Table Talk: Remembering Jennifer Biggs with the mahjong ladies
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Topic: Jennifer Biggs
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September 2025
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February 2024
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Legacy Award honors memory of The Daily Memphian’s Jennifer Biggs
Jennifer Biggs was remembered as a communicator who cared deeply about connecting people, sharing her passion for breaking bread and celebrating the city she called home.
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January 2024
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Remembering Edge Alley and the joy of great spaces
Tim Barker talks about Edge Alley and the incredible stresses and successes that led him to close the restaurant — even as that decision has completely ruined Eric Barnes’ life.
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November 2023
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Fundraiser launched in honor of beloved Daily Memphian food editor
Over the years, late Daily Memphian food and dining editor Jennifer Biggs supported efforts by The Kindness Revolution to “pay it forward.” But now the nonprofit is returning the favor.
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September 2023
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Conaway: The Tasteful List 2023
Amazingly, my physician not only doesn’t condemn the list or even remain neutral. We actually fondly discuss several things on the list in the examining room — the place where the net result of the list is most evident.
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August 2023
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Table Talk: We’ll always treasure getting to visit with Jennifer Biggs
As we continue, in Jennifer Biggs’ great absence, to cover food and dining in Memphis, there’s a lot for us to figure out. But Jennifer’s generous, interested spirit — her insistence on taking the time and energy for a visit — will guide us.
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For Biggs, food — and all it represents — was reported with heart
“She was the first person that reviewed Iris. That review was the beginning of us really being able to provide people with a space to earn a living,” Kelly English said.
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Calkins: Jennifer Biggs was a friend to all Memphis — whether you had met her or not
Jennifer Biggs wrote about food and people and angels and whiskey. When she died Wednesday of complications from cancer, Memphis lost one of its best friends.
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Maxey: My light shines a little brighter because of Jennifer’s friendship
“Jennifer Biggs always managed to be in the vicinity during some of the brightest moments of my life and during some of the darkest.”
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Jennifer Biggs, much-loved food writer, dies of cancer complications
Biggs publicly announced her stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis in June. “I can’t begin to express the love and gratitude I’ve felt from and for all of you,” she wrote on Facebook.
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July 2023
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Geoff Calkins talks about Jennifer Biggs, James Taylor and shifting from sports
Geoff Calkins digs into his move away from sports, the changes to his radio show on 92.9, his friendship with Jennifer Biggs, and the upcoming fifth anniversary of The Daily Memphian on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.
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June 2023
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Calkins: Jennifer Biggs brought us together for lunch again. Even though she was stuck in a hospital room.
“Jennifer Biggs missed The Daily Memphian lunch Friday — because she is in the hospital with Stage 4 colon cancer. But it was fitting that 70 people came together, over delicious food, to wish Biggs well. They are a part (a small part!) of the joyous community that Biggs has built with her enthusiasm, her commitment and her words.”
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April 2023
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‘Chef corps’ heads to help in Covington and Wynne
World Central Kitchen and local volunteers are delivering meals to folks in need in Covington and Wynne, Arkansas.
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February 2023
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Tamale talk is what it’s about on Sound Bites this week
Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington just wrote about tamales, and on this week’s Sound Bites, they talk about them, too.
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January 2023
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Alcenia’s owner is headed to ‘Good Morning America,’ wig and all
Alcenia’s owner B.J. Chester-Tamayo will kick off Black History Month on “Good Morning America” by cooking with co-host Michael Strahan on Wednesday, Feb. 1.
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Ranking French fries, worst to best
You know you have a favorite kind of French fry, whether it’s a shoestring, fast food fries or waffle cut. So do Jennifer and Chris, and we talk about it on Sound Bites.
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August 2022
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Jenny Biggs, Christopher Herrington and Eric Barnes talk best cheeseburgers ever
A conversation about cheeseburgers with Jennifer Biggs, Chris Herrington and Eric Barnes devolves into culinary distractions, general mockery and outright name-calling.
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July 2022
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Talking about Detroit, Skittles and changes for the better with Jennifer Biggs
Whenever I have Jennifer Biggs on The Sidebar, I always have a plan. Then she comes on. And the plan goes out the window.
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June 2022
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Jennifer Biggs talks COVID, ice cream and her favorite gin and tonics
The Daily Memphian’s food and dining editor joins Eric Barnes on this week’s edition of the Sidebar.
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March 2022
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About Town: Restaurants opening, closing have impact in Cooper-Young
If there’s anything we can take away from this last week, it’s that the Cooper-Young neighborhood, although it has its stable businesses and celebrations, is constantly evolving while maintaining its unique character.
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October 2021
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Listen to Eric Barnes, Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington continue their Kit Kat chit chat
Eric Barnes, Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington continue their talks and tastings of Kit Kats on this week’s Sidebar podcast.
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July 2021
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Listen to Jennifer Biggs shame Eric Barnes and Chris Herrington
Eric Barnes’ disgrace begins with orange juice and ends with an embarrassing confession about Chili-flavored Fritos.
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April 2021
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Talking restaurants, COVID and WYXR with Jennifer Biggs
Jennifer Biggs joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.
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January 2021
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Rosie makes a Russian Honey Cake
Rosie bakes a cake; Chris and Jennifer talk about fish; Natalie jumps in to discuss the Pimento’s burger.
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May 2020
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Destination: Delicious Podcast: New and old restaurants opening
Jennifer Biggs is joined by Chris Herrington to talk about new and old restaurants opening, the all-important ampersand, what bbq they like and where they like it, at-home paella and more.
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