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.

#ThrowbackThursday: The Ruby Chinese Menu

Yesterday, I was hungry for Ruby Chinese, so I wrote this story. Last night, Ed Movitz shared the Ruby Chinese menu with me. Can...

The Cake Ladies Who Fed the Cast of The Help

They took mama's recipe and fed the cast of The Help Greenwood, Miss. - Sandwiched between a health food store and a vitamin shop lie...

Restaurant Reflections: Ruby Chinese

For 24 years, Ruby Chinese owned the market on Chinese food in Oxford. I know my family ate there on a regular basis. In...

Who Remembers the Rebel Deli?

My parents have always told stories about amazing Oxford restaurants that are no longer around. Among those, Mr. Gatti's Pizza, the Kreme Kup and,...

Harmon's Restaurant Creates Harmony of Generations

A new generation is reviving the Harmon’s Restaurant legacy in Paris, Miss. Lisa Morris Coleman and her husband, Robert, recently reopened the restaurant her...

A Cheese Straw Society

Guests floating in by parachute. Galas in cotton gins. They party differently in the Delta There’s a man — a legend, really — named Lewis...

Wine Tips: Be Assertive with Annoying Waiters

In the world of sports, intimidation of the opponent is often critical to success. This idea has now moved to the more manicured playing...

Food for the Soul

It's so routine that in Cleveland, two such soulful beacons lie less than a mile from each other on Highway 61 - The Senator's...

Oxford’s Steve and Linda Green Rule Global Pizza Magazine Empire

Despite 17 years of success in the publishing business, PMQ Pizza Magazine remains a mystery to many in Oxford. “A pizza magazine? What, you...

Warm up with a Spice Cookie

It’s really, really, miserably cold in much of the country right now. If you’re savoring the last of the holiday vacation in your slippers...