Any bibliophile type who you know keeps an ever-ready heap of books close at hand. Albeit dust laden, they represent our best intentions. Often non-fiction, they await examination and in …
Crechale’s Cafe | Jackson, Mississippi
John Evans, owner of the sublime Lemuria Bookstore http://www.lemuriabooks.com, offered a commentary as we huddled in anticipation. He drawled,“We done gone to heaven, yall.” And indeed, we were ascending. The …
Laundry List | Potatoes with Tomatoes
Last week I got the word about our dryer. He died an untimely death and went before the washer. She was still plugging away. I think you know why this …
The Neshoba County Fair | Ida Mae Lewis’s Fried Chicken
Crazy idealistic is a note that I could ascribe to my younger self. A puzzle piece to that personal trait is a nighttime dream which lingered for years until I …
Gypsy Genes | Coconut Brown Rice and Beans
I knew a man who was struck by lightening in a stadium seat and died. He was enjoying the game and boom; a bolt took him out. He was a …
Miles Kimball Is On The Wing | Pizza Dough
In the super-deluxe world of online ordering, it’s hard for some folk to imagine a time when a paper catalog arrived via snail mail by blue moon to the cries …
Epice | Nashville, Tennessee
Delicious food means a lot to me. So much, in fact, that over a lifetime my discernment on the subject has moved deeper in the direction of home cooking. Home …
Fly Me Home – written for The 2018 Local Table Annual Resource Guide
Here’s hoping that you have an inkling of the glorious, year round variety of local food that is available for the picking in Middle Tennessee. But dig deeper and consider …
Can I Get A Witness | Nannie’s Poblano Corn Chowder
My father regularly set up camp with a rope swing. He could craft a newsprint kite, build a tunneled city with blankets inside (or sand outside) and bless us with …
LA Jackson and Henrietta Red | Nashville, Tennessee
Once upon a time (when I was 19 years old), I encountered a person on a dormitory elevator; she was as beautiful as a blooming rose. I was charmed by …