Table Talk: English brings dinner to the Brooks
A visitor observes Calida Rawles' "Thy Name We Praise” at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. (Courtesy Yobreeyze & Kam Darko Visuals/Memphis Brooks Museum of Art)
Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
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Last week, I talked about how food is an extension of the amazing art available throughout Memphis, only to learn that Chef Kelly English has been so inspired by the work of hyper-realist painter Calida Rawles that he curated an entire dinner based upon her work.
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