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Adventures in Foodland

9/19/2019

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by Dustin Cardon
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Salu Binahtabor, D.J. Baker and Felicia Bell are partners at Eritaj Cookery, a Restorative Food Cafe in the Kundi Compound in midtown. Photo by Rebecca Burr
Jackson's restaurant scene has been growing lately. Here is some restaurant news from recent months.

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A Little Time to Grow

9/19/2019

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by ​Anne B. McKee
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A Little Time to Grow sells microgreens as its primary cash crop. Photo by Deviyahya on Unsplash
​​Throughout each month, Gabriel Dinosaur, formerly known as Gabriel Porter, helps organize True Local Market, a mobile farmers market that sets up at Cultivation Food Hall on Saturdays and at other locations as needed. He is often either standing beside his table with a "Free Hugs" sign or selling microgreens, herbs and other produce for his family business, A Little Time to Grow. Occasionally, his wife, Sheryl "Boo" Dinosaur will help Gabriel at the event.

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Music and Art at WellsFest 2019

9/19/2019

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by Dustin Cardon
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WellsFest 2019 features live music from a number of local artists and benefits the nonprofit Extra Table. Photo by Greg Campbell
​Malcolm White, the current executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission and co-owner of Hal & Mal's, first organized WellsFest as a way to thank the late Wells United Methodist Church pastor Rev. Keith Tonkel for officiating White's wedding.

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Endless Adventures in JXN

9/19/2019

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Richard Coupe
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Eric (left) and Allison Bieller (right) travel around the world trying food and vlog about their experiences. Recently, the couple came to Jackson. Photo courtesy theendlessadventure
​Allison and Eric Bieller are 30-something millennials who, four years ago, had good-paying but high-stress jobs when they decided that there had to be more to life.

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Ten Ways to Get Some Joy out of the Last Bit of Summer

9/19/2019

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by ​Mississippi Farmers Market
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Photo by Raspopova Marina on Unsplash
​With temperatures reaching the triple digits over the last few weeks, summer is definitely still here. The official last day of summer is Monday, Sept. 23. This gives you ample time to scratch off a few more things on that summer to-do list, but you must act quickly.

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Local Chicken Sandwiches Win

9/19/2019

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by Amber Helsel
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Lou's Full-Serv offers the Chick-fil-Lou, with sides like onion rings. The restaurant can also do the sandwich buffaLou-style. Photo courtesy Lou's Full-Serv
​​In the last few weeks, fried chicken sandwiches, and especially spicy ones, have gone viral on social media. We here at the Jackson Free Press like to spend and eat local, so here are some delicious, non-cookie-cutter fried chicken sandwiches you should sample.

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Summer Festivals and Events

5/17/2019

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by Dustin Cardon
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The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will host the Mississippi Pickle Fest on Saturday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Photo by Monika Grabkowska on Unsplash.com
​Mississippi Pickle Fest

The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive) will hold the Mississippi Pickle Fest on Saturday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will feature live music, games, contests, and vendors selling pickles and other fermented foods such as kimchi, sauerkraut and more.

Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for children ages 3-18. For more information, call 601-432-4500 or visit msagmuseum.org.

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Truckin’ Downtown

5/17/2019

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by Amber Helsel
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The next Downtown Food Friday Festival is June 7, tentatively at One Jackson Place at the corner of Amite and Lamar streets. Photo by Alivia Ashburn-Townsend
On the first and fourth Friday of each month, the area around Smith Park is abuzz with activity. Downtown workers gather from the different offices, and some people outside of the downtown area gather at the park for one thing: Downtown Foodie Friday Festival.

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Feeling Lucky and Local

3/6/2019

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by Dustin Cardon
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This year’s Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade & Festival is on Saturday, March 23. Photo courtesy Ardenland
​The annual Hal's St. Paddy's Parade is Saturday, March 23, beginning at 7 a.m. The theme of this year's parade is "2019: A Magical Mystery Tour."

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Cultivating Small Business

3/6/2019

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by Amber Helsel
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After months of promotion, Cultivation Food Hall finally opened in January 2019. Photo by Acacia Clark
​Ariella's NY Delicatessen owner Alivia Ashburn-Townsend stands near the end of the curved white marble countertop talking to one of her staff members. Poke Stop owner Rachel Phuong Le stops quickly to say something to this reporter, and then rushes to her cash register once a couple of customers walk up to her counter. 

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