Chris Herrington and Jennifer Biggs discuss the end of 2021 and what’s ahead for 2022 in food.

Bert Smythe and John Littlefield talk about the 21 months they spent remodeling McEwen’s, which is reopening Dec. 20.

The Timex watch of the Memphis restaurant scene is back. Mac Edwards brings favorites from The Farmer to Railgarten starting next week. He tells us how he got there from way back when in Gadsden, Alabama.

The Never Have I Ever series will begin soon, COVID permitting, and Chris Herrington and I talk about the things we plan to eat and discuss why some restaurants seem insider-ish.

Click; have a listen and feel free to comment about your meal, tell us what the tradition is in your family.

Pancho’s is closed and closing, but there’s plenty of Mexican food in Memphis; Jennifer and Chris talk about some places they like and some they remember.

Also, find out about the Science of Beer at MoSH, coming up next week.

Wally Joe and Jose Gutierrez talk about the upcoming Memphis Food & Wine Festival, back on Saturday after a 2020 COVID hiatus.

Memphis Greek Festival returns this weekend after missing two May festivals because of COVID.

“The ‘Vous” is still months away from release, but it was submitted for consideration for the Sundance festival this week; the filmmakers talk about it on Sound Bites.

B.R. Distilling’s McCauley Williams talks on this week’s Sound Bites about how he started the company.

Martha Hample and her partners started Hampline Brewing Co. on the eve of COVID and opened during the pandemic.

La Baguette is open again – and will soon be for dinner – Bryant’s is humming along, and Ciao Bella prepares for a move in January.

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

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.

Bari opens Tuesday in its new place at 524 S. Cooper, just a stone’s throw from its old place but with lots more room and its own parking.

Dr. Jeff Warren believes it’s time for mandatory masking; Deni Reilly worries restaurants are going to bear the brunt of high COVID numbers once again.

Jennifer Biggs: “It’s the best time of the year to eat local, we talk about tomato pies, quiche, beer — and this: Do grownups eat cereal?”

The Daily Memphian is in its new office and we’re back in the studio to record podcasts for the first time since March 2020, which means we had a lot to say this week. 

Chef Kelly English has some good news, bad news, and just plain old news for local diners. 

Torchy’s Tacos opens the doors to its first “craft casual” restaurant in Tennessee on Thursday.

Chris Herrington visits Sound Bites and he and Jennifer Biggs catch up with the latest food news and talk about — what else? — food.

New East Memphis cheese shop begins a workshop series this week, has added sandwiches for Saturday lunch and will soon have them daily.

Roar and Pour is the first big event at the Memphis Zoo since the onset of COVID.