It’s no secret that my blogging significantly slowed down while planning the inaugural Best Memphis Burger Fest. I hate that I wasn’t getting much writing done, but putting on a festival is a lot of work. Much more than I ever anticipated. Ironically, while new entries on BestMemphisBurger.com were few and far between, my going out to eat increased significantly. It seemed like I was always meeting someone to talk about a sponsorship lead or [full post]
Late last week a string of burger tweets came flying into my stream, all directed at me. That’s not entirely uncommon these days, especially with the article that just ran in the Commercial Appeal and the Best Memphis Burger Fest approaching rapidly. These particular Tweets were from Ken Rogers (no relation to the Gambler), a friend who writes the Ken’s Food Find blog. Ken’s really done a fine job covering local restaurants and eateries across [full post]
Back in April of this year I met up with Thomas Robinson, author of one of my favorite food blogs, Eat Local Memphis a Zinnie’s. Thomas’ Eat Local Memphis is, as he puts it, “an underground movement to support local eateries and highlight the culinary adventures of this awesome city’s diners and the colorful people who feed them!” It’s an excellent collection of local eats from all over. Soon after reading through his site, I too [full post]