Table Talk: Dog days scream out for summer treats
Stracciatella and pistachio gelato at Zio Matto. (Joshua Carlucci/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
The dog days of summer are upon us.
It’s the time of year when you pray that “excessive heat” advisories dissolve into simple “heat” warnings. It’s when Memphis feels more like the set of an old Western — visible heat waves and all — more than a waterfront metropolis. And it begs for a change to my normal routine.
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