Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington talk over the details of a newsy week in food.

The Gray Canary opened in a large space adjacent to Old Dominick five years ago and became known for its open fire cooking of meats, potatoes and plenty of other vegetables. 

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The menu at Loaf, located in the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, is about 60% static, leaving almost half of the menu for the chef to get creative with seasonal and rotating items. 

The restaurant at 301 Front St. announced on social media that Jan. 24-28 will be the final week of service. No reason was given. 

Jimmy Gentry’s new Downtown restaurant opens Monday for dinner, and you’ll find some of your P.O. Press favorites on the menu.

Jennifer and Chris brainstorm some food they’d like to see Kelly English serve at his series of pop-ups, but they can’t manage to feed themselves breakfast reliably.

Is this the requested Goldsmith’s orange chiffon cake? Not officially, but it could be close. It’s a Southern Living recipe developed by cake baker extraordinaire —and native Memphian — Pam Lolley.

Izzy & Adam’s delivers a taste of Chicago with deep dish and thin crust pizza, Italian beef and a proper Chicago-style hot dog.

Who says snacks can’t be a solo meal? But, if that goes against your principles, get a sandwich on the side. 

In other food news, it’s time to celebrate the Lunar New Year, Burns night and Portugal. 

After being diagnosed with egg and dairy allergies, Brinkley Erb flipped over pancakes with no gluten-containing ingredients, no added sugar and no added flour.

Here’s a nice shrimp and crawfish etouffee from Cafe Roux, and if you want to adapt it to make Catfish Acadian, go right ahead.

The pop-up restaurant will feature a dozen authentic small plates, such as porco preto grelhaldo — grilled pork belly — and three desserts.

Last Sunday’s NFL Countdown featured a mini-documentary on Dallas Cowboys running back and Memphis native Tony Pollard, whose family owns Pollard’s Bar-B-Que.

A chicken sandwich with Memphis white sauce is new to the menu at Tops Bar-B-Q. But this deal does come with a caveat. 

Nate Oliva is wearing the chef hat at Bounty on Broad, Josh Steiner’s Hive bakery is open in Midtown, and we may be able to get you in to our sold-out reader lunch at Dim Sum King.

“The ethos is modern Memphis cuisine. To me that means taking Memphis, Mid-South classic dishes and incorporating different ingredients or influences of the major immigrant communities that exist in the Mid-South,” said the food truck’s founder. 

Per a reader request, here’s the recipe for barbecued oysters from the old Four Flames restaurant. 

Queen of Sheba Imperial Restaurant recently opened in Cordova and offers, in addition to an extensive menu, a hearty $10 deal with its shawarma platter. 

With a brand new year stretching ahead of us, it’s good to have a plan, nice to have a wish list, and as a little luck can’t hurt, either. 

It was a better year than 2021 and 2020; in fact, 2022 saw a flurry of new restaurants open toward the end of the year and served up some tasty dishes all year long.

It’s mostly for fun, but our January event is also a bit of a “lunch and learn” at Dim Sum King.

Sunrise in East Memphis is now open seven days a week and has an expanded menu from the original Downtown location.

After the struggles of 2020 and 2021, the restaurant scene in Memphis showed promise of recovery in 2022.

Here’s a quick and easy New Year’s Day meal that gives you all the luck and prosperity without the guilt: This is full of flavor and good-for-you vegetables.