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This Summer, Think Pink!
I have a confession to make. I love pink wine. I’m not talking about the sugary sweet white zin that we cut our teeth on in the mid-90s. But that doesn’t stop my friends from making comments like, “Oh,...
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Try a Staycation This Summer
Summer brings lots of wonderful things: sunshine, beach trips, water skiing, and lots of extra time with the kids. Here at Eat Jackson, we want to help you fill in some of that time with enriching...
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Hard Sweet Tea: The Perfect Solution to Hot Summer Days
This week, our cocktail expert, Mitchell Earrey, is serving up a grown-up “sweet tea” two ways – a his and hers style, if you will. This cocktail is versatile to work with you regardless of your mood...
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What to Pair with the New Summer Menu at Seafood R’evolution
Alright, If you’ve followed my beer reviews at all, you know that when it’s hot outside, I don’t love very many things more than I do a citrusy beer. As the mercury rises, so does my affection for...
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Eat Jackson Eats Brunch
If there is one thing Jackson area diners love on the weekend, it’s brunch. Some of our local restaurants are serving up world class brunch items in what’s quickly becoming known as a brunch town. Who...
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What’s Better Than A Mojito?
The Mojito is a classic summertime beverage that originated in Cuba as early as the 1600’s. This version was recommended to us by our cocktail expert, Mitchell Earrey. With it’s fusion of Asian and...
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7 Local Spots (serving 100s of Ways) to Cool Down This Summer
If you’ve been in Mississippi all your life, this story needs no introduction. If you’re visiting Mississippi – maybe for the first time – in the heat of summer, you’ve already been introduced to our...
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Baba-New: Back to their Tapas Roots
I love it when a restaurant makes a menu change. There is fresh buzz in the air. The staff stops ordering their Frankenstein versions of menu items, and, for a few short weeks, actually order normal...
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Feeling Punchy This Summer?
Sangria is a beverage that is traditionally served in Spain and Portugal during the hot summer months. What better way to cool off when the mercury spikes here in Mississippi than this fruity,...
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That’s a Good Beer, Paw Paw
At Back Forty Beer Company in Gadsden, Alabama, they call their beer “Liquid Folk Art,” and I agree. They are making some fantastic beers with great names, like the Freckle Belly IPA and the Naked Pig...
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Double Your Pleasure
Blue Pants Brewing Company in Alabama is making some seriously good beer, and this week, we’ve got another winner for you. If you’ve been following this column, you know that I’ve been hitting mostly...
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Introducing Charboneau Gold Rum
Charboneau Distillery in Natchez, Mississippi, who introduced their first product, Charboneau White Rum, in November 2014, has just released Charboneau Gold Rum, a Gold Medal rum in a Silver Medal...
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EatJXN Eats at Table 100
One of the coolest things about working for Eat Jackson is the access we have to the best chefs in the Jackson area. You see, when you get to know a chef, they will sometimes just send food out to the...
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The Champagne Experience on a Cava Budget
Let’s talk about my Wine of the Week: Montsarra Cava Brut, NV. To talk about this wine, we first need to talk about champagne. I love champagne. I love everything about it. I challenge you to uncork a...
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Go on a Magical Culinary Adventure at Aladdin
I was first introduced to Mediterranean food in college. The original Keifer’s – not the spit-shined version of today – was right around the corner from Belhaven University (then just a college), the...
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How to Craft the Mysterious Batiste Cocktail
This classy little cocktail has a sketchy past. Well, really, that’s not true, it has an altogether mysterious past which leaves us story loving types without words to type and with no tale to spin. We...
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Four More Years of Pinot Noir, Please!
When I first got into the restaurant business not very many people drank pinot noir, which seems crazy now. The reasons were numerous, but I think one of them was the widely accepted assumption that...
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Belt-free Dining in Jackson
I think we can all agree that there are a few things we just do better in the South. The weather is warmer, the music has more soul, and the food, well, the food just might be what we do best of all....
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Five Restaurant Dishes to Try This Month
With the school year comes new routines and new ambitions, new hobbies and new goals for many of us here in the Jackson metro area. With that in mind, I wanted to share some of my favorite bites that I...
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This Cat is on Two Tin Roof (Brews)
The Tin Roof Brewing Company in Baton Rouge has become one of my favorite makers of Southern craft beer. Since 2010, they have been delivering delicious and interesting beers with a distinctly Southern...
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