Memphis Flyer: Food & Wine

Microbiologist Fermentation Scientist Needed

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:00 -0600

Got this one off of Twitter ... I have no idea what it is, but it pays great.

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Winter Farmers Market in Cooper-Young

letters@memphisflyer.com (Pamela Denney) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:02:00 -0600

Next week is my last CSA from Whitton Farms, and quite honestly, I’ve been worrying about how I will feed my family. Cooking for me is so dependent on my weekly bag of produce, that I hardly remember how to plan meals any other way.

Fortunately, a handful of local growers have organized a winter market and are selling their produce every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Tsunami restaurant in Cooper-Young. They plan to be there all winter.

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Chicago BBQ Better Than Memphis BBQ?

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0600

blogs.dispatch.co.za/cafeafrica

Or so argues a writer for seriouseats.com.

Them's fightin' words!

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Forty Carrots' Prepared Dishes

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:29:00 -0600

According to Phyllis Cline, owner of the East Memphis kitchen wares store Forty Carrots, it's one of the city's worst kept secrets.

Forty Carrots has been offering frozen side dishes, pies, Parker House rolls, soups, made-to-order cakes, and more for 15 years year-round. The only difference now is that they're advertising the fact.

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St. Mary's Book Sale: Who Needs More Cookbooks?

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:54:19 -0600

St. Mary's Episcopal School is holding a fund-raiser book sale Friday and Saturday.

Among the impressive array of contemporary fiction, non-fiction, kids books, movie DVDs, etc. are cookbooks.

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Greatest News Ever ... If You Like See's Candies

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:24:00 -0600

See's Candies opened a temporary "gift center" in the Wolfchase Gallery last week.

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Local Flavor

letters@memphisflyer.com (Pamela Denney) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

by Pamela Denney Push open the door of the new Farmer's Market Midtown on Union near Belvedere and John Raney is ready with a handshake. "Are you a Midtowner?" he asks. "Welcome to your market!" Greeter, owner, and Midtown enthusiast, Rainey is a retired commercial broker who believes the neighborhood is ready for a metro market specializing in local products and personal service. "We like to say, 'Farm fresh to you,'" Raney says. "If you want beef from Neola Farms six days a…]]> [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

"Assassination Sandwich"

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:45:00 -0600

Happened upon this eatmedaily.com post on an artist's wax sculptures depicting images of assassins and their victims on bologna sandwiches. "King/Ray" is pictured below:

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Reusable Sushi Menu at Sekisui Midtown

letters@memphisflyer.com (Stacey Greenberg) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:26:00 -0600

Sekisui Midtown has embraced the idea of reducing their environmental impact since signing on with Project Green Fork in the spring. Not only can you take your leftovers home in an eco-friendly box, you can order your sushi (and appetizers) on a reusable sushi menu that they designed themselves. Wet-erase markers plus laminated menus equals an annual savings of 60 reams of paper. If customers respond well to the reusable menus, Sekisui will stock them in all of their restaurants.

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On the Scene at the Signature Chefs Auction

letters@memphisflyer.com (Pamela Denney) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:12:00 -0600

While eating my way through Sunday’s March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction at the Racquet Club in East Memphis, I mixed up this recipe for a fun and happy fund-raiser.

Start off with a great dress like the one worn by honorary chair Jennifer Hobson. Here she is talking with Connie Loeb:

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Joy Bateman Booksigning Tuesday

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:36:00 -0600

In 2005, Joy Bateman, who works as an account executive for Flyer sister publication Memphis magazine, published The Art of Dining in Memphis. The cookbook includes recipes from the city's best restaurants and illustrations by Bateman. The book sold well, and Bateman followed it up with The Art of Dining in New Orleans in 2007.

The city Bateman turned her attention to next came as a surprise ... at least to her.

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Food & Politics

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:39:00 -0600

psychologytoday.com

I find this seriously hilarious.

h/t: internetfoodassociation.com

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Breakfast Links

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:16:00 -0600

thomameat.com

For those following the ilovememphisblog.com's Breakfast Bracket, the results of the first round are in.

And in other breakfast news, former Memphian and Flyer contributor Paul Gerald has a new online radio show based on his book Breakfast in Bridgetown, covering the most important meal of the day in Portland, Oregon. Get more info on the show here.

Paul is considering doing breakfast books for other cities. Perhaps a Breakfast in M-Town?

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The Rumba Room Opens for Lunch

letters@memphisflyer.com (Pamela Denney) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:53:00 -0600

The Rumba Room, best known as a downtown salsa club at 303 South Main, is now open for lunch.

Friday afternoon, the dance floor was empty but the tables by the bar were busy with customers ordering a Cuban sandwich or Veracruz shrimp. The Cuban sandwich looked delicious: ham, pernil (Cuban roast pork), mustard, Swiss cheese, and pickle on a French baguette. It costs $8 and comes with fries.

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How To Eat a Chicken Wing

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:55:00 -0600

unitedmask.com

Finally! Something useful on Hungry Memphis.

Flyer contributer Stacey Greenberg pointed me to the link to foodwishes.com's video "How to Eat a Chicken Wing."

It's more complicated than you would think ...

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Worth the Trouble

letters@memphisflyer.com (Ari LeVaux) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

A little appreciation for the pomegranate. by Ari LeVaux The pomegranate is the crazy aunt of fruits. It's talented and passionate but misunderstood. But it has not always been this way. The scabby orb's blood-red image decorates the temple of Solomon and the robes of priests, its juice is imbued with medicinal properties, and its flavor is integral to many Old World cuisines. But in the New World, the pomegranate's reviews have been mixed. Its flesh, tart enough to make you wince, is buried among bitter membranes and crunchy…]]> [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Think Big

letters@memphisflyer.com (Pamela Denney) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

by Pamela Denney At the opening party for Stella Marris, Steve Cooper's new restaurant and lounge in Cordova, the menus were stacked in neat rows near the entrance. The dinner menu described 14 seafood entrées, plus 11 different steaks and chops. Next came the late-night fare: sliders, small plates, and a choice of deep-fried finger foods (alligator, oysters, fried green tomatoes, pepper jack cheese). Finally, the third menu listed desserts, including warm apple crisp and 23 cordials and cognacs priced from $7 to…]]> [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

The Vegetable Plate Conundrum

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:35:00 -0600

Last week, coworkers Greg, Pam, and Leonard and I went to the Blue Monkey. I ordered the vegetable plate, and just as the waitress was out-of-reach I began lamenting my choices.

"I should have ordered the tomatoes," I said.

"Why didn't you?" Greg asked.

"I panicked."

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David Chang's Visit to the Mid-South

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:16:00 -0600

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Super chef David Chang and Peter Meehan are touring to promote their new cookbook Momofuku, and they're blogging about it for GQ.

Chang and Meehan were in Oxford Halloween weekend for an appearance at the Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium.

Here's a taste of Chang's first impressions of the Mid-South: "the flight got delayed for four hours... but it was all news to me: I pilled myself out, so I came to on the runway in Memphis. Who knew that Memphis was so close to Mississippi?"

Scroll down to the middle of the page for the pair's take on the Mid-South.

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On the Scene at the Harvest Celebration

letters@memphisflyer.com (Pamela Denney) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:39:00 -0600

Hundreds of supporters gathered at downtown's Central Station Sunday evening for Harvest Celebration, the Memphis Farmers Market annual fund-raiser. It was quite the culinary event: tasting stations from 20 of the city’s leading restaurants, lots of wine (thank you, Star Distributors and A.S. Barboro), and a unique auction for fun food stuff like pick-your-own strawberries, a party patio at Hunt Phelan, cooking classes with Tsunami chef Ben Smith, and backyard composters.

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Chicken Soup in a Bread Bowl at Panera

letters@memphisflyer.com (Stacey Greenberg) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:39:00 -0600

Justin Fox Burks

Two of my favorite things are homemade bread and homemade soup — especially when it is cold outside. I don't know how to make either, but luckily Panera Bread excels at both. They have five different soups, plus seasonal specialties, every day. Best of all, you can have the soup served in a warm-from-the-oven sourdough bread bowl. (Just the thought of it warms me up!)

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Free Food at Fresh Market Saturday

letters@memphisflyer.com (Pamela Denney) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:09:00 -0600

thefreshmarket.com

Need a little inspiration for your holiday cooking? Or better yet, need a big push toward holiday meals to go?

Stop by Fresh Market Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the store’s annual “Taste of the Holidays Sampling Event” where the food is fresh, free, and someone else prepared it.

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Memphis Magazine's Restaurant Poll

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:01:00 -0600

It's time to vote in this year's Memphis magazine's Readers Restaurant Poll.

Voting will be held through December 18th, and winners will be revealed in the magazine's February 2010 issue.

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Cake Cutting Thursday at Shara's Paperie

letters@memphisflyer.com (Susan Ellis) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:25:00 -0600

Is there anything more delicious-sounding than a cake-cutting ceremony?

Today at Shara’s Paperie, there will be such an event to announce its new line of gift cakes, Cake Bliss, produced locally by Hilda Osarogiagbon.

Osarogiagbon says the path to Cake Bliss and Shara’s Paperie was like one of a boomerang.

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Let's Do Lunch

letters@memphisflyer.com (Pamela Denney) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0600

by Pamela Denney Downtown businessmen Ed Bell and Jonathan Byrd were frustrated with their lunch options, so they opened a restaurant two weeks ago across the street from their office. Their restaurant, called Market Café, features a changing selection of seasonal food in a cheerful, casual setting. It serves lunch only, Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. "It's everything we wanted in a lunch place," Bell says. "The food is high-quality, fresh, and reasonably priced." The cafe is located on…]]> [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]