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Ever since we first ate margarine-sauced pompano at Lusco’s, in Greenwood, Mississippi, a quarter century ago, we’ve considered the cotton capital of the world a destination dining city. Waiters sidle through Sears catalog floral-print curtains into Lusco’s private back-room dining booths as the plaints of blues musicians float from the sound system. It’s all a … Continue reading Best restaurants in Greenwood, MS | Hot Licks Delta Style

By Jane and Michael Stern Originally Published 1995 Gourmet Magazine Amazing meals are cooked and served in Mississippi grocery stores, where the bill of fare extends from spirited hot tamales to regal T-bone steak and from ingenuous macaroni and cheese to complicated crawfish gumbo. Some of them still function as small markets, their shelves scattered … Continue reading Grocery Store Cafes