Customers of Raddy’s Liquor Center on North Broadway were dismayed Oct. 19 to find the shop closed and a notice on the door explaining that all the employees were attending Raddy’s …
Good Golly Tamale to Open Old City Lunch Spot in October
How hot are Good Golly Tamale‘s namesake products? So hot that a beans and cheese tamal melted my fork recently, no metaphor.* But Good Golly’s tamales have also proved popular enough that Matthew …
Rediscovering the Pawpaw at the Market Square Farmers’ Market
Remember that old folk song: “Pickin’ up pawpaws puttin’ ’em in your pocket, way down yonder in the pawpaw patch”? Not a good idea, says Elizabeth Malayter, co-owner with her …
Labor Day Sunflower Project’s Post-Labor Day Activities
At the west end of the grassy rectangle of the Krutch Park extension, a 15-foot-tall circle of sunflowers woven onto chain-link substrate looms like an enormous organic parade float. Within …
Knox County Schools’ Nutrition Program Off to a Shaky Start
On my children’s first day of school this August, their teachers sent home a letter from Wanda McCown, executive director of school nutrition: “We are pleased to inform you that …