Tuesday, February 10, 2009

6th Annual Oxford Film Festival promotes local and regional businesses


The 6th Annual Oxford Film Festival was a fantastic example of an organization utilizing small, local businesses and regional vendors. The gift bags that filmmakers received were full o' goodies: cookies from City Grocery of Oxford, MS, baked goods from Sugarees Bakery of New Albany, MS, bottled Mountain Valley Spring Water from Hot Springs, Arkansas and many more treats.
By the way, Mountain Valley Spring Water is the first bottled water company to utilize
FDA approved recycled PET resin in its bottles.

The filmmaker's luncheon, held at City Grocery, was fantastic. Chef John Currence served up all of my favorite things:


Mixed greens with red onion, tomato, toasted Mississippi pecans and toast rounds

Wasabi sesame encrusted salmon on a bed of potato salad with zucchini and squash

A very rich chocolate pie with raspberry sauce

If you ever visit Oxford, MS, you should definitely hit City Grocery. It's my second favorite restaurant in Oxford and it's definitely the best restaurant on the Oxford square.

Thanks, John!

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