Table Talk: Friendsgiving is for (chosen) family
“Picture-perfect holidays found me here,” Ellen Chamberlain writes about her experiences in Memphis. (TrueCreatives)
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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I’ll celebrate my second Friendsgiving in Memphis this year. The community I’ve cultivated, and that’s found me, in this city makes spending the holidays here warm and an opportunity for deep reflection and gratitude.
Naturally, my Memphis community is a ragtag group of people who reflect many pieces of my own personality: Downtowners, foodies, writers, do-gooders, chefs and community advocates. Some of us were born here, and others had the good sense to make it our home. But we’ve all chosen each other as family.
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