Eating Oxford

Hot Ones Spices Up Oxford at Back Nine

Spice lovers rejoice! Savor crispy buffalo wings and a fiery chicken sandwich, featuring Hot Ones Buffalo Hot Sauce perfection.

What is the Southern Foodways Symposium?

It’s that time of year when SFA World Headquarters is buzzing with preparations for our annual Southern Foodways Symposium. Potential attendees are preparing, too, checking...

Let Food Be Thy Medicine: OXCM Launches Good Food Prescription Service

Oxford healthcare providers are used to writing prescriptions for various medications but taking a cue from good old Hippocrates, doctors can now encourage patients...

On Cooking Southern: Dippity Do-Dah, Scoop Up Some Tasty Garden Goo

SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Haint: Double Southern noun and verb contraction… (Noun) A restless, often angry, spirit trapped between the worlds of the living and...

Krystal Fast Food Chain Opens Oxford Location

By 10:30 a.m. on its second day of business, popular quick-serve burger restaurant Krystal already had a long line of customers waiting to be...

Food for Thought: Summer’s Bounty from Mississippi Christian Living

I love summer! This is the time of year my refrigerator is full of produce choices. My husband and I enjoy venturing out to...

On Cooking Southern: Let’s Get Healthier, Pile on the Fruits and Veggies

SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Plumb: Not to be mistaken for PLUM, the fruit… A form of measurement, technically referring to whether or not something is...

Cups Espresso Cafe Good to the Last Drop

Not only is Cups Espresso Cafe the best venue for coffee in Oxford, it’s also the best coffee and tea in town. The Cups menu...

Southern Foodways: Georgia Fuzz: Weather, Workers, and the World’s Peach Paradise

Part I.  Nick Strickland lives in a double wide trailer on the outskirts of Fort Valley, Georgia. It’s a hot June day, and he’s wearing...

Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce Holds Ribbon Cutting for Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina

Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to celebrate the grand opening of the franchise’s third Mississippi location on Jackson Avenue in Oxford. Hosted...

On Cooking Southern: Sufferin’ Succotash, Sylvester! Let’s Mix It Up

SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK All stove up: The way I’m feeling after two months of long plane rides with carry-on luggage… in pain, stiff and...