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.

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Fried Chicken, Kibbie: Lebanese Treat

Clarksdale is known for being black and white. But don’t forget the Lebanese. And their food. Especially their food. Forks and knives clattered against china from...

On Cooking Southern: Fall Veggies

Squash and more rock to the beet. By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Go around your elbow to get to your thumb: An expression referring to not...

Lunch Watch: Tater Tot Casserole at Lindsey’s Chevron

Rainy day carb-loading at plate lunch haven. At the corner of North Lamar and Jefferson is a plate-lunch hotspot. Lindsey's Chevron offers hot lunch every...

Getting Out of the Way: Dining at Ravine

Some of Oxford's finest cuisine lay at the outskirts of town. The attraction of "eating on the Square" results in tunnel-vision too often, but Ravine...

Chilly Trip For Dinner Leads to Spice & Rice Thai Kitchen

So it's getting late and the family still hasn't eaten dinner. Nobody feels like cooking and we all want something different than the many...

Bottletree Pizza is a Bad Mo-Focaccia

This spicy pie is giving you the eye. I'm old enough to remember when "bad" meant "good." And I thus declare Bottletree Bakery's famous focaccia pizza...

Koolickles: The Emergence of a New Food Addiction

Only in the Delta would folks think to soak their pickles in Koolaid, then freeze them. The emergence of a new food addiction. "I just don’t get how they eat...

Tre Amici Offers Taste of Italy In Oxford’s Square

Newcomer to the Square and Oxford’s restaurant scene is Tre Amici Italia Ristorante. Situated in the old Two Stick location at 1107 E. Jackson...

Good Food for Oxford Schools One of Five Finalist in National Challenge

Imagine telling your success story from the middle of Times Square in New York City. As one of five national finalists in the TEDxManhattan Challenge,...

The Delta’s Stomach: For Better or Worse, We are What We Eat

On heirloom Victorian china. In a waxen Styrofoam to-go box. In a curtained booth. In a grease-blotched paper sack. Snatched out of the iron skillet. In...