Food
New Eats: Swagath brings more than a taste of India to East Memphis
A new Indian restaurant has two chefs, one from northwestern India and one from the south of the country.
Mary Cashiola
News Editor
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
She was also the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
There are 574 articles by Mary Cashiola :
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October 2024
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Food News Good Fortune’s Leighton to appear on ‘Guy’s Grocery Games’
A Memphis chef’s supermarket sweep airs Wednesday, Oct. 23, on the Food Network.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Downtown Dining Week returns with a twist
This year, Downtown Dining Week is ditching the fixed-price menu.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Local chefs head to World Food Championships
When the World Food Championships kick off in Indianapolis next month, a large contingent of Memphians will be among the 288 teams competing.
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July 2025
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Collierville The AM/DM podcast: Why Collierville sued a homeowner, and more
In this episode of The AM/DM, The Daily Memphian’s new morning podcast, Abigail Warren explains why the quiet suburb has filed a lawsuit against one of its homeowners.
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Arts & Culture The AM/DM podcast: What to do this weekend, and more
In this episode of The AM/DM, The Daily Memphian’s morning podcast, newsletter editor Bianca Phillips and editorial director Mary Cashiola talk about their top picks for the weekend.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: How Ghana sent nearly 200 students to the U of M, and more
Nearly 200 international students at the University of Memphis are at risk of losing their place at the school, as well as their visa status, as their home country struggles to pay their tuition.
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Business The AM/DM podcast: 100,000 bonsai in Olive Branch, and more
From Memphis roots to a global reach.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball The AM/DM podcast: A ‘Sincere’ hope for new look Tigers, and more
Guard Sincere Parker is part of the University of Memphis’ new-look basketball roster. But to understand his story, you first have to start with his dad’s.
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: The search for a new judge, and more
In this episode of The AM/DM, The Daily Memphian’s new morning podcast, newsletter editor Bianca Phillips and editorial director Mary Cashiola discuss this week’s upcoming news events.
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Arts & Culture The AM/DM podcast: What to do this weekend: Asian Night Market and Big Star supergroup
In this episode of The AM/DM, The Daily Memphian’s new morning podcast, newsletter editor Bianca Phillips and editorial director Mary Cashiola talk about their top picks for the weekend, including the very popular — and very large — Asian Night Market.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: City Council has a big decision to make, and Bluey is coming
In this morning’s episode of the AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips discuss the biggest news events of the coming week.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: How the Old Daisy plays into a decades-long lawsuit
Who controls Beale Street? On The AM/DM podcast, Mary Cashiola talks to The Daily Memphian’s Bill Dries about how that question could be answered, once and for all.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: How Memphis’ elevation and soil protect it from flash floods
On today’s episode: Why geography, soil and water systems mean a tragedy like what happened in Texas is unlikely to happen in Memphis, even though flooding is an issue.
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Music The AM/DM podcast: Glo’s show, coffee dance party are what to do this weekend
On this episode of The AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips celebrate Fri-yay with their picks for the weekend.
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: How a Collierville man, and non-professional baseball player, found his way to the Home Run Derby
On today’s AM/DM podcast, The Daily Memphian’s Mary Cashiola talks to state sports writer of the year winner John Varlas about Joe Caruso’s background and what he thought of the derby.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Blight and back to school
During this morning’s AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips tee up the week ahead.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Behind The Daily Memphian’s decision to try to unseal federal documents
On this episode of the AM/DM podcast, Mary Cashiola and Aarron Fleming talk about the news site’s decision to try and get several documents unsealed in the federal case of the former Memphis Police officers charged in the death of Tyré Nichols.
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Business The AM/DM: Why the 100 N. Main project is paused
On today’s episode, editorial director Mary Cashiola and CRE reporter Dima Amro discuss what’s happening with the $309 million Downtown redevelopment project.
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Food The AM/DM podcast: The backstory on the Bartlett Baby Jack’s closure
Today’s episode brings us to Bartlett where the last restaurant in a local chain has closed, but not without a little social media controversy.
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August 2025
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Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: Time to plan your weekend shenanigans
There’s singing, there’s dancing and there’s backyard rabbitry. Just not all at the same time.
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Golf The AM/DM podcast: Kids head back to school, pro golfers head to TPC Southwind
In this episode of The AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about what’s on the horizon this week for the Memphis area.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: 201’s problems and the case for a new jail
Editorial director Mary Cashiola and public safety reporter Aarron Fleming talk about the challenges the Shelby County Jail is facing.
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Metro The AM/DM podcast: Mayoral team building at Bass Pro
Today on The AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and enterprise reporter Samuel Hardiman talk about a mayoral retreat, complete with bowling, at Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid.
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