We live in Tennessee, eat well, and tell the world about it.
We were not sure what to expect when we visited the downtown location of this small eighty year-old chain of diners, but we found an incredibly popular place which serves an amazingly good dinner. Continue reading “Dixie Castle, Jackson TN”
It was a strange little road trip that had me planning to visit a popular restaurant only to switch and visit a different place with the same owner. Continue reading “Hugh-Baby’s, Nashville TN”
Earlier today, we took a day trip to the Knoxville area, and had breakfast at a place where the scientists and servicemen who worked on the Manhattan Project may well have enjoyed breakfasts while they worked on the atomic bomb. The Jefferson Soda Fountain opened in what was then one of America’s three “secret cities” in 1944. Continue reading “Jefferson Soda Fountain, Oak Ridge TN”
A couple of weeks ago, we reached an incredibly weird little milestone for our blog. Sadly, we’ve eaten at many restaurants that have closed after we’ve eaten there. But never before – and, we hope, never again – have we eaten at a restaurant that closed while we were eating there! Continue reading “Last Call for Boarding on the Pizza Diner”
Every so often my husband has excellent timing (the rest of the time he’s just good!) In this case, he showed me a link to a salmon recipe just when I happened to be considering what to make for Sunday dinner. Continue reading “Glazed Salmon With Zucchini”
I wondered whether there might be any barbecue around Tompkinsville to sample after our meal at Dovie’s. Was there ever! The area is absolutely packed with small restaurants that offer a regional variation that I’ve never seen anywhere else. Continue reading “South Central Kentucky Barbecue”
When we moved here last summer, I hoped that we’d start to cover Kentucky a little more and visit a wider variety of places than we have. Better late than never, I suppose. Continue reading “Dovie’s, Tompkinsville KY”
