{"id":25084,"date":"2015-06-09T10:07:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T15:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=25084"},"modified":"2015-06-25T14:59:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T19:59:47","slug":"cook-of-the-house-michael-lundy-lamar-lounge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/cook-of-the-house-michael-lundy-lamar-lounge\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook of the House: Michael Lundy, Lamar Lounge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where are you from?<\/strong> Grenada, Mississippi<\/span><\/p>\n

How did you get into cooking?<\/strong> I was inspired through cooking with my grandmother.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the best thing about your job? <\/strong>I get to work with great people, and I get to serve food that I\u2019m proud of.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is your favorite cook\/chef? <\/strong>Chef Sean Brock<\/span><\/p>\n

What kitchen tool\/utensil could you not live without? <\/strong>My knives.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is your favorite flavor combo?<\/strong> Sweet and spicy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Name three items in your fridge:<\/strong> Milk, beer, sliced turkey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where do you get your best recipe ideas?<\/strong> From my grandmother\u2019s old recipe books.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the best meal you\u2019ve ever eaten? <\/strong>Fried chicken at Eischen\u2019s Bar in Okarche, Oklahoma.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the weirdest meal you\u2019ve ever eaten? <\/strong>Pickled pig feet.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cook<\/a>Personal specialties: <\/strong>Breakfast food and barbeque.<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite midnight snack: <\/strong>Peanut butter and banana sandwich.<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite kitchen music: <\/strong>Metallica, Megadeth, Tool\u2014anything fast and heavy, really.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who would you most like to cook for and what would you prepare?<\/strong> Gordon Ramsay; fried catfish with sriracha cole slaw and hushpuppies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where do you like to dine in Oxford?<\/strong> Big Bad Breakfast, Bour\u00e9, Ajax, Volta Taverna<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite restaurant in the world:<\/strong> Doe\u2019s Eat Place in Greenville, Mississippi<\/span><\/p>\n

Aspirations<\/strong>: Attending culinary school. Becoming an executive chef, and owning my own restaurant.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fried catfish…eat the tail or no? <\/strong>No. <\/span>\"The<\/a>
\n<\/u><\/p>\n

\u2013<\/p>\n

This article was printed in The Local Voice <\/em>#230 (published May 28, 2015).<\/span>
\n To download the PDF of this issue, click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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