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
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Oxford’s Elizabeth Heiskell Appears on Today Show

Once more, the Today Show featured Elizabeth Heiskell of Woodson Ridge Farms this morning. Heiskell showed the TODAY hosts and viewers how to make a...

New Restaurant Grit Set to Open This May in Taylor, Mississippi

Angie Sicurezza and Nick Reppond are veterans of the Oxford restaurant scene. Having cooked and run restaurants for others in Oxford and around...

Saint Leo Secures Location Adjacent to Oxford’s Historic Square

Forthcoming restaurant Saint Leo has secured a location just off Oxford’s central square at 1101 Jackson Ave East. Set to open in spring 2016,...

Eating Oxford: Feeding Our Neighbors after the Tornado

For many of us, the only experience we had with the recent tornado that swept through neighboring Holly Springs was through the images we...

Oyster & Seafood: Living Up to the Hype

As one of Oxford’s newest restaurants located off of the Square, you may wonder what the draw is at Oyster & Seafood at 1518...

On Cooking Southern: Ring in the New with Good Luck Food

SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Tickled pink: The way we all feel when getting to go to the Sugar Bowl… And when the coconut cake turns...

On Cooking Southern: Top Ten Cookie-Making Tips

SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Give me the bacon without the sizzle: Just give me the details without putting a favorable PR spin on them. To...

Heaton: Chicken Parmesan That Would Make John Grisanti Proud

I learned to cook from John Grisanti. John opened the Original Grisanti's Restaurant on Airways Boulevard in 1962. It was a Memphis landmark for...

On Cooking Southern: Christmas Cookies Are Not Just for Ol’ St. Nick

SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Close enough for government work: Acceptable ... the rocket doesn’t depend on it and nobody’s flying a plane based on...

Eating Oxford: Free Hot Chocolate This Sunday

Cabin 82, inside the Graduate Hotel Oxford at 400 N. Lamar Boulevard is celebrating National Hot Cocoa Day this Sunday, December 13, by giving...
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