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[Food & Drink] Love a Duck
by Jesse Yancy
Photo by Melissa Webster
Those rascals in the Greater Belhaven “There Goes the Neighborhood” Association plan on holding their annual “White Trash Bash” as soon as it gets warm enough to wear a wife-beater. Before long, the middle stretch of Poplar Boulevard will fill with the odors of heart-hindering foods cooking over carbon footprints.
[Food & Drink] Butter Up
by Jesse Yancy
Photo by Christi Vivar
March 26, 2008
Any kitchen’s larder should include butter among its basic oils: Without butter, cakes lose their savor, eggs can’t find their flavor, and breads just get lost.
[Lunch Lady] Brand Spankin’ New Downtown
by Margaret Cahoon
Photo by Darren Schwindaman
March 19, 2008
In some cities, storefronts are full, and any time one business vacates, there is another one on its heels to take over. In other places, storefronts stay empty for years and fall into…
[Green Girl] Fewer Cow Pies, More French Fries
by Kelly Bryan Smith
Photo by Melissa Webster
March 19, 2008
One major solution to the problem of global warming is making small changes in our own homes. A multitude of things—cars, factories, power plants—heavily contribute to global-warming pollution. We’ve heard a lot about driving less, changing our light bulbs, recycling. Even our weekly grocery trips have come under scrutiny. We’ve talked about the importance of incorporating organic and locally grown foods into our diets. But the issue is bigger than that. A major contributor to global warming is … the cow.
Krewe of Broccoli
by JoAnne Prichard Morris
Photo by Sage Carter-Hooey
March 12, 2008
Can’t get enough of Mal’s St. Paddy’s Parade? Continue the party at home, and have another Mal-athon on your dining room table. You need only to create a krewe of broccoli stalks marching on a street paved with split peas and red beans—and, presto, you’ve got a green parade. This year’s theme celebrates nutrition and health. (Stick the broccoli in candle holders or use pin frogs.)
One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, Four…
by Michele Baker
Photo by Melissa Webster
March 12, 2008
Mark McCrary, executive director of the Mississippi Center for Nonprofits and enthusiastic St. Paddy’s Day celebrant, grew up eating potatoes—the most Irish of vegetables. His mother no doubt used them because potatoes are…
[Food & Drink] The Lost Art Of Eating Breakfast
by Sarah Christine Bolton
Photo by Christi Vivar
February 27, 2008
When I was a child growing up in Montana, my family would take annual trips to California to visit my mom’s parents. My Nana and Pompa lived in a big house high above the San Francisco bay. I would wake up every morning to the smell of coffee wafting through the heater vents. As I staggered downstairs, I could hear Pompa watching “Kathy Lee and Regis Live!” in the other room. Nana would make me oatmeal with sweet chunks of peaches and bananas. Ah, breakfast, your beautiful beacon of sustenance and motivation.
3 [Lunch Lady] Local Flavor
by Margaret Cahoon
Photo by Darren Schwindaman
February 20, 2008
As you may know, to be a true Jackson Free Press foodie, you must require a few things of your restaurants: Located in Jackson? Check. Locally owned and operated? Of course. Local flavor?…
Cooking Under Pressure
by Jesse Yancy
February 13, 2008
Sooner or later you’re bound to hear someone say they can’t boil water, or even worse (and this is the voice of experience speaking) hear it said about you.
[Fly] Decadence and Chocolate
by Jackie Warren Tatum
February 6, 2008
On Valentine’s Day, forsake your inhibitions and romp with your lover beginning with a little chocolate. Taken to the extreme, it could conceivably lead to cuddling and even (dare I say it) participating in more strenuous lovers’ “exercise.” And though I am not recommending such dual endeavors, I am not necessarily discouraging them.
[Lunch Lady] Setting the Mood, With Food
by Margaret Cahoon
Photo by Darren Schwindaman
February 6, 2008
Lunch Lady is excusing herself from offering you any aphrodisiac advice this year, in part because she realizes that you can’t all agree with her on the powers of tweed jackets with elbow patches, cheap cologne and a week’s worth of facial hair, and in part because she has a replacement. For this special fly Valentine’s Day, Lunch Lady is taking a break and yielding to her French counterpart, La Demoiselle de Déjeuner, who might have a better idea of romance and increasing your (sexual) appetite.
[Food & Drink] Finding An Organic Balance
by Sarah Christine Bolton
January 30, 2008
The very day after I got my driver’s license, my mother handed me the keys to her forest-green minivan and gave me a grocery list. I thought getting my license would allow me to visit the local coffee shop whenever I wanted, have Saturday lunch with friends and never have to wait three hours after ballet class for a ride. My mother, however, thought it meant her days of playing chauffeur for my numerous siblings and making grocery store runs were over.
[Lunch Lady] Self-Proclaimed Goodness
by Margaret Cahoon
Photo by Darren Schwindaman
January 16, 2008
In her many years of life, Lunch Lady has learned to be wary of some things—such as entities that proclaim themselves to be something that only time and audiences should be able to decide. For example, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey’s presentation of “The Greatest Show on Earth”; Michael Jackson’s self-declaration as the “King of Pop”; and Fox Sports saying they have “The Best Damn Sports Show Period.” They all make Lunch Lady a little nervous. If they didn’t, she might have called this column “The Best, Wittiest Thing You Will Read About Food This Week.” But she would never be so presumptuous.
[Food & Drink] Light Bites
by Farley Walker
Photo by Melissa Webster
January 9, 2008
Maybe you’re feeling like I do—if you never see a plate of cookies, box of candy or line-up of pastries again, it’ll be too soon. The holidays are about giving, and that often means edible goodies. Even beverages were on overload: eggnog, hot chocolate and mulled wine. By the time the new year began, millions of Americans had promised that this year they will lose weight, this time they will follow through on the resolution to start healthy eating habits. While I’m not making any such promise for myself or helping you keep yours, lighter food and wine pairings will help detoxify from the overindulgence that was December.
[Lunch Lady] Sandwiches Gone Global
by Margaret Cahoon
Photo by Darren Schwindaman
January 2, 2008
There is an episode of “Friends” in which Ross wants Ugly Naked Guy’s apartment, but doesn’t know how to go about getting it. Rachel suggests he get to know him a little better, find out about his interests and use that knowledge to bond with UNG. Then comes her classic line: “Like if I wanted something from Joey, I would strike up a conversation about, say, um, sandwiches … or my underwear.” Joey is instantly all ears.
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