By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: His family tree ain’t got no branches on it: A derogatory reference to a person’s inherent capability (or inability),...
It is 5:30 a.m. Oxford is barely stirring. The sun tickled the horizon with a faint white line. There is a smell of cooking meat in...
Panera Bread, a drive-thru bakery cafe, has nearly 2,000 locations and its newest one opened today for breakfast to dinner in Oxford at 1902 W. Jackson...
By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com See photo gallery at bottom of page. The world has come to know that Oxford is a food town and Ole Miss a...
No other restaurant in Oxford has as many bodies lined up and hanging out outside its front door waiting to get inside on weekends. Big Bad...
Flo’s buttermilk cheese biscuits. By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit: An expression of surprise and incredulity...
Every once a while, even I need to take a break from writing football analysis to share the other side of SEC football — tailgating and traditions....
Jim Stark, an Ole Miss grad from Greenville, will cook off against an unknown celebrity chef tonight on NBC’s Food Fighters show. Stark, 58, now lives...
Less than an hour west of Oxford is a sweets shop in Batesville: Caramel Factory. The store-front is adorned with bright colors of baked candies, locally-made preserves and...
Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken started in a little shack in the small town of Mason, Tennessee. Since it’s opening almost 60 years ago, Gus’s has...