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Table Talk: For Commissary owner, FedEx golf means feeding volunteers
For more than 20 years, The Commissary has fed at least 1,000 volunteers during the annual golf tournament.
Jennifer Chandler
Jennifer Chandler has been a restaurateur, a cookbook author, a food stylist, a writer and a TV and radio personality.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Mom’s Chicken Salad from Buster’s Butcher
Sweet yellow onion, celery, Duke’s mayo and lemon juice create a light and mildly flavored chicken salad.
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Food NewsTrio, including two employees, buy Midtown’s Bayou Bar & Grill
The Bayou Bar & Grill has been run by Bill and Carla Baker for the past 30 years. Now the restaurant has new owners.
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Dining GuidesWhat to Order: Matzo Ball Stuffed Chicken at JEM Dining
The Edge District restaurant JEM Dining offers “new American fare with global influences” and lots of thoughtful touches to add to customers’ enjoyment.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Seasons 52’s Watermelon & Tomato Salad
Seasons 52 has a delightful salad on its summer menu that highlights two of the season’s most popular ingredients.
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Sound BitesMore on the menu with Tsunami’s Ben Smith
At Tsunami, the owner ships in fresh fish from around the world, and he likes to order whole fish so he can control portion sizes.
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Sound Bites Sound Bites: Behind the scenes at Muddy’s
Kat Gordon and her team of “gnomies” (that’s what she calls her employees) at Muddy’s have been providing Memphians with cupcakes and sweet treats — with a side of whimsy since 2008.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Sake, sushi, chicken, beer and ‘Coconut Cake’
This week, learn about creepy dolls in Elmwood Cemetery, relive your youth at a brewery book fair and dig into the plot at an old drive-in.
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FoodMenu margins: How restaurants price your favorite meals
In recent years, ingredient costs have been some of the most volatile in history, but chefs can’t change their menu prices daily — or even weekly — to adjust to swings.
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Sound Bites Sound Bites: How Sugar Ghost began and the ‘perfect’ flavor they can’t get rid of
For years, Broad Avenue gift shop owner Mary Claire White told people that the arts district needed some sort of sweets shop.
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Food NewsDespite industry challenges, some restaurants find path to success
While some notable Memphis restaurants have closed recently, here’s what’s driving three local restaurant groups to expand.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Eat like the King with this peanut butter and banana sammy
The Arcade’s Fried Peanut Butter n’ Banana Sandwich isn’t just an ode to Elvis. In 2020, it was included on Food Network’s list of best sandwiches in America.
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Food NewsHalf Shell to open third location
The new owners said this project will help to define the future look of The Half Shell and should be open by early October.
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: Patrick’s ranch dressing with a kick
Patrick’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill owner shares the recipe for the restaurant’s garlicky ranch dressing.
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FoodWhat to Order: Toasts, tunes and an eggless brunch at the Brooks
For the month of August, Feast & Graze is doing a Sunday brunch pop-up at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. It’s everything you’d want in brunch, except the eggs.
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July 2024
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Food NewsWine & Dine: 8 August food and drink events
Enjoy wine, whiskey, watermelon and Elvis-themed drinks at special events this August.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Become a Restaurant Insider
We’re launching a new series of culinary adventures for our readers, and the inaugural event is at a really sweet spot.
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Dining GuidesWhat to Order: Mushrooms & Toast, Halibut and more at Blue Honey
Tucked away in a Germantown shopping center, Blue Honey Bistro is a hidden little gem.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Chef Kelly English’s ‘at home’ BBQ Shrimp
BBQ Shrimp is one of The Second Line’s and Restaurant Iris’ most popular dishes. Now you can make a similar version at home.
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Food NewsComeback Coffee’s new sparkling waters start with some of the best
This month, Comeback Coffee launched a new line of sparkling waters made from Memphis’ own.
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Real EstateFood Files: 2KC Cookie Co., Gourmet Gallery to open early August
Millington’s new cookie shop, 2KC Cookie Co. and South Main’s new Gourmet Gallery will both open in early August. Also, a new Ben & Jerry’s could open at the Memphis Vitality Hotel.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: The Baba Rita, Babalu’s signature margarita
With National Tequila Day coming up, Babalu shares the recipe for the restaurant’s signature pomegranate margarita.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Now’s the time to go to the farmers market
Summer produce is at the peak of its season, and farmers markets are happening in the Mid-South every day of the week but Sunday.
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What to Order: Pizza, veal piccata and more at Brooklyn Bridge
There are so many small family-owned restaurants tucked away throughout the city of Memphis. Places where generations of family members have poured their hearts into providing customers with unique and memorable dining experiences. -
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Food NewsBeloved Memphis restaurants look to pasta, cheesesteaks and combined concepts
Changes are afoot at Front Street Deli, Zinnie’s, Ben-Yay’s, Sugar Grits and what used to be Salt | Soy.
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