Table Talk: Local chefs head to World Food Championships
When the World Food Championships kick off in Indianapolis next month, a large contingent of Memphians will be among the 288 teams competing.
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October 2024
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Table Talk: Breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert with Stacey Greenberg
Greenberg is the editor of Edible Memphis, leading the dive into every meal of the day in the publication’s each four issues this year.
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Table Talk: Bonus tips on FedExForum food and a must-try Downtown dish
Pepsi finally leaves the arena and Grizz fans can now chow down on tacos from a prolific local chain — or spring for a Southern picnic package in the suites.
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September 2024
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Table Talk: Eating ‘Southern’ on a Memphis return
On the eve of Chris Herrington’s move to Minnesota, “Sound Bites” food podcast producer Natalie Van Gundy asked him what Memphis foods he would miss. He said, “I guess I’ll find out.”
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Table Talk: A day for cheeseburgers
Americans are eating double the amount of cheese they did in 1975. Pizza is undoubtedly one of the culprits, but don’t count out the humble cheeseburger.
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July 2024
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Table 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
The East Memphis neighborhood gem serves a wide variety of Italian classics, including 20 different pasta selections.
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January 2024
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Table Talk: Chukis Tacos opens with some of the best chips in town
Unusual at Memphis-area Mexican restaurants, the chips and salsa are to order rather than appearing at the table gratis. But they’re worth it, and the basic salsa can be supplemented at a self-serve salsa bar with a dozen varieties.
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December 2023
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Table Talk: When your tradition is tamales — or oysters, shrimp etouffe or beef fondue
A brief encounter with law enforcement helps create a new holiday tradition for the author.
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Table Talk: Last weeks for Loaf at the Brooks, last weeks until Christmas
Loaf is leaving the Brooks even earlier than expected, and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
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Table Talk: A salute to those making Memphis’ food scene
This week, we salute the people behind three small-scale attempts at something new on the Memphis food-and-drink scene, three related attempts to fill a major need and another for a meaningful endeavor coming to a close.
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November 2023
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Table Talk: Final Thanksgiving prep, food gift ideas galore
As Chris Herrington writes this week: “If I would never throw a turkey from a helicopter, I would (and have, many times) tossed one in the oven.” Did you get the reference?
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Table Talk: In defense of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey
In a changing world where institutions and ideals are ever fragile, your dining room table is the place to hold the line.
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Table Talk: Vegan cheese now, Korean chicken later
Memphis is checking some popular food-trend boxes while others, such as a Brazilian restaurant, still elude the area.
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October 2023
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Table Talk: Los Comales opens in Edge; Local closes in Overton Square
This week’s restaurant news brings us a spate of openings and closings as well as the sale of a longtime family business.
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Table Talk: Hot (wing) takes on the Memphis dining scene
In tribute to Memphis dining habits, Chris Herrington offers not “hot takes” on our latest food stories, but instead “hot (wing) takes,” dividing the heat level of his opinions into “Honey Gold,” “Regular Hot” and “Suicide.”
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September 2023
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Table Talk: First bites at Elwood’s, Leonard’s and Hive Bagel & Deli
Bagels, barbecue and beyond — new restaurants open across Memphis. Plus, there’s a tropical-themed bar on the horizon for Cooper-Young.
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Table Talk: Memphis barbecue rankings, Overton Square empties
Fall fairs are coming to the Mid-South, Buster’s Butcher on Highland Street is having its grand opening, El Pollo Latino comes to Summer Avenue, ranking the best ways to prepare chicken and more.
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Table Talk: Guy Fieri is in Memphis, and festival/fair season is on.
Whether at Tom Lee Park or one of the many fests, get outside this weekend. And here’s hoping you find some good eats and drinks when you do.
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Table Talk: In Memphis, food sounds good, too
Grab a plate because we’ve got “Green Onions,” “Bar-B-Q,” “Beans and Cornbread” and “Sugar Puddin’” coming your way.
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August 2023
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Table Talk: Sandwiches, Sichuan and more
Germantown Parkway and Cordova Road, just across from the Cordova International Farmers Market and its adjacent growing food truck scene might suddenly be a “most interesting food intersection in Memphis” contender — and perhaps most unlikely.
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Table Talk: The supermarket vs. the specialty stores
Was the supermarket a good idea? Like Holiday Inn, another Memphis business with a feel for the future, Piggly Wiggly tapped into the changing habits of a century that would be defined by cars.
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Table Talk: Memphis Made, Central go whole hog; Second Line’s Oktoberfest
Second Line’s regular menu will be replaced, temporarily, by a German one, Sugar Ghost opens a second location in Germantown and a Summer Avenue favorite moves down the road.
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Table Talk: What’s the spiciest dish in Memphis?
We’re under an excessive heat warning, and the best idea might be to fight fire with fire.
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July 2023
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Table Talk: Food is for exploring, at home and away
Chris Herrington summarizes recent Daily Memphian food coverage, including a recent Sound Bites episode about the best Memphis restaurants to take out-of-town visitors.
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