Barbecue fest wraps up for the year, COVID is over me, and wha?? Fudge with 7,000 calories?

After a month at Liberty Park, some folks think it would be a fine permanent home for Memphis in May. Others are ready to be back on the river, which MIM president Jim Holt says is where they’ll be in 2023.

Staks Pancake Kitchen has secured its second franchise agreement, this one with a Collierville resident. 

After receiving a $15,000 grant from EDGE, Kaye’s Pints & Scoops has opened at 2089 Winchester Road in Whitehaven, where the owners craft ice creams made with locally sourced ingredients.

The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest concludes at Liberty Park as winners are announced, and hope sizzles for a return to Tom Lee Park in 2023.

Cornbread salad is a staple at the Big Bob Gibson family supper during the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, and a great addition to your summer picnics and cookouts.

When the rain stopped Friday evening, Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest revelers were ready for fun at Liberty Park.

The market is offering special deals for senior citizens starting Saturday, May 14, and continuing on one Saturday each month through the summer.

Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest participants win awards for best booth, best T-shirt and Miss Piggy Idol. 

More than 200 teams began setting up tents, cookers, coolers and decorations for the world’s largest competitive barbecue cooking contest.

A restaurant closes due to COVID. But the show goes on at Liberty Park where Memphis in May’s World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is back.

Sisters-in-law and best friends Brandi Flaig and Jesse Boyd have started their own catering business, something they might not have been able to do before a pandemic-era trend took hold. 

A graduate of Penn State’s Ice Cream Short Course and a former student of a “gelato master” at a French pastry school in Chicago, Hugh Balthrop takes great pride in the art of gelato-making.

A new world champion of barbecue is waiting in the wings. And, more accurately, also in the hogs, the sauce and the “anything but.” It all starts today at 5 p.m. 

After relocating to East Memphis during the pandemic, Blaire and Taylor Bobo decided to open one of their favorite restaurants nearby. 

When the pandemic hit in 2020, Nick Barbian had a choice: Move back to Austin or make his mark in Memphis.

Cooking for mom? Chances are good she and everyone else would like a big pan of Grisanti’s baked manicotti.

A former dancer and muffin maker is now delivering bagels, from plain to poppy seed, to the eastern part of Shelby County.

“We’re not out to get the little guy. We all used to be the little guy,” said John Currence, owner of Big Bad Breakfast, the restaurant he announced last month would open in Mulan’s space. 

An accidental hot sauce douse prompts a culinary epiphany for a friend — and a question for you. 

Idahoan mashed potatoes are back in Memphis, but don’t expect them in your mailbox this time around. 

“I only live about a mile from here,” said one opening day customer. “I could walk. In fact, I probably should walk.”

Torta de Merengue is so simple to make; all you need is a mixer (or a strong arm) to impress your guests.

In Inkwell, Ben Colar said he wanted to build another option that felt inviting, where people could come, relax and not have to settle.

“We are definitely still open,” said Mulan co-owner Matt Kan.