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Recipe Exchange: Easy Teriyaki Quinoa Bowls

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Thu, 23 May 2024 06:31:11 -0500

You’d eat this even if it wasn’t good for you. It’s a trifecta when you combine healthy vegetables, protein-rich quinoa and the king of fruits, the mango.

Head baker 'influenced every member of Team Seessel'

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:36:31 -0600

Under John Barnard, Seessel’s won the Tennessee Bakery of the Year every year and once nabbed the National Bakery of the Year. Before Barnard joined Seessel’s, he impressed the Navy’s top brass with pastries and cakes.

Recipe Exchange: Sour cream brown sugar ice cream

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 17:52:10 -0600

Sour cream makes this ice cream super rich, the brown sugar sweetens it and adding sweet croutons takes it over the top.

Make Me a Memphian: Get ready to eat

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:58:41 -0500

If you’re interested in Memphis' restaurants and dining scene, The Daily Memphian’s food writers are here to be your guides.

Grab a cup and tune in: Jennifer, Chris and the Memphis Coffee Shop Guide

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 12:21:25 -0500

Chris Herrington’s three-part Memphis Coffee Shop Guide concluded last week, and he and Jennifer Biggs talk about it on Sound Bites.

A priest, an archangel and 700 king cakes

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 12:20:39 -0500

Father Ben Bradshaw and his team at St. Michael Catholic Church are ready to bake about 700 king cakes. And it may be fitting: It was actually Bradshaw’s previous life as a baker that led him to the priesthood.

At Dinstuhl's, they still hand string chocolates the old-fashioned way

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 12:18:51 -0500

Once you know what the squiggles on top of the chocolates mean, you’ll know exactly what’s inside.

Recipe Exchange: Pancho's Copycat Hot Dip

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:16:17 -0500

Sabrosura Foods, which purchased Pancho’s cheese dip last year, is no longer making the hot dip. Here’s a copycat recipe the company gives to people who call to request it.

It's called BluffCakes, but it's run by a TuffCookie

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:15:32 -0500

Chloe Sexton’s BluffCakes are huge, 7-ounce cookies that sell out in minutes because Sexton took her story to TikTok and when people got to know her, they wanted to take a chance on her cookies, too.

Makeda's: 'The story can't end like this'

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:15:08 -0500

Makeda’s began with a love story, a family recipe, nurses at The Med and a sick little girl. But it almost permanently closed after the killing of rapper Young Dolph there.

Couples who work together – and stay together – in the restaurant business

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:13:44 -0500

Memphis has its share of restaurant couples, and a few of them have surprises to share when they talk about how they met and what it’s like to work together.

Recipe Exchange: Cochinita Pibil and Brazilian Black Beans

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Fri, 9 Jun 2023 19:52:36 -0500

In addition to Alyce Mantia Price’s recipe for roast pork, we’re also giving you a bonus recipe this week for her baked black beans.

Blue Note co-founder turns to tequila — and saving big cats

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Sun, 4 Jun 2023 14:15:11 -0500

Tequila is one of fastest-growing spirit sectors in the U.S., and a Memphis entrepreneur has launched a new brand with a cause, not a mascot.

The joys of summer: The tomatoes are coming

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Sat, 3 Jun 2023 04:00:03 -0500

Some foods just say summer. We say bring those on, because we can almost touch them and we’re ready.

A legend takes a curtain call: Melissa Cookston hangs up her barbecue fork

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Fri, 2 Jun 2023 13:24:00 -0500

Melissa Cookston says goodbye to competition after this year’s Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. “I don’t want to be Brett Favre,” she says.

$10 Deal: Carlos Miguel pop-up is deal-icious

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Thu, 1 Jun 2023 19:41:52 -0500

A former golf pro turned chef will be serving creative Mexican dishes next Monday at Cooper-Young’s Celtic Crossing.

Table Talk: June festivals, parties and a 'Fries & Wine' event

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Wed, 31 May 2023 13:16:59 -0500

At a new party this June, you can snack on McDonald’s fries while also sipping a glass of wine (or beer).

Recipe Exchange: Frozen Mango Daiquiris

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Sat, 27 May 2023 04:00:09 -0500

If it’s Memorial Day, summer must be here. And if summer is here, mango daiquiris must be in the freezer.

Bhan Thai buildings sold

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Fri, 26 May 2023 19:40:55 -0500

As Molly Smith finalizes the end of Bhan Thai, new owners Thuan Pham and family percolate plans for a cafe.

From cucumber- to truffle-flavored Lay's chips: A few ayes, a few hard nays

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Thu, 25 May 2023 14:31:50 -0500

With 19 bags of assorted Lay’s potato chip flavors, four of us crinkled bags and crunched chips for a home and away Sound Bites and The Sidebar.