Eating Oxford

The Velvet Ditch brings seafood and steady service to Oxford

A new hot spot offering seafood, bar favorites and steady service in a setting that fits both weeknights and game weekends

Hotty Toddy News Services - November 15, 2025

Q&A With Abner White

Abner’s Famous Chicken Tenders restaurants celebrate 20th anniversary. Throughout 2013, Abner’s Famous Chicken Tenders restaurants — now a Mississippi institution — are celebrating 20 years...

Lamar Lounge’s New Bar-B-Que Pits

By Tom Freeland HottyToddy.com blogger John Currence is having a pit built behind the Lamar Lounge that looks to me about able to hold two...

Smoky and the Biscuit: Embers Now Open

Newcomb and company putting on a lip-smacking smoke show on University Ave. In June, we told you about Don Newcomb's new restaurant enterprise, Embers Biscuits...

On Cooking Southern: Cukes Unencumbered

Recipes as cool as a cucumber. By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Thicker’n pea soup: The humidity in the Mid-South around this time of year (early...

On Cooking Southern: Peachy Keen Flavors, Part 2

More savory ways to eat a peach. By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Editor's Note: Last week, Laurie Triplette presented Part 1 of peach recipe ideas, including peach simple syrup...

Big Bad Breakfast Makes Zagat ’50 Plates of Bacon’ List

Shrimp and grits recognized among the best in bacon. Big surprise: A John Currence restaurant made a list of the best of something, and bacon...

On Cooking Southern: Peachy Keen Flavors, Part 1

Feel warm and fuzzy with these peach-forward recipes. By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Peachy (also peachy keen): Just fine. Great. Dandy. Swell. Wonderful. Arranged to satisfaction....

Summer Is The Season Of The Tomato

News From Southern Foodways Alliance In this series for the SFA I am examining iconic Southern foods that define summer. I’m sharing a little history...

Pulitzer Prize Nominee Enters HottyToddy.com Recipe Contest

The HottyToddy.com Recipe Contest has cooked up some mighty fan competition within its first two weeks. From great-grandmother’s secrets to a Pulitzer Prize nominee,...

On Cooking Southern: Feeling Blue?

A bread, a salsa, a sauce, and a drink that are all the berries. By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK I found myself: A grammatically incorrect expression...