
When the moon is full, it’s time to empty the discount freezer at Sugaree’s Bakery in New Albany.
Memphis Pizza Café has a menu full of $10 Deals, from sandwiches to calzones, pizzas and combos.
Plus, Alcenia’s B.J. Chester-Tamayo killed it during her “Good Morning America” appearance: “Betty Joyce will feed your head, your heart, and, baby, I got your stomach.”