$10 Deal: Petals of a Peony’s lunch specials
Petals of a Peony is the only authentic Sichuan restaurant in Memphis. (Joshua Carlucci/The Daily Memphian file)
Joshua Carlucci
Joshua Carlucci is a writer and food journalist from Los Banos, California. He holds a BA in English from the University of California, Berkeley, a culinary diploma from the Institute of Culinary Education, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Memphis, where he was managing editor of Pinch. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Brussels Review, Redivider, Gravy, EatingWell, Southern Living, and elsewhere. He is a staff writer at Brooklyn-based food and beverage industry magazine, StarChefs.Find more of his work on his website, joshuacarlucci.com.
Petals of a Peony offers lunch specials on some of its most popular dishes, and if you throw garlic into a recipe without noticing the amount called for, at least one of them is for you.
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