Recipe Exchange: Justines Cookies (but not that Justine’s)
These cookies called Justines appear to have nothing in common with the beloved old Memphis restaurant called Justine’s, but if you know where they came from, we’d love to know.
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 NewsChef Eli says Cossitt’s Dos Hermanos ‘meant to be’
Chef Eli Townsend, formerly of Sage restaurant, is back Downtown, this time running Dos Hermanos Kitchen in the Cossitt Library. And getting there has been an adventure.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Little Italy heads east, Bhan Thai building under contract
Little Italy hopes to be open by the end of May, and Phillip Ashley Chocolates is expanding.
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Food $10 Deal: The hoagie at Garibaldi’s is a fine Italian sub
Would an Italian sub by any other name taste as sweet? At Garibaldi’s, the answer is yes when it’s called a hoagie.
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Food Vintage901’s Grand Tasting returns for the first time since 2019
The wine festival will have plenty of food, drink (of course) and experiences because, as one of the organizers says, “a class just doesn’t sound as fun as what we do.”
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: Chicken Breast Brazilia
The recipe for these chicken breasts — wrapped around hearts of palm and served with Hollandaise sauce — comes from a 1976 Junior League of Pine Bluff cookbook.
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$10 Deals $10 Deal: This bargain will make you say Booya!
Booya’s in Collierville is relaxed and has great tacos served a variety of ways. Plus, you can easily score a meal there for less than $10.
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ReviewsReview: Restaurant Iris isn’t brand new — except it is
Iris 2008 and Iris 2023 are just not the same thing, maybe not even kissin’ cousins. It’s been 15 years and many changes, and what happened when Iris moved to Laurelwood is precisely what should have happened: It’s become a new restaurant.
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: Shrimp Mosca — with notes
Shrimp Mosca, a recipe from the popular New Orleans restaurant Mosca’s, is one of thousands found in a newly acquired collection of old cookbooks. But some things have changed since the cookbook was published.
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Food Chef Tam heads to Food Network again for ‘Alex vs America’
More big things are happening for Tamra Patterson, from a new Food Network appearance to a new restaurant in, of all places, Rhode Island.
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Public SafetyFirst it was COVID and restrictions; for restaurateurs, now it’s parking lot crime
As thieves target restaurant parking lots, many restaurateurs feel like they are largely on their own when it comes to protecting their guests.
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Food Memphis Restaurant Association seeks answers to city’s crime problem
The area’s restaurant association wrote an open letter Wednesday to the city and county mayors about crime in a “cry for help,” according to the group’s president.
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Table TalkTable Talk: A big whiskey dinner and an East Memphis restaurant to open
DJ Naylor ups his game with the launch of the Bog’s Whiskey Dinners, Belle Meade Social opens next week and the GPAC Fried Chicken Fest is back May 13.
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: Malaysia’s Nasi Lemak
In honor of this year’s Memphis in May spotlight country, we bring you the national dish of Malaysia. This version includes a spiced fried chicken, anchovies sambal and coconut rice.
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Food NewsSOB owners buy Hen House and Bangkok Alley
Ed and Brittany Cabigao started with SOB on South Main Street in 2009; by July, they will own seven restaurants.
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Food NewsNew Eats: East Memphis’ Belle Meade Social opens
At Belle Meade Social’s soft opening last week, they were serving six appetizers, six salads, three sandwiches, seven entrees, three pizzas and 10 sides from their menu. And at least one of those dishes was described as “beautiful.”
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Table TalkTable Talk: Sugar Ghost to open in Germantown; Greek Fest is here
Broad Avenue’s ice cream and bubble tea shop is opening in a second location. Plus, details on May’s Friday reader lunch.
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FoodDavid Grisanti to open restaurant on Collierville town square
The youngest son of “Big John” Grisanti just purchased the building at 148 North Main St., which was most recently home to P.O. Press Public House & Provisions.
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Dining GuidesBeyond pulled pork: What else to order at Memphis barbecue joints
Sometimes you want a pulled pork sandwich, sometimes you don’t. Here are some of the best non-barbecue dishes at the area’s barbecue restaurants.
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Sound Bites Sound Bites: Talking falafel waffle and more with Eli Townsend
Eli Townsend’s new Dos Hermanos Kitchen inside the Cossitt Library is where he feels he’s meant to be, except in the winters, when he’ll be running another place in Rhode Island.
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FoodOur local candy man is writing a cookbook, and it’s all things chocolate
Phillip Ashley Rix has a deal with an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers for his first cookbook, and he wants it to be the “quintessential book on chocolate.”
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Table TalkTable Talk: Guy Fieri opening new kitchen in Tunica, CBU prof opens brewery on Cooper
An old hobby becomes a new taproom, Guy Fieri plans to open his first restaurant in Mississippi and Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is back on the river.
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: Arni Me Spanaki, or lamb with spinach
The Greek dish arni me spanaki sounds like an easy and delicious meal to take you away from your standard beef or chicken dinners.
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FoodThe best-kept secret of barbecue may be the VIPit Pass
You can do Barbecue, capital B, with the hoi polloi or, for $500, you can get a concierge experience to the festival with the VIPit crew.
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: Barbecue Spaghetti
It’s not the Bar-B-Q Shop’s barbecue spaghetti, but it’s good and it’s a good place to start if you want to make your own Memphis specialty at home.
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