Dory to host this month’s Daily Memphian lunch
This month, on Nov. 18, we’re going to Dave and Amanda Krog’s restaurant, Dory.
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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November 2022
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Sound Bites Sound Bites: $10 Deals we’ve loved (and some we’ve lost)
Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington discuss some of their favorite $10 Deals over the past few years.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: David’s champion chili
There are chilis, then there is David’s Chili. The winner of a long-ago contest in Mississippi, it originally came from Santa Fe.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Talking turkey, tequila trucks and Whataburger winners
Thanksgiving is almost upon us and before we get to eating, we’ve got to get to cooking — or ordering. We’re ready to help.
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Sound Bites Thanksgiving is the time for favorites: Food and family
Thanksgiving is a time to put your favorite folks — your family — around a table of your favorite foods and appreciate the good things in your life.
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Downtown Harry Zepatos, third-generation owner of The Arcade, dies after long illness
“Harry treated the celebrities just like he treated everyone else, or I guess he treated everyone else like he treated the celebrities. Customers would go to his office to find him to say hello. Everyone loved him.”
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Food News 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.
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: Ultimate Thanksgiving Turkey
Breaking the turkey down before cooking frees up the oven on Thanksgiving, makes for a tasty bird and gives you the best turkey gravy you’ll ever have.
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Recipes Recipe Roundup: Smoky sweet potatoes and other Thanksgiving dinner ideas
Don’t worry about pulling out your cookbooks. We’ve got you covered with simple and delicious recipes for the entire Thanksgiving meal.
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FoodNew Eats: Restaurant Iris’ bar offers a little new, a little old
Iris’ bar is open daily, from 11 a.m. to at least 10 p.m., and the star of the show during a recent visit was executive chef Russell Casey’s shrimp toast.
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Table Talk Table Talk: World Cup watching, a pop-up Miracle and the Grateful List
Plus, it’s time to sign up for next year’s Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
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FoodA new Poncho for the old Pancho’s space
When the Crazy Cactus on Summer Avenue closed abruptly earlier this year, Francisco ‘Poncho’ Gonzales promised his restaurant would return. Now, the name isn’t back, but the menu is.
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: Best Carrot Cake
This is the carrot cake recipe and absolutely unbeatable in food and dining editor Jennifer Biggs’ experience.
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Table Talk Table Talk: A milestone birthday and the gift of sound advice
On a milestone birthday, Jennifer Biggs has more than restaurant recommendations to impart. Plus, plenty of food news.
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December 2022
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Food News Penny’s Nitty Gritty officially open, but spoiler: Penny wants his grits plain
Penny’s Nitty Gritty Upscale Southern Restaurant is officially open and Penny Hardaway says it’s “perfect timing.”
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Food New Eats: Celebrity’s Soul Food delivers with a smile
Celebrity’s Soul Food on Highland is staffed with friendly people and serves the biggest chicken wings you’ve seen.
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$10 Deals $10 Deal: Now reopened for dining in, Panda Garden offers a lot for a 10-spot
Panda Garden on Summer has a large menu of $10 Deals, whether you order from the lunch special or elsewhere from the large menu.
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: Two festive punches for the holidays
This version of The Daily Memphian’s recipe exchange is packing two punches.
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Sound Bites A visit to an old Chinese restaurant inspires a discussion of some favorites
A $10 Deal inspires Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington to take a virtual trip around town, talking about favorite Asian restaurants from Chinese to Vietnamese and more.
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Sound BitesLet us all eat cake, for it’s the merry birthday season for Jennifer and Chris
A chocolate layer cake, a fancy Russian honey cake (oh my) or a dense and delicious carrot cake: They all have a place in our hearts and on our plates.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Good gravy! Holiday events, gravy takes and our favorite Asian restaurants
The holiday season is here, and events are happening, and for our December reader lunch, we’re swinging with Erling. But first, let’s talk gravy.
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Food Daily Memphian’s holiday reader lunch will be a swinging one
For our December lunch, we’ll feast on a buffet at Erling Jensen Small Bites and play a few games at the Topgolf Swing Suite.
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FoodP.O. Press’ Gentry to open Downtown restaurant next month
Chef Jimmy Gentry enters the Downtown restaurant scene with The Lobbyist, opening in The Chisca.
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FoodCocozza holds soft open in Harbor Town, and is ‘just going to get prettier’
The former pandemic-era pop-up comes into its own with a new location and a menu full of favorites.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Jimmy Gentry’s Butter Cakes
To celebrate the opening of The Lobbyist, Jimmy Gentry’s new restaurant, here’s a favorite cake recipe from P.O. Press.
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