A Day In New Orleans with the TBC Brass Band
After breakfast, my friend Darren from the TBC Brass Band and I headed into the Central Business District of New Orleans. I had always wanted …
Restaurant Reviews
Great Seafood at Morrow’s in New Orleans
Having been away from New Orleans for nearly two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, when I finally got the chance to return for my birthday, …
A Big, Good Breakfast at Memphis’ Big Bad Breakfast
Oxford restauranteur John Currence opened the first Big Bad Breakfast in Oxford, Mississippi in 2008. A few years later a second location opened in Birmingham, …
Fabulous Brunch In A Pleasant Setting at Bartlett’s Biscuits and Jams
When a longtime Bartlett Mexican restaurant closed, I was curious what kind of restaurant would go into the space. I was quite surprised when a …
Great Barbecue and a Fun Atmosphere at Oxford’s Lamar Yard
After my final performance at the Oxford Blues Festival with Duwayne Burnside, my friend and I were hungry for barbecue. Although there was a barbecue …
Great Food In An Elegant Setting at New Albany’s The Rainey
The abrupt closure of Bankhead Bicycle Club in New Albany, Mississippi a few years back left a fine-dining gap in that town, but fine dining …
Great Pizza and A Pleasant Atmosphere at Oxford’s Southern Craft Stove and Tap
My friend really wanted to go to Oxford to see Larry Dodson, the former lead singer of the Bar-Kays, perform, and that of course meant …
How To Enjoy Chicken and Support the Delta Blues
I doubt if anyone was all that happy when Bartlett, Tennessee lost its Steak N Shake location, although it had ceased being 24-hours-a-day almost two …
The Way The Cookie Crumbls (Or Doesn’t) in Memphis
Perhaps few foods comfort us more than cookies—they hearken back to a time when our mothers baked them for us; the pleasant smell of warm, …
Duwayne Burnside Live at the W. C. Handy Music Festival in Henderson, Kentucky
Early on Saturday morning, June 19th, I headed to a restaurant called the Merry-Go-Round on North Fares Avenue in Evansville, Indiana. Fares was once Highway …