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Pizzeria Trasimeno has closed due to staffing woes
Owner Sabine Langer recently reassessed her priorities after spending three weeks with her dying father.
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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October 2022
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FoodNew Eats: Dim Sum King offers 129 dishes, some of it delivered directly to your table
The restaurant offers dishes ranging from noodles to egg tarts to spare rib, with some coming hot off the cart.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Chow chow, Brewhaha and Oktoberfeast on Saturday; can you do all three?
Saturday is full of events, from a chow-chow contest in Stanton to Brewhaha at Hampline to Oktoberfeast at Raven & Lily in Collierville. If you figure out how to do it all, share your strategy.
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FoodIt’s official: Gus’s fried chicken is the best in the country
Gus’s isn’t just world famous; it’s also the best fried chicken in the country, so named last weekend at the ‘Super Bowl of fried chicken’ in New Orleans.
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Sound Bites Memphis Food and Wine Festival is back for a big party Oct. 15
Memphis Food and Wine Festival is back for another big outdoor party at Memphis Botanic Gardens on Oct. 15.
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: School Cafeteria Butter Cookies
A recent story about Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies inspired us to pull out an old local favorite.
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Sound Bites Cookies and pastries take Sound Bites to a sweet sugar high
Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington show up in the studio with Makeda’s cookies and Blanchard’s pastries, and the conversation turns to those two.
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Food Memphis Brewfest is back Saturday with more than 100 beers
Memphis Brewfest is back on Saturday, serving up more than 100 beers, and there’s a VIP party in the locker room. The festival offers a DJ, games and more.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Memphis Food & Wine is even better when you make a plan
Memphis Food & Wine Festival is back on Saturday, and if you take a few minutes to make a plan when you walk in the gate, you’ll find you can get to every tent you want and have an even better time.
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Food News New Eats: Germantown’s Limelight shines on Poplar Pike
Despite a few standard delays and some unexpected ones last month, the very pretty and welcoming Limelight is quietly open now and officially open on Wednesday in Germantown.
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: Rendezvous Barbecue Shrimp
Be sure to catch the screening of ‘The ‘Vous’ at the Indie Memphis Film Festival this week, and make a batch of barbecue shrimp to get ready for it.
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Visual Arts After five years on the grill, ‘The ‘Vous’ premieres at Indie Memphis
The film, which is about as Memphis as a movie can get, chronicles The Rendezvous’ rise to a world-renowned restaurant.
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Food Folk’s Folly nabs state restaurateur of the year, chef awards
Folk’s Folly general manager Diane Kauker and chef Max Hussey both take home big awards from HospitalityTN, a statewide industry group.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Hot wings, whiskey, wine and Beerfest
This weekend, a hot wing festival begins with a chicken parade and a beer festival has brews from more than 30 local sources.
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$10 Deals $10 Deal: Thursday is steak night at Hadley’s Pub
$10.99 for a big steak, baked potato and a side salad is about as hearty as a $10 Deal gets.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Ryan Trimm’s Solyanka
It’s not exactly sauerkraut soup, but this hearty Russian soup with cabbage and a variety of meat could be mistaken for it.
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Food Flight Restaurant, closed almost a month, hopes to reopen soon
For years, Flight Restaurant & Wine Bar didn’t ever close, even on Thanksgiving and Christmas. But the Downtown restaurant has been shuttered since Oct. 1 due to a water main break.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Stax fundraiser at Napa, remembering a cheese dip icon
Napa Café hosts its annual Heart Full of Soul wine dinner to benefit Stax Music Academy. A year ago at this time, we were hearing rumors that Pancho’s was going to close.
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Sound Bites It’s almost Halloween, so time for a Sound Bites candy throw down
Last year it was odd Kit Kat flavors. This year, it was a contest to pick favorite everyday candy for Halloween.
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Food News Flight Restaurant reopens Friday after four weeks
Flight Restaurant reopens on Friday, but for the tenants of Brinkley Plaza, ‘the saga continues’ as parts needed for repairs have been delayed by how low the Mississippi River is.
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$10 Deals $10 Deal: Three Little Pigs gives us a twofer
Three Little Pigs Bar-B-Q is under new management but still serving a hearty and incredibly inexpensive breakfast every morning.
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Food Central BBQ: Silo goes up, original location comes down
A new Central BBQ has opened in Southaven, but the original location on Central Avenue needs more work than previously thought.
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November 2022
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Table TalkTable Talk: Picks for Downtown Dining Week and a fall sippin’ party
Downtown Dining Week began in the aughts and includes more than 50 participating restaurants this year.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Alice’s Kahlua Pecan Pie
Almost everyone loves pecan pie for the holidays, and folks often kick it up with some bourbon. But this recipe changes things up with a coffee-flavored liqueur.
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$10 Deals $10 Deal: Shelby Forest General Store serves up burgers and more
Friday steak night hasn’t returned, but the Shelby Forest General Store still serves burgers and plenty more seven days a week.
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