Our surreal supper at Iris
On the heels of becoming only the sixth four-star restaurant in ten years of Commercial Appeal ratings, Kelly English hosted one of the series of farmers market dinners at Restaurant Iris on Sunday. We...
View ArticleMemphis Farmers Market Dinner at Restaurant Iris
I know. It’s been almost 2 weeks since the dinner. We’re horrible bloggers who care more about showing off our baby chickens instead of telling you about a really great meal. It’s true. We suck. A lot....
View ArticleEggplant Naploleons
In our most recent CSA basket from Downing Hollow Farms, we found lovely slender eggplants. Once we saw that we had tomatoes that also had the same slender shape and fresh basil, we knew what to do —...
View ArticleSquirrellyisms Ed. 14, Op. 1
Squirrelly, Jr., at the Memphis Farmers Market, on his fourteenth birthday: Ooh! Eggplant! What have you done to me? He got his eggplant. We also bought him a cinnamon roll for breakfast. We’re not...
View ArticleMemphis Farmers Market Dinner at River Oaks
Tonight, the Memphis Farmers Market dinner series moved to River Oaks. This seasonal meal celebrated local products beautifully. OneTomatoesLocal tomatoes, scallop mousseline, chorizo...
View ArticleMemphis Farmers Market news
We got off to a very slow start Saturday. I had a birthmark removed from the top of my head Thursday. There was a very slim chance it could have eventually become cancerous. But, far worse, should my...
View ArticleTableland
Last night Papa Squirrel and I enjoyed a screening of the movie Tableland at the Brooks. For those of you not familiar with this film, it won first place this year at the New York City Food Film...
View ArticleFarmers Market Dinner at Chez Philippe
As a native Memphian, one of my most shameful confessions has been that I have never eaten at Chez Philippe at The Peabody. It took an email from Lori Greene of Downing Hollow Farm to change that. Lori...
View ArticleWhen the Laws Get in the Way
Paul and I found out today that one of our favorite farmers market vendors won’t be around any more in the near future. Due to legislation designed to protect consumers from listeria decades ago, raw...
View ArticleBaby, It’s Cold Outside
So, yeah, it’s cold out there. And like all good Southerners, we avoid cold like the plague. We live here because we don’t like the cold. Boston, y’all can have all that snow. We’re good down here...
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