Grab Your Friends! It’s the Cajun Crawfish Catfish Festival

Hey Madison Humphreys Center! You know that when it comes to the best food in the nation, Memphis never fails to deliver. However, this festival isn’t all BBQ centered. It’s the Cajun Catfish and Crawfish Festival!

It all goes down TODAY from 5 pm to 8 pm at the Cajun Catfish Company in East Memphis, 1616 Sycamore View to be exact. Luckily for you Madison Humphreys Center residents, the Cajun Catfish Company is right up the road; it’s only about 8 minutes from here! See? Now you can’t help but go! I’m sure the smells will entice you WAY before you get there!

What are you getting at the Cajun Crawfish Festival? Live New Orleans music on the patio (where most of the activities will take place), mounds and mounds of crawfish, free giveaways, and refreshing beer specials! Not to mention some of the best catfish on the east side of Memphis!

So come hungry, bring friends, and you surely won’t be disappointed! Better yet, do you have any friends at Arbors River Oaks? They’re right up the road, and I’m sure they would love to go too! Why not get a group together?

Are you a fan of the Cajun Catfish Company?

Directions from Madison Humphrey Center

Head east on N Humphreys Blvd. Take the first right onto Walnut Grove Rd. Merge onto I-240 E via the ramp towards Nashville. Take exit 12 C to merge onto I-40 E toward Nashville. Take exit 12 for Sycamore View Rd toward Bartlett. Turn left at Sycamore View Rd. The Cajun Catfish Company will be on the right.

Memorial Day Cooking Tips

Hey MHC! I know that you’re going to be around a grill at some point over the weekend, so I’ve decided a little Memorial Day cooking tip with you! This is how to make smoked sausage. Enjoy!

Then again, this is Memphis…do you really need to be taught more ways to BBQ?

Africa in April

Come one, come all, to witness a spectacle! Africa in April has returned to Memphis!

The free festival is Friday through Sunday at Robert Church Park; from 8 a.m. “until” Friday and Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. Music, spoken word entertainment, shows, displays, and even an antique car show are being featured at the festival. The festival itself is free, but the food isn’t. Come out and try the various African and African American cuisines.

Check out all of the events!

Are you interested in going? Have you ever been to Africa in April?

Routing for the Home Team Has Never Tasted So Great!

Once again, Food Network has chosen to feature Memphis Area residents on the popular food related channel. Many of our local restaurant’s specialties have been featured, with showcases the rich, and flavorful culture of this fair city. “Down Home with the Neelys,” which stars Neely’s Bar-B-Que owners and Memphis residents Pat and Gina Neely, is now in its seventh season, with an eighth scheduled to begin filming in April.

Soon, two more Memphis chefs will be showing their culinary prowess on the network. They are Kelly English of Restaurant Iris and Viking Cooking School instructor Gail Churinetz.

Churinetz, a Germantown resident, will appear on “Ultimate Recipe Showdown” with Guy Fieri. The show airs on March 14 at 8 p.m. with Churinetz and her Crawfish Andouille Sausage Pizza battling against contestants from New York, Florida and Missouri.

English will be on “The Best Thing I Ever Ate,” which is co-hosted by native Memphian Claire Robinson, at 9 p.m. Friday. He says that being seen on the Food Network “is something everyone wants to do.”

I think this is great! What better residents than Memphis’ own to showcase on Food Network? I can’t tell you of how many great restaurants I’ve found in town! I find it so refreshing because I get SO tired of the same chain restaurants day in and day out.

What about you? What’s your favorite restaurant in the area?

Resident Poll: Talking on your Cell Phone While Checking Out

Many people have been guilty of talking on the phone will in the checkout line. My mother HATES when people do this. What about you? How do people respond if you use your phone in the checkout line of a store? Do you think it’s completely rude? Are you a cashier and this has happened to you? Let us know!

Looking For Something New to Take to Lunch?

Why not try this? I like to think of it as a grilled cheese sandwich to the 10th power.

Ingredients

• 8 slice(s) rye bread
• 4 teaspoon(s) sharp, hot mustard
• 1/2 head(s) (small) radicchio, thinly sliced
• 1/2 tablespoon(s) balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 pound(s) hard salami, thinly sliced
• 1/2 pound(s) Jarlsberg cheese, thinly sliced
• 4 teaspoon(s) butter, melted

Directions

1. Spread 4 slices of bread with mustard.
2. Toss the radicchio with the vinegar, place on top of the mustard-spread slices of bread. Layer each sandwich with 3 slices of salami and 3 slices of cheese. Top with the remaining bread. Brush both sides of the sandwich with butter. Grill in a panini press until cheese is melted — about 4 minutes. Serve immediately.

Bail on The Costly Airline Snacks

No telling how many millions of people will be traveling by air again this holiday season. Every year the forecasts on numbers seems to go up and up from the years prior.

This year, in addition to gifts, books, magazines and carry on, many air travelers will be bringing along their own snacks as well. With the airlines charging extra these days for perks that used to be complimentary, more and more passengers are bringing their own treats to nibble on during flights. Besides, the selections are limited and not always healthful.

Here’s some ideas for portable snacks from home to keep your belly happy in the air.