Table Talk: Memphis embraces the board
The cheese board and wine at Sippin Silo wine bar in the Snowden District of Southaven. (Ziggy Mack/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.
Our not-so-little Bluff City is known worldwide for its barbecue. But I have been taken aback by Memphis’ quiet obsession with charcuterie.
Long before viral grazing boards and algorithm-friendly spreads took over social media, Memphians were assembling cured meats and cheeses — and doing it properly. Even though that social media trend is cooling off, the boards are still everywhere around town.
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