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Recipes Can’t decide between bourbon and rye? You don’t have to if you pick up a bottle of Doc.52; it’s half each. -
Recipes Bar Talk: Pontotoc Lounge
Daniel Masters took over Pontotoc Cafe, revamped it and opened it as Pontotoc Lounge in August (despite the fact that you'll hear it called by its old name in the video). -
Recipes Bar Talk: Celtic Crossing
Celtic Crossing owner D.J. Naylor likes his whiskey, and he wants you to share his opinion. Last year, he held a series of drinking classes on Irish whiskey to expand the palates of us bourbon-lovin' Memphians. Now he's hosting a series on Scotch whisky (the Scots don't use the 'e') to further educate us. -
Recipes Bar Talk: Babalu
'Tis the season for a festive drink, but that doesn't mean you have to whip up pumpkin in a latte. At Babalu, where seasonal cocktails rotate through the menu, they're riffing on a holiday cake this year. -
Recipes Bar Talk: Belle Tavern
Belle Tavern owner/bartender Chris Ferri has a nice list of cocktails at the ready, but when I walked in last week and saw cherries marinating, bottles of syrups on one counter, a nice collection of bitters on another and a wall full of spirits, I was moved to request an on-the-spot cocktail. -
Recipes Bar Talk: Global Cafe
Global Cafe is one of the newest restaurants in Crosstown Concourse and it's different from any other place in Memphis. -
Recipes Bar Talk: Char
The drinks list at Char has always been divided by spirits and when the restaurant opened, this was simply the whiskey cocktail. -
Recipes Recipe of the Week: 2-minute tuna
Mark Travis is a Facebook friend who posted a photo of a plate of barely-seared tuna a few weeks ago. He seared it frozen, he said, then sliced and refrigerated it until it thawed. It sounded too easy, so I contacted him for step-by-step instructions and, well, that was pretty much all there was to it. -
Recipes Bar Talk: Cocktail tasting at Hog & Hominy
Nothing gets old at Hog & Hominy, where the cocktail menu changes at least seasonally and sometimes more often. -
Recipes In the Kitchen With: Jonathan Cole
Jonathan Cole is the founder of the blog placeatthetable.net and the Memphis Cooks Facebook group. The Midtown resident (and native Memphian) is a social worker by day and a home cook who likes to cook for sustenance and for fun (noodle around on his blog and check out his upscale adaptation of the bologna cake with Ranch dressing that periodically makes the Facebook rounds). We recently caught up with him to make a batch of soup. -
Recipes Bar Talk: Harold Cook and oysters at Sweet Grass
Harold Cook, the head bartender at Sweet Grass and Next Door in Cooper Young, turns to gin and muddled aromatics when asked to pair a cocktail with the oysters at Sweet Grass' oyster bar. This one holds up to the brininess of the oysters, but is light and has a bit of a kick from the chile pepper, too. -
Recipes Bar Talk: Whiskey at McEwen’s
Bert Smythe likes whiskey so much that he keeps a selection of 185-plus bottles behind the bar at McEwen’s, the restaurant at 120 Monroe he owns with partner John Littlefield. -
Recipes Moroccan stew great all year, but good on chilly night
My friend Peggy Burch frequently makes the stovetop version of Melissa Clark’s Moroccan stew, and one bowlful of it was all it took to convert me to soaking and cooking dried garbanzo beans. Then Clark’s cookbook “Dinner in an Instant” came out, and I switched to this version, close but not exactly the same, that I make in my Instant Pot (I’ve used pressure cookers for years and cannot recommend them enough). -
Recipes Bar Talk: Drew Wooten at Alchemy
It’s worth a little trouble to turn out a good cocktail. The Burnt Caipirinha at Alchemy requires a bit of prep ahead of time, but after you’ve made an oleo-saccharum and grilled your lemons, well, then there’s nothing to it. -
Recipes Recipes: Pear Skillet Cobbler
Some folks can whip up a cake on a whim, but I don’t have a baker’s touch. It’s a production for me, something that requires following a recipe, hauling out a mixer and cleaning up a mess.
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