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Recipe Exchange: Sugar Ghost Pup Pops
Sugar Ghost has been serving frozen dog-friendly popsicles since almost day one.
Jennifer Chandler
A cookbook author and former restaurateur, Jennifer Chandler has been writing about food and dining for more than 25 years.
There are 248 articles by Jennifer Chandler :
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June 2026
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$15 Deals $15 Deal: Castle’s chicken plate
One bite of the food, and one feels like royalty.
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$15 Deals $15 Deal: New breakfast items at Central BBQ
“It just made sense,” said Brandon Ellenburg, Central BBQ’s director of operations. “We are here anyway since we have to take the shoulders off the pits at 6 a.m., so why not serve breakfast?”
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FoodOpinion: I wore a glucose monitor for two weeks. Here’s what I learned.
Food writer Jennifer Chandler spent two weeks wearing a glucose monitor and experimenting with different foods to see how her body reacted. What she learned blew her mind.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Vergos family’s Greek Horiatiki salad
Every Greek family has their own version, but all of the salads pretty much start out the same: good tomatoes, cucumbers, green bell peppers, purple onions, feta and kalamata olives.
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Performing ArtsBeauty, beast and buffet: Broadway cast, crew treated to home-cooked meals after Orpheum show
Memphis may be renowned worldwide for its barbecue and Blues, but in the Broadway realm, it’s known for its hospitality.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: The Orpheum’s Cast Party banana pudding
Banana pudding has been the featured dessert at each Orpheum Theatre cast party for more than 30 years.
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Food NewsNew Eats: Rosie’s Tavern is a cool bar, but it’s also an excellent restaurant
The chefs describe the menu as a playful, elevated approach to classic American tavern fare.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Frost Bake Shop owner’s favorite cookie
These cookies may be Frost Bake Shop owner Bill Kloos’ favorite, but the only way you can try them is to make them at home.
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Food NewsNew Eats: Josephine Estelle and Rosie’s Tavern give Germantown a double dining boost
Josephine Estelle is not the place to be watching carbs. It has nine housemade pastas on the menu, ranging from spaghetti with meatballs to agnolotti stuffed with rabbit.
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May 2026
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Brookhaven Pub’s Grill and Grind
Once known as the Sandy Special, the Grill and Grind is a dish high in protein and low in carbs.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Back-to-back barbecue winner Heath Riles’ ribs
If you’ve ever wanted to cook ribs the same way competition pitmasters do, this recipe will get you there.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Greek Fest’s spanakopita
Don’t be frustrated or scared to use phyllo dough, said one of the co-chairs of the Memphis Greek Festival. It is a lot more forgiving than people think.
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Food NewsStill miss Charlie’s Meat Market? Chuck is butchering at Buster’s.
“My dad was the original Charlie,” Charlie’s Meat Market owner Chuck Hogan said. “He opened Triangle Meat Company on Lamar (Avenue) in 1967.”
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Chef Mo’s A Mother’s Love Coconut Cake
Coconut cake holds a special place in Monique Williams’ heart.
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Midtown ‘Little Greek island on Highland’ is back with 67th festival
The Annunciation Church community starts preparing months in advance to make thousands of pastries in several varieties sold at the annual Greek Festival, held May 8 and 9 this year.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Babalu’s guacamole
Plus, we’ve got two tricks to selecting ripe avocados at the store, and also the chef shares how to keep the guac from turning brown.
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April 2026
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Bardog’s penne alla vodka
Many vodka sauce recipes start with tomato paste, but the one from Bardog Tavern and Aldo’s Pizza Pies starts with a marinara.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Owen Brennan’s bananas Foster
This recipe is bananas — ripe, but firm, bananas.
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Food NewsMuddy’s Bake Shop being sold to new local owners
On Leap Day 2008, Kat Gordon opened a small cupcake shop in East Memphis’ Sanderlin Centre. Over the past 18 years, she has grown and restructured her beloved bakery in some unexpected ways.
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FoodRecipe Exchange: Sweet Grass/Next Door’s bada-- brisket nachos
Since we can no longer pop by his Cooper-Young restaurant to order some, chef Ryan Trimm shared the recipe for his over-the-top nachos.
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$15 Deals $15 deal: Órale Tacos’ barbacoa huarache
At Órale, diners choose from a variety of toppings for their huarache, ranging from carne asada, carnitas, grilled shrimp, chorizo sausage or just vegetables.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Jennifer Chandler’s pimento cheese biscuits
Be sure to make extra biscuits so you can make stuffed biscuit sandwiches with your leftovers.
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Food NewsBlue Honey Bistro owners to open East Memphis restaurant
The Bryans have garnered national attention for their 36-seat restaurant, located in a Germantown shopping center, and Drew Bryan was named a James Beard Award semi-finalist last year.
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March 2026
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Felicia Suzanne’s deviled eggs with Kelley’s Katch Caviar
For a perfect boiled egg, Willett Schuchardt first puts the eggs in a saucepan and covers them with water.
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