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

A Sweet and Chilly Tradition: Snow Ice Cream

Growing up down South, I never cared for cold weather and the older I get, the more I hate winter. My bones ache and...

McEwen’s Oxford Keys on Fresh, Local Ingredients — Makes Its Menu Sing

McEwen’s brings a decidedly unique taste to Oxford. Though the restaurant originated as a branch of McEwen’s Memphis, it quickly found its niche on...

The Delta: Growing in the Food Desert

Black churches in the Delta are preaching the gospel of gardening. It could be their salvation. A quiet revolution is growing in the Delta....

The Dish: Fancy-Schmancy Doughnuts

Gourmet doughnuts are the next big thing.Try these two easy-to-execute, holiday themed recipes. Move over cupcakes. It’s time for doughnuts to take their star turn....

Seven Health Foods That Can Ruin Your Diet

How to avoid being blindsided by weight gain Even when you think you’re eating healthy, you may want to think again — there are some...

In the Mix: The Lurleen

A doggone good blend from Mississippi’s Little Easy. Snackbar, located in Oxford, Mississippi, is the kind of place that instantly makes you feel as if...

Perfecting the Christmas Cookie

Cookie artist Amanda Morris shares tips for festive cookie decorating. While Amanda Morris admittedly lacks a sweet tooth, her eye for cookie design has garnered...

Lunch Watch: Fight White Death With the Don Vito at Soulshine

There's a sloppy, drizzling rain outside, with temperatures dropping. Comfort food is the order of the day. And I don't typically enjoy an adult...

By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Nuttier’n a fruitcake: (Also “nutty as a fruitcake” or “he/she’s a fruitcake”) Crackbrained or crazy. Not just Southern, the expression...

Hungry Highway: 3 BIG Delta Burgers

Down any highway, epic Delta burgers fit the meanest appetite CLEVELAND/Highway 61 The Shootout Platter: The old-time favorite Thirty years ago, when a friend asked for something...