Kelly English on what a year of COVID has been like for him and his industry
The year since local restaurants were first shut for coronavirus has been hard; Kelly English talks about what it’s been like for him.
Topic: Sound Bites
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March 2021
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Cynthia Daniels talks Memphis Black Restaurant Week
Memphis Black Restaurant Week is in its sixth year, adapted for COVID this year, but going on with more participating restaurants than ever.
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Nacho average bar snack: Jennifer and Chris talk about nachos they’ve known and loved
Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington talk about nachos, from the ones you make at home to barbecue nachos to dessert nachos, and Chris is so inspired by a curry on Facebook that he makes a comment.
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February 2021
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Table Talk: The long 10-day winter, chai to warm up, cake to end COVID
The snow came and we drank it with booze, The Peanut Shoppe faces a tough decision, and the Rendezvous loses a beloved, 53-year employee.
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Table Talk: Two holidays, two snows, untold numbers of photos this week
We got through Mardi Gras, Valentine’s Day, two (maybe three) winter storms, yet we cooked and we ate well, and we have the stories and photos to prove it.
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Calvary Waffle Shop is (kind of) back; Michael Donahue and I talk it over
First comes Michael’s birthday, then baseball spring training, the Calvary Waffle Shop, Easter and finally, spring will have sprung.
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Wine works, but other spirits are sweet with dessert too
Beer for dessert? Maybe. Sisco Larson and Kat Gordon talk with Jennifer Biggs about what to pair with your last course.
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Creativity and innovation founded Phillip Ashley Chocolates, then saved it
Phillip Ashley Rix literally had a dream that he would be a chocolatier, so then he made it happen. More than 10 years later, Oprah gave her seal of approval and sales skyrocketed.
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Table Talk: Soup views, restaurant news, and there’s info on FB, too
There’s still a pandemic, but that’s not stopping new restaurants and breweries from opening, and one local business owner has gotten so busy, he’s had to beef up his staff.
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January 2021
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Table Talk: Introducing a talky cousin
We’re talking food on our Table Talk group on Facebook, soup on Sound Bites and eating new burgers in East Memphis.
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Jennifer and Chris taste all the soup so you don’t have to
Jennifer and Chris talk about some of the soup they tasted for a tour of some of the best the city has to offer; listen today and read more on Thursday.
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Reflections on a sandwich quest with Chris and Jennifer
Jennifer and Chris remember some of their favorite sandwiches from an epic sandwich tour and talk about dining out during COVID.
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Magnolia & May’s Chip Dunham talks about what his new restaurant is doing during COVID
Chip Dunham opened Magnolia & May just a couple of months into COVID; he talks to Jennifer Biggs about what it’s been like to have a new restaurant in a pandemic.
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Rosie makes a Russian Honey Cake
Rosie bakes a cake; Chris and Jennifer talk about fish; Natalie jumps in to discuss the Pimento’s burger.
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December 2020
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Catching up with Chris: Holiday edition
Chris Herrington and I talk about where we’re eating and what we’re cooking for the (small) holiday at home.
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Deni & Kelly talk about PPP help they hope is coming, plus holiday traditions
Normally the busiest time of the year, restaurants are instead open for sparsely populated dining rooms. PPP money would help, two local restaurateurs say. And sharing holiday recipes is good for all of us.
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Jennifer Biggs and Tawanda Pirtle talk steak sandwich and more
Tawanda Pirtle tells us about the steak sandwich at Jack Pirtle’s Chicken, which Jennifer Biggs ate this week for the first time.
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November 2020
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COVID can be anywhere — even in your house, so be careful
COVID creeped into my house and no one knew; it could happen to you, too. Tiny greenhouses make outdoor dining toasty for the winter at Beauty Shop; a look at what’s coming this week.
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Sugar Avenue aims to make life a little sweeter
Ed Crenshaw didn’t mean to be a baker, but an accident here and an accident there can turn into a career if you’re not careful.
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Alex Grisanti opens his Southaven pizzeria
Come Friday, Alex Grisanti is back in the brick and mortar restaurant business. He talks to Jennifer Biggs about what Elfo Grisanti Northern Italian Cuisine will be like on this week’s edition of Sound Bites.
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October 2020
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Sound Bites: French cooking with Eric Barnes
Eric Barnes joins Jennifer Biggs on Sound Bites and they talk about how COVID has sent them back to their kitchens; Eric shares one of his eight recipes.
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Karen Carrier, the unexpected restaurateur, talks about how it all happened
Jennifer Biggs talks with Karen Carrier about how she’s gotten through COVID, her winter plans, and how she ended up in the restaurant business.
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Food writers talk about how they cook at home these days
Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington talk about what they’ve been cooking, how recipes are little more than suggestions, and as it happens, about tacos and Asian food.
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Nick Scott talks about his COVID closure and his new restaurant
Nick Scott talks with Jennifer Biggs on our new Sound Bites podcast/radio show about what it was like to have Alchemy closed for 11 weeks and about his plans for Salt | Soy, opening soon on Broad.
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