Memphis took a punch with the death of Tommy Peters; ‘Mrs. Louise’ turned 98; your spicy tomato soup recipe is delivered.

Hot Onion Soufflé is a super easy and delicious appetizer.

La Baguette’s Spicy Tomato Soup is super simple; just pull out the double boiler.

You don’t turn 98 every day, but if it happens at Gibson’s, you get a cake, a couple of songs and a nice bottle of wine.

Tommy Peters was a money man, not a restaurateur, but he loved music and when he met B.B. King, his path changed.

The 2022 dates for Memphis in May have been announced and the locations for Beale Street Music Fest and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest will be announced in mid-September. 

The Junior League of Memphis needs to clear space and is selling about 1,000 cookbooks, including 750 copies of the popular ‘Heart & Soul.’

Basil is a good place to start but you can use other herbs to make pesto, too.

The Sarwars traveled to St. Lucia, a country with a Level 3 advisory warning during the pandemic, despite being unvaccinated.

Tounkara opened his eponymous restaurant in 2019, in a small strip on Raines Road, very near the Memphis International Airport, serving such staples as goat curry, chicken peanut stew and jollof rice. 

La Baguette reopens next week and, when the dining room renovation is finished, will serve bistro food for dinner. 

A Caribbean paradise turned bad for Angela and Tony Sarwar when they found out they had COVID just before they were to return home.

At Midtown’s Barksdale Restaurant, 10 bucks can get you a country ham & red-eye gravy platter, the kind of breakfast worth singing about.

We’re talking about masks, because what else? Really, though, wearing them properly could be what keeps our restaurants open. But is it enough to keep our kids safe?

Jennifer Biggs shares the recipe for Café Samovar’s Beef Stroganoff.

Jennifer, Chris and Eric talk about new masking rules and how the high local numbers are affecting restaurants — and them.

Saucy Chicken has more space and an expanded menu after moving from Crosstown to East Memphis.

If you want to eat at RP Tracks, starting this week, you have to show your vaccination card or negative COVID test. The first day of the new practice went smoothly for the University area restaurant. 

East Memphis pub has a bounty of board games for guests to play as they munch snacks and sip beverages.

It’s a long trip from Boston to Memphis, but the cold-water cod for the fish and chips at The Majestic Grille gets here fast, flown in each week.

Cristina McCarter is a local food entrepreneur, offering tasting tours, gift boxes, and charcuterie boards in her various business and and organizing events like Memphis Dining Week.

Restaurateurs worry that Shelby County’s new mask mandate might scare customers, but prefer it over more stringent restrictions on their businesses.

It’s one thing to get rid of bookshelves; getting rid of the cookbooks they held turns out to be a little harder.