{"id":3173,"date":"2012-08-21T12:47:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T17:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2014-01-26T01:24:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T06:24:00","slug":"cook-of-the-house-allen-sanders-of-olivias-corner-market-from-tlv-162","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/cook-of-the-house-allen-sanders-of-olivias-corner-market-from-tlv-162\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook of the House: Allen Sanders of Olivia’s Corner Market (from TLV #162)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Name:<\/span> Allen Sanders<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Position & Restaurant:<\/strong><\/span> Chef, Olivia\u2019s Corner Market<\/span><\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong><\/span> Leland, Mississippi<\/span><\/p>\n

How did you get into cooking?<\/strong><\/span> By accident! Got a job bussing tables at a restaurant when I was 19. Within a year I was running the place.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"What is the best thing about your job?<\/strong><\/span> Seeing satisfied customers who love our food.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is your favorite cook\/chef?<\/strong><\/span> My grandmother was my favorite cook\u2014I still think about her cooking all the time<\/span>.<\/p>\n

What kitchen tool\/utensil could you not live without?<\/strong><\/span> My charcoal grill!<\/span><\/p>\n

What is your favorite flavor combo?<\/strong><\/span> Bacon, blue cheese, and tomatoes<\/span><\/p>\n

Name three items in your fridge:<\/strong><\/span> Breast milk, baby food, and butter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where do you get your best recipe ideas?<\/strong><\/span> By taking really good ingredients and not getting fancy with them\u2014let the ingredients stand on their own.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the best meal you\u2019ve ever eaten?<\/strong><\/span> Garlic encrusted, gorgonzola stuffed filet from Spindini in Memphis.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the weirdest meal you\u2019ve ever eaten?<\/strong><\/span> Catfish Bananas\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Personal specialties:<\/strong><\/span> Anything Grilled or Smoked.<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite Midnight snack:<\/strong><\/span> Peanut Butter and Jelly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite Kitchen Music:<\/strong><\/span> 80s Music <\/span><\/p>\n

Who would you most like to cook for and what would you prepare?<\/strong><\/span> My late Mother\u2014I would make her my fried green tomatoes with the crawfish sauce.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where do you like to dine in Oxford?<\/strong><\/span> Snackbar\u2014love raw oysters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite restaurant in the world:<\/strong><\/span> Olivia\u2019s Corner Market, of course!<\/span><\/p>\n

Aspirations:<\/strong><\/span> I\u2019m living the dream!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Fried catfish: eat the tail or not?<\/strong><\/span> Absolutely eat the tail!<\/span><\/p>\n

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