Happy New Year, and I hope your celebration goes well and without incident. As tradition with other New Years, it’s normal to have certian items the first day of the year. Tradition is that the first thing you eat in the new year, should be one of the things to bring you luck. One of… Read More
Memphis: The Chocolate Bar Returns on October 3rd
Well… Zora’s Lounge is doing another The Chocolate Bar event on October 3rd. If you recall I attended the previous event, and left with mixed feelings. I loved the idea and the vision that they had, but was slightly blinded by the execution of it. I have hope that they will improve this event. Anyway,… Read More
Memphis: The Chocolate Bar @ Zora’s Lounge (with Review)
Just received word about a very interesting event this weekend. The Hattiloo Theatre’s Zora’s Lounge is presenting “The Chocolate Bar” on September 19th @ 9pm. This will be a great chance for them to show off their newly redesigned Zora’s Lounge. They also have “We Two” performing at the event, which is a mostly Jazz… Read More
Endangered Species: Black Owned Business Customer Service
As lovers of great food, and especially Soul Food, we tend to frequent small mom and pop restaurants. Being in the South, we to try to give our dining dollars and support to fellow Black owned businesses, that happen to have great food. This policy of ours is becoming harder to continue. What’s the reason… Read More
Soul Food Festival Coming Near You
Here is the last event to help fill up your weekends. The Soul Food Festival. Bet you didn’t know one of those existed. I was really taken aback when I saw the size of this event, and the numerous cities that it is taking place. It has many musical groups for the “Grown Folks” crowd…. Read More
Back From Vacation!!!!
Sorry for the lull in posting, but I needed a good vacation to revive my spirit. Now that it is refreshed, revived and renewed I can burn it up. We went on a cruise to the Western Caribbean, and had a blast. I see that not a lot has happened in Soul music lately, so I’ll do what… Read More
Double the Contest, Double the Goodness
Well… I’ve finally getting these contests going. The site is finally done, and time to celebrate. Ok, here is the deal. There are two contests, since there are two parts of Soulified, so double the goodness. Music Contest For the music lovers, there are two chances to win. The prize is a copy of Prince’s… Read More
Memphis music lovers have more days to enjoy
Now there will be two more days. Your Thursdays can now be filled with Taste Of Thursdays. It’s going to be a blend of Jazz, wine and Italian food. It starts March 19th, and will be every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month. Then your easy Sunday’s can be made easier with Sax On Sunday.
Half Healthy, but Full Of Flavor
This meal was a spur of the moment choice. I was at the grocery store, and couldn’t think of what to cook for dinner. I wanted something mostly healthy, but had a taste for fried pork chops. I knew I could pull together a salad with no problem, but what about a 2nd veggie? I chose yellow squash… Read More
Kickin’ Chicken Breasts
Last night I had plans to try out our new Emeril’s Grill & Panini maker on my chicken breast seasoning recipe. After taking it out the box, and assembling it, I had the urge to use the normal charcoal grill. So, I’ll have to review the Emeril Grill later in the week. My aim with… Read More
Just In Time, Chicken Tortellini Soup
[singlepic=35,420,360,,center] Good afternoon. I’m posting this recipe just in time for a friend that is under the weather. This is a great savory soup, that will warm those chilled bones after being out Christmas shopping. It is very easy to create, since you are just putting all the ingredients, bringing to a boil, then simmering…. Read More
A Farmers Market, the Perfect Cooking Inspiration
Ever sometimes lose that cooking spirit, and don’t know how to get it back? I have found the cure for that aliment. Find yourself a local farmers market, tour for one hour. In Memphis, TN there is a great one on Winchester. It is very large, and has been here for years. Wall to wall it contains… Read More
Secret Ingredient Cheesecake Recipe
Here is my famous secret ingredient cheese cake. I have perfected this through the years, and I even used to sell these in NJ. It’s a very simple cheese cake that you have to bake. It’s just simple four ingredients. You can put the mix in a 9″ graham crust pie pan, made… Read More
Purveyors Of Pork, since 1968
Good afternoon. This is a little late, but it’s the first real post. This morning we were up early and wanted something different for breakfast. Well… How different can you really get for breakfast? More like a new place to go. So, we remembered passing by Bryant’s Breakfast and decided to give it a try.
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