dining out

Dining Out Delta: The Church Picnic

May 27, 2012 by biz.w.harris@gmail.com Leave a Comment

Every spring near the end of the school year, our sweet little church hosts a beautiful picnic and outdoor service. boone was off competing in “dude-lympics” an all weekend athletic competition hosted by some college friends, so he missed it, but my mom came up to keep me company and help me pack and she loved it. honestly, what’s not to love about a southern church picnic?

it’s funny, but you can usually tell what denomination of church is hosting the picnic or the part of the country you’re in by the spread of the table. our church in Atlanta was a really progressive place, so the majority of pot-luck items were meatless or vegan, and had foods from various countries and regions of America.

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Dining-Out Delta: Doe’s Eat Place

May 20, 2012 by biz.w.harris@gmail.com 1 Comment

This is the first installment of my Dining Out Delta posts… and I can think of nowhere better to begin than a classic establishment with first-rate food. Boone’s folks came from North Carolina two weeks ago and we took them to the best steakhouse in the south..and then not long after that we ate their with some pals…although there are other Doe’s Eat Place’s around the south these days, the original is still nestled in an old house in a neighborhood in Greenville, Mississippi….

a little koolickle…

January 27, 2011 by biz.w.harris@gmail.com Leave a Comment

so, my folks’ came up to the delta for a visit last weekend but it’s been so crazy i’ve hardly had time to breathe, much less blog… anyway, probably the highlight of the weekend was when we went fun driving around these teeny delta towns looking for local potter’s studios, antique stores, and delicious regional delicacies.

all the pottery studios were closed, but we did find a delicious new restaurant by the ms river and i introduced everyone to the “koolickle.” it’s a pickle steeped in kool-aid until it turns a bright color and tastes like a combination of dill and grape (or dill and cherry). when i first moved to the delta as a teacher 5 years ago, my friends and i were welcomed with little sandwich bags of koolickles… and then a year later, john edge wrote a story about them in the NYT. anyway, it seemed only fitting that while on a delta adventure everyone try a famous delta treat. so they did…

boone HATED it..but he also thinks dill pickles are the most disgusting things in the world, so i should have expected it. my parents said they were “interesting” and “really unique.” i don’t think that means they want another one anytime soon, but at least now they can say they tried one!

i took the photos above of my dad in the Great River Road state park, but here’s a photo from the professionals…

delta delight

October 26, 2010 by biz.w.harris@gmail.com Leave a Comment

had a GREAT time with the “ins” this weekend…we ate our way around the delta (tamales, doughnuts, catfish, lusco’s, mennonite bakery chess pie…we really did eat everything) and shopping all the antique stores we could find. SO FUN. plus toured the great river road state park and ran into morgan freeman around lunchtime at ground zero. I thought boone’s mom was going to faint–she was that excited.
if you’ve never been to lusco’s or you don’t know what joy eating a delta tamale can be…and if you were pretty sure that the only Ground Zero was in NYC, then here’s something for you…

ground zero…and one of the owners: