Eating Oxford

Double Decker 2025: A Celebration of Music, Art, and Community in the Heart of Oxford

Oxford’s Double Decker Festival brings two days of live music, art vendors, Southern food, and family fun to the Square.

Feeding the Blues

When blues tourists hit the Delta, they never go hungry. Across the stained, Sharpie-scribbled tablecloth, bluesman Bill “Howl N’ Madd” Perry pours a steady stream...

Soup’s On: Old Venice Crab and Crawfish Chowder

Old Venice is famous for its hearty pizzas and sandwiches, but perhaps unsung is its incredibly flavorful Caesar salad, which is available in a...

New Year’s Eve in Oxford

Here are some NYE entertainment and food/drink specials to help you ring in 2014 in Oxford! Ajax Diner: Silas Reed 'N' Da Books (no cover);...

On Cooking Southern: Year-End and New Year Hurrah

By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Lord Love a Duck: A British-originated expression of mild amazement that’s been adopted by Southerners. (We Southerners always jump on...

Party Waitin’ to Happen Pumps Up the Palate

A quick byte with Wiley Morris about his Oxford catering business and his lifelong passion for food. For such a small town, Oxford bears a...

City Grocery Pop-Ups Return in January to Benefit Rodney Scott

The wildly popular “pop-up” dinner series hosted by City Grocery returns in January 2014 with a similar array of talented chefs, but this time...

Wine Tips: Finding a Good Wine Shop

Several readers have asked for advice on how to buy wine in a wine store without being ripped off or made to look like...

On Cooking Southern: Canned Biscuit and Roll Dough Recipes

Slow your roll but make sure not to tump over. By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Tump: To turn something over forcefully, as in dumping. “Don’t you...

Burger Watch: Frank & Marlee’s Cowboy Killer

You might say Oxford is Burger Country. There's no shortfall of beefy, bunned bliss around town. One that you mustn't overlook is found just...

On Cooking Southern: Holiday Cheese and Cookies

By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK High and Dry: A state or condition of being abandoned and stranded, without hope or recovery, like a beached boat....