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.

The Dish: Fancy-Schmancy Doughnuts

Gourmet doughnuts are the next big thing.Try these two easy-to-execute, holiday themed recipes. Move over cupcakes. It’s time for doughnuts to take their star turn....

Seven Health Foods That Can Ruin Your Diet

How to avoid being blindsided by weight gain Even when you think you’re eating healthy, you may want to think again — there are some...

In the Mix: The Lurleen

A doggone good blend from Mississippi’s Little Easy. Snackbar, located in Oxford, Mississippi, is the kind of place that instantly makes you feel as if...

Perfecting the Christmas Cookie

Cookie artist Amanda Morris shares tips for festive cookie decorating. While Amanda Morris admittedly lacks a sweet tooth, her eye for cookie design has garnered...

Lunch Watch: Fight White Death With the Don Vito at Soulshine

There's a sloppy, drizzling rain outside, with temperatures dropping. Comfort food is the order of the day. And I don't typically enjoy an adult...

On Cooking Southern: Go Nuts

By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Nuttier’n a fruitcake: (Also “nutty as a fruitcake” or “he/she’s a fruitcake”) Crackbrained or crazy. Not just Southern, the expression...

Hungry Highway: 3 BIG Delta Burgers

Down any highway, epic Delta burgers fit the meanest appetite CLEVELAND/Highway 61 The Shootout Platter: The old-time favorite Thirty years ago, when a friend asked for something...

UPDATE>> Catering Manager at Conference Center Questions Possible Closing

The catering manager for Taylor Grocery, which serves the Oxford Conference Center, believes that city plans to possibly close Conference Center operations are misguided...

Lunch Watch (With Video): The Charles Walker Special at Square Pizza

Square Pizza is known, of course, for its pizza and other specialities, such as the roast beef and gravy sandwich. But there's one item...

Featured Oral History Project: Southern Gumbo Trail

When the temperature drops, a steaming bowl of gumbo is a great way to stay warm. That’s why we’ve chosen our Southern Gumbo Trail as this...