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The Weekly Open Thread: Where Should CMA Fest Folks Eat?
Nashville :: ME :: USA | 11 days ago
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Posted by Jack Silverman on Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 5:47 AM This week's Scene cover story is all about CMA Music Fest: A profile of country renegade Kacey Musgraves , an interview with Brad Paisley , and a list of festival highlights . With all these
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The Weekly Open Thread Asks, "What's Your Favorite Lowbrow Indulgence?"
Nashville :: ME :: USA | 18 days ago
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Posted by Jack Silverman on Fri, May 31, 2013 at 5:58 AM Mine, for the record, is Kozy Shack rice pudding ...In winter, I zap it in the microwave for a minute instant heaven...Surely it's mass-produced in a scary-looking factory somewhere. Maybe it
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Open Thread Asks: What Items Do You Seek Out at Farmers Markets?
Nashville :: ME :: USA | 25 days ago
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Posted by Jim Ridley on Fri, May 24, 2013 at 11:55 AM When the weather's this pretty or frankly, even when monsoons are battering the windows I get excited about cruising the farmers markets on Saturday morning. I say "cruising" because I've come to
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The Weekly Open Thread Proposes a Moratorium on Reclaimed Barnwood
Nashville :: ME :: USA | 1 month ago
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At one point someone blurted out, "Enough with the reclaimed barnwood already!" It's a phenomenon Carrington Fox noticed when she reviewed Pour House in February: A quick architectural tour of the city's slew of new restaurants gives the impression
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The Weekly Open Thread: Brunch Village Edition
Nashville :: ME :: USA | 1 month ago
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But as the mother of a 4-month-old baby, I dreaded the thought of A) dealing with crowds and B) getting dressed...Since it was my special day, I had three orders of hash browns...But if you or the mother you need to impress is looking for something
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The Weekly Open Thread: Ramen Rage Edition
Tōkyō :: Japan | 1 month ago
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As the comment thread on this post about an Otaku South ramen dinner made clear, a lot of folks think ramen is ramen. Period. "It's just noodles and broth" seemed to be a pervading sentiment among the detractors none of whom, naturally, had actually
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The Weekly Open Thread: Nashville-Area CSAs
Nashville :: TN :: USA | 2 months ago
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And that means Middle Tennessee's CSAs are gearing up for the growing season. For those who aren't familiar, CSA stands for community-supported agriculture , a practice wherein customers buy shares from the CSA provider (typically a small farm), and
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Open Thread Asks: What Nashville Specialties Do You Miss?
Murfreesboro :: TN :: USA | 2 months ago
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Posted by Jim Ridley on Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 9:05 AM The other day, I was thinking about a sandwich I hadn't eaten in 30 years. It was the specialty at a pioneering health-food joint called the Tennessee Grainery on the Square in Murfreesboro: whole
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The Weekly Open Thread Is NOT Your Server
Nashville :: ME :: USA | 3 months ago
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He/she is gone before you realize there's no ketchup (or for you highfalutin' types, aioli, or perhaps house-made tomato confit). Do you wait till your server reappears to ask for said condiment? Do you snag the first employee (server, busser, host
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The Weekly Open Thread, High Beer Tax Edition
Nashville :: ME :: USA | 4 months ago
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Tennessee has the highest beer tax rate in the nation, 12% higher than No...It is so high that if you cut it in half, it would still be the 11th highest. The current law, enacted in the 1950s, taxes beer based on price rather than volume, making
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