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.

An American in Paris: Why French Folk Don’t Get Fat and Other Musings

SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Lagniappe: A little something extra thrown in for good measure. An expression peculiar to the Deep South, where French and Spanish...

Stop in for Pancakes and a Make-Your-Own Milkshake at Oxford Market Place at the Commons

Jeffrey Hollis and Hunter Plott saw an opportunity and jumped on it. The Oxford businessmen built, own and operate the new Oxford Market Place...

Oxford Stories: UM Student Hopes to Ambush the Alcohol Market

A University of Mississippi student hopes to Ambush the market with a new alcohol supply business. Qadree Williams, 22, a senior business marketing major, wants...

Cabin 82 Cafe Opens in Oxford

Cabin 82, a cozy Southern cafe, has just opened at the new Graduate Hotel in Oxford. The cafe has a different feel than the...

On Cooking Southern: Great Pumpkin Teases Our Tastebuds

SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Git 'er dun: Taking a leaf from the book of Jeff Foxworthy’s Southern Redneck lore, this means definitively, y’all need to...

Have a Spooktacular Halloween in Oxford!

Halloween weekend is approaching. It's time to get a move on that costume you’ve been thinking about. Although some plan to follow the football...

Taste of the Game: Ole Miss Rebels Against Texas Aggies in Oxford

“Being Southern isn't talking with an accent...or rocking on a porch while drinking sweet tea, or knowing how to tell a good story. It's...

Buzzfeed Ranks Chevron’s Chicken on a Stick Nationally for Best Drunken Eats

Buzzfeed.com included an Oxford food staple in its national list once more. Chevron on University Avenue had its Chicken on a Stick listed 31st...

Food for Thought—The Crown of Southern Cooking

The Crown Restaurant in Indianola, Mississippi, has a beautiful new cookbook out this year. It is called The Best of the Best Presents, The...

18th Annual SFA Symposium Focused on Southern Pop Culture

More than 400 foodies explored their inner and outer connections to kitsch, camp and vernacular food culture in Oxford last week. They were here...