• Jaquila, Blake, and Erling Jensen
  • Emma Benzina, Jacob Burns,
    Hank Fleming, and Sadie Zoellner
  • Gail Schledwitz and Susan Glassman
  • Carter Beard and Terry Reeves

Jonathan Mah made sure that people didn’t go away hungry after they met him at his Meat Me in Memphis station.

Mah, owner of SideStreet Burgers in Olive Branch, Mississippi, featured Korean marinated beef tenderloin with teriyaki sauce and sriracha, spicy smoked sausage with bacon, and cream cheese and candied jalapeños.

He was one of the vendors featuring dishes made with meat at the annual fundraiser for the Monogram Foods Loves Kids Foundation founded by Karl Schledwitz and Wes Jackson. The gala was held October 23rd at the Renasant Convention Center.

Again this year, the event featured music by Sound Fuzion from University of Memphis. 

  • Nathan and Heather Pease
  • Tiarrne Gatewood and Darious Robertson
  • Isabella Salas and Zeke Wright
  • Harris Smith and Charlie Long
  • Otis and Elaine Sanford
  • John and Stephanie Prather
  • Mark and Judy Long
  • Hugh Balthrop
  • Don Brunson and Karl Schledwitz
  • Nick Black
  • Jacob Burns
  • Matt Martin

Michael Donahue began his career in 1975 at the now-defunct Memphis Press-Scimitar and moved to The Commercial Appeal in 1984, where he wrote about food and dining, music, and covered social events until...