The New York Times recently featured the irreplaceable cuisine in the Mississippi Delta in its Travel column this week.
The author, Phil McCausland, traveled to Hoover’s Grocery in Greenwood, Abe’s Bar-B-Que in Clarksdale, the Senator’s Place in Cleveland and back to Greenwood for The Crystal Grill and the Delta Bistropub.
The co-owner of Delta Bistropub is Taylor Bowen Ricketts, the James Beard-nominated chef who moved from Oxford to Greenwood. She also has the Delta Fresh Market, a cafe and farmers’ market in Greenwood.
Below is an excerpt from the feature:
Ms. Ricketts came to Greenwood from Oxford to start the Delta Fresh Market, a cafe and farmers’ market, and slowly developed an appreciation for her new town. The farm-to-table movement started in the Delta long before it became a national trend, she said. It’s this sort of authenticity that excites Ms. Ricketts, and though this isn’t where she is from, it is what has made it home.
“I cried for three days when I moved here,” she said, leaning forward on her stool and resting her elbows on her bar. “But now, I don’t know why — I hate to love it so much. There’s something about the dirt. It gets stuck in your toes.”
Follow this link to read the feature: http://nytimes.com/2016/05/08/travel/tamales-catfish-pie-delicacies-of-the-mississippi-delta.html
Callie Daniels Bryant is the senior managing editor at HottyToddy.com. She can be reached at callie.daniels@hottytoddy.com.
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