Food & Drink

Expanding Palates, Expanding Horizons

Matthew Freeman, a counselor at Provine, founded the Provine Culinary Society in 2014 with the goal of exposing to students to healthy, diverse and international cuisine they could find in their own communities.

The Chicken, the Egg, the Street Food

This week, Chef Nick Wallace will serve up his "Chicken and the Egg" pop-up menu, featuring eggs and chicken from Mississippi, for the Mississippi Museum of Art's Museum After Hours event, "Pop Goes the Culture."

No Wine-ing: 2016 Wine Tasting

It's spring time, so that means it's time for the Jackson Free Press' second annual wine tasting.

Chicken and Black Bean Soup

The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen sous chef Rashanna Newsome's passion in life is cooking. Recently, she gave us one of her own recipes to share with our readers.

Farm, Creator, Table

Small Town Mississippi gives Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum visitors a taste of what life would have been like in the 1920s.

Living Food

Liquid Light Cafe is Jackson's first raw-food restaurant, nestled in a space beside the Regions Plaza courtyard on Capitol Street.

Rashanna Newsome

As the sous chef at The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen in Belhaven, Rashanna Newsome is a female in a male-dominated profession—a fact that has never stifled her passion for the culinary arts.

Camaraderie and Tradition

My oldest daughter spent her last year of high school living with a family in a rural town in Ecuador, and it became a family joke to serve her dinner without telling her what it was until after she ate it.

Feed JXN, Campbell's Madison, Hancock Fabrics and M7 Coffee House

Carlyn Hicks of the group Jackson Foodies, Chef Nick Wallace of the Mississippi Museum of Art, Mangia Bene co-owner Jeff Good and other Jackson locals are teaming up to organize a special event at Stewpot Community Services this fall.

Much A’brew at the Zoo

Once a year, Jacksonians gather at the Jackson Zoo to socialize and eat—and drink beer—while looking at the animals.

Eat, Do, Play This Easter

The City of Jackson is hosting an Easter egg hunt for children ages 4 to 8 on Saturday, March 26, at the V.A. Legion Softball Complex.

It's Easy Being Green

In the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, here are some cocktails you and your friends can make this weekend.

Celebrating St. Paddy’s Locally

On the day of the parade, March 19, Jaco's Tacos will host the Bluz Boys from 2 to 6 p.m., followed by a dueling piano bar in which two piano players will take requests and organize sing-a-longs from 6 to 9 p.m.

Changing Jackson One Dish at a Time

JXN Foodies founder Carlyn Hicks says one day in 2015, as she was walking through Metrocenter Mall, the fact that it looked like a ghost town struck a chord with her. But she saw some hope.

Revolutionary Pizza and Sweets

Revolution's Corner is a downtown destination that's living up to its name. Located in a sunny storefront at the intersection of Roach and Pearl streets, the corner bodega with cafe aspirations opened in September.

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