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Like any amazing dish, Memphis is a combination of great cultures and cuisine from around the world. Join The Daily Memphian as we take you on a culinary tour of all the food and traditions that Memphis has to offer in Sound Bites, your insider guide to eating and drinking Memphis.
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On this week’s Sound Bites, Chris Herrington and I go through a big list of local food news, complete with some Memphis restaurant history and annotations.
How do hundreds of judges choose the best smoked pork barbecue (and more!) from more than 120 teams at Memphis in May? Barbecue judge chairs Michelle and Brandon O’Guin sit down with Holly on this week’s podcast to discuss.
Here’s part three of our special Sound Bites series where Daily Memphian staffers share their Memphis food hot takes, date night ideas, lunch plans and more. This week, Holly Whitfield sits down with digital desk manager Elle Perry, digital producer Nick Lingerfelt and reporter Sophia Surrett for rapid-fire interviews.
Eric Barnes and Holly Whitfield riff on Memphis barbecue and hot slaw as the Tennessee state foods, wine menus and water pet peeves. Plus, Eric offers a surprise airport food shout-out and everybody talks about their successful first date locations.
Hot takes, date ideas and breakfast opinions are all on the menu for this week’s special edition of Sound Bites, featuring quick interviews with Daily Memphian staffers.
This week on “Sound Bites,” Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington discuss a few recent items of Downtown restaurant news, including the re-opening of the Front Street Deli, the renovations at Huey’s and the announcement of Frank’s Biscuits & Briskets coming to the former Bedrock Eats location on South Main.
This week on “Sound Bites,” Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington take in the breaking news that a location of the Texas-based fast-food franchise Whataburger could be Midtown bound.
This week on “Sound Bites,” Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington dined on pastries from Crosstown’s Lucy J’s Bakery and dished on some recent local food news.
This week on “Sound Bites,” Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington highlight a few favorites from the Black Restaurant Week slate and go deep on where they’d eat, and where they’d send visitors, within walking distance of FedExForum, from early morning and late-night dining to coffee shops and a soda fountain. 
In this week’s episode of Sound Bites, Eric Barnes and Holly Whitfield discuss “100 Things To Do In Memphis Before You Die”.
Last week, Muddy’s Bake Shop celebrated its “Sweet Sixteen,” and Chris Herrington talked to owner Kat Gordon about the accordion-style expand-and-contract evolution of a little bakery that’s become a Memphis institution. On this week’s “Sound Bites,” he and Holly Whitfield discuss some different angles of that story.
Recently, Daily Memphian contributor Christin Yates highlighted 10 Memphis restaurants with a breakfast bent. On Sound Bites this week, Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington muse over the restaurants mentioned in the story, noting their faves and places they still need to try.
Digital director Holly Whitfield and columnist Chris Herrington react to a bunch of recent Memphis food news, from a notable restaurant closing in the Edge District to some exciting soon-to-open news places in Cooper-Young and Overton Square.
On this week’s episode of “Sound Bites,” Holly Whitfield returns from her dark Memphis winter with a tales of burst pipes and combined pantries. She and Chris Herrington also talk about, and riff on, some recent Memphis food news.
In honor of National Southern Food Day, Chris Herrington put Southern transplant Eric Barnes to the test on this week’s edition of Sound Bites, a hit-the-road edition recorded at Crosstown Concourse.
This week on The Daily Memphian's Sound Bites podcast, Chris Herrington and Holly Whitfield hold a remembrance of restaurants past.  Noting a flurry of recent local restaurant closings, from Midtown’s Pho Binh to Edge District pioneers Edge Alley to partial closures and relocations such as Germantown’s Let it Fly sports bar and Cooper Street’s Mo’ Bay Beignet Co., they look back a little bit further at some of the local spots they liked that got away.
Chris Herrington and Holly Whitfield sift through various national food trend stories to weigh in on topics such as “vegetable forward” restaurants, savory cocktails, Spam, solo dining and spicy drinks and desserts, looking for Memphis connections along the way. 
S5E40: Best of 2023

S5E40: Best of 2023

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Eric Barnes, Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington take turns this week paying tribute to some of the most memorable food experiences they had in Memphis this year, from new restaurants to established faves revisited, from “reservations please” places to fried chicken on the river and grocery store takeout corners.
Eric Barnes and Holly Whitfield talk toast-worthy drinks, bar favorites and New Year’s events around town.
On this week’s show, Natalie Van Gundy, Holly Whitfield and I talk about winter holiday foods, with an emphasis on sweets and grazing. 
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Natalie Willis

Dang this looks fantastic!

Mar 9th
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