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Planning Ahead Can Make all the Difference With summer just around the corner, many of us look forward to enjoying hot days and cold drinks. However, after a long day at the lake, pool, or golf course, it’s easy to lose track of how…
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What's in a name? 87 Years of Service to TN By Matt McGarry One might wonder, as Shakespeare did in Romeo and Juliet: What’s in a name? Well, the partners at Wallace Real Estate have given that quite a bit of thought lately. Ask…
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Prepped for Opportunity, Driven by Success By Alpesh Patel of Kana Hotel Group Building a Brand My career in hospitality began in New York, where I attended Cornell and worked as a hospitality consultant at Ernst & Young.…
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A Farm for All in Knoxville My Happy Place Since I was a girl, RiverView Family Farm has always been my happy place. Hay season brings back so many memories from my childhood. The sounds of the rake and baler moving…
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Every year, I think there is no way Top Chefs can get any better, but every year it does. That is due to the chefs who pull out all the stops to create innovative offerings that wow their guests. This year, three new restaurants joined the…
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Jesse Newmister is a chef comfortable in many genres. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, he yearned to break away from the regional fare. “Any cuisine that’s not German in Terre Haute is exotic,” he laughs. Newmister was exposed to Filipino and…
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Oliver Royale Executive Chef Darin Hoagland’s culinary lineage goes back to his Grandpa Joe Bettencourt, who gave up life as a Yellowstone-type cattleman to become owner and grill cook at Marty’s Inn, a hunter’s restaurant in Newman,…
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Lonesome Dove Executive Chef Jason Scott once wrote in his personal notebook, “If you cook with passion in your heart, success will always follow.” No coincidence that he has “passion” tattooed in red on the inside of his right bicep and…
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Fire & Salt Chef and Proprietor Alex Gass grew up in Oak Ridge, helping his aunt, mother, and grandmother feed hundreds at the Kern United Methodist Church. He also cooked with his mother’s catering business and explored the art of…
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Chef Deron Little started Seasons Innovative Bar & Grille in 2013 and made it a perennial Top Chefs contender and winner. “He’s very traditional, very innovative, a purist,” says his protégé, Austin Altena. “He’s also a very good…
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