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Biscuit Festival expands to perfection
The International Biscuit Festival, held this past weekend in downtown Knoxville, was an absolute delight. In fact, if you ask me, it was the best one in the six years of its existence. Why? Because the organizers, reacting to the … Continue reading
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Biscuits, soul food and ‘coming out’
When you get a bunch of food writers, cookbook editors, chefs and other foodies together for a couple of days, the subject matter is going to be very diverse. The opinions are going to be strong. And there’s going to … Continue reading
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The most unusual dinner in Knoxville
Shock chef Anthony Bourdain would be proud of me. When it comes to meat, I usually only eat “normal” stuff — beef, pork and chicken (and the occasional holiday turkey, of course). But Sunday night, not only did I dine on duck breast and braised goat, I actually tasted (I can’t believe I’m typing these words!) beef heart tartare. Continue reading
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Downtown shines this weekend! Come see!
Every time I ran into a Knoxvillian downtown today, there was a giddy smile on his or her face. I’m not kidding. And I include myself in that statement. Downtown Knoxville was packed today as beautiful weather welcomed the second … Continue reading
Southern Food Writing Conference attracts its own kind of stars to Knoxville — and they like!
Everybody knows how much fun we all had last month at the International Biscuit Festival, also known as Biscuit Fest. But, to me, something that was even more exciting and fun was the Southern Food Writing Conference that preceded it. … Continue reading
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The ice rink is back, everybody’s happy — right?
Well, it’s not unanimous. A lot of people are happy, for sure. Mickey Mallonee, the city’s director of special events, says more than 12,000 folks attended Friday’s Celebration of Lights program which marked the opening of the temporary skating rink … Continue reading
Filed under: Business, Downtown, Events, Knoxville
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Holiday hours: interesting downtown dilemma
Should restaurants close on Labor Day? In most parts of the city of Knoxville, the answer to that is no. Almost all the chain restaurants are open as are most of the locally owned places. I remember when one of … Continue reading
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Downtown goes to the dogs – and one cat!
From Great Danes to chihuahuas, the dogs definitely had their day in downtown Knoxville on Saturday. The third annual Mardi Growl parade and festival – a fund-raiser for Young-Williams Animal Center – attracted more than 300 canines and their humans. … Continue reading
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Friction at First Friday
If, as the saying goes, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the folks at the Market Square District Association are feeling pretty darn flattered. That is the group that came up with the idea and launched the “First Friday” program … Continue reading