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Separate But Equal

1511/1245380922-barbecuenachos2.jpgI’m a food segregationist.

I think candy in ice cream does a disservice to both the candy and the ice cream. Keep them apart and you have two delicious things.

Separate but equal.

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Sopa Pollo at Rio Loco

cce0/1245266498-recdish2.jpgTraditionally when I go to a Mexican restaurant, it’s all about the chips and dip, burritos, chips and dip, big beers, chips and dip, margaritas, and chips and dip. On my last visit to Rio Loco, however, my companion threw me for a loop

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What Did the Powerless Eat?

4d4c/1245200241-pbj-main_full.jpgA question for the 130,000 or so Memphians who lost power on Friday (and those remaining without power): What did you eat?

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Get Yer Conflicts Right Here!

6fb3/1245196982-shitake_dogs_2.jpgConflicts of interest be damned, two cool projects by Flyer contributors merit mention.

Andria Lisle, a freelance writer, has started “Our Summer of Magical Eating,” a weekly potluck dinner using local ingredients.

Justin Fox Burks, a photographer and “The Chubby Vegetarian,” will be teaching a vegetarian grilling class through the University of Memphis’ continuing ed program July 12th.

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New Pizza Place in Midtown

pizze.jpg“I’ve always had this name,” Duncan Aiken says of his new restaurant Pizze Stone, which opened last week. Actually, the full name is Overton Park Pizze Stone — it’s located at 1545 Overton Park in the old Roustica/Marena’s spot — and, by the way, “pizze” is not a misspelling, it’s the plural of pizza in Italian.