Eating Oxford

Ole Miss Students Turn Bar Covers Into a Business

Three Ole Miss sophomores turned a common nightlife frustration into CoverStock, an Oxford startup for buying and reselling bar covers.

Lamar Lounge Goes Whole Hog

Don't be late to lunch or you could be sucking hind tot—yes, tot. Blogger Tom Freeland reported on the construction of the barbecue pit behind...

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,...