"nashville" news and stories

Last week, a number of news sources reported that Nashville, Tennessee was the latest city debating a single-bottle beer ban. Similar bans already exist in major cities like Washington, D.C. and Detroit, and similar proposals have been discussed in recent years in places such as Seattle.

Many states have strict laws regarding the sale of alcoholic beverages, and plenty of dry counties and cities exist across the U.S. where alcohol sales are prohibited entirely. But what sets apart Nashville's proposed ban and others like it are that these single-bottle bans typically target only specific neighborhoods and specific types of beer. Most single-bottle bans provide loopholes for upmarket craft and imported beers or fancier beer sellers such as Whole Foods, leading many to label these laws as economic discrimination.

Fans of Paula Deen will no doubt be excited to learn that she plans to take her show on the road, quite literally, as she kicks off a national tour this summer.

The show, Paula Deen Live, will be broadcast in 2-hour segments and is scheduled to visit Shreveport, Charlotte, Nashville, Dallas and Atlanta beginning this summer.

As always, Paula will cook some of her favorite Southern recipes, as well as answer questions and share tips about getting families involved in the preparation of meals.

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Early Christmas morning, the Bongo Java coffee shop in Nashville, Tennessee, suffered a break-in. While the shop and register appeared to be undamaged, it's famous NunBun was missing. The cinnamon bun, discovered by the store manager in the 1996, was said to have the likeness of Mother Teresa in its cinnamon-glazed layers of pastry. The bun was preserved in the freezer until a local crew made a short film about it, after which the story was picked up by the city paper and propelled into the national spotlight. After having received so much attention, the bun was coated in shellac and put on display in the shop, where it has enjoyed attention as a local novelty for 9 years.

The shop owner fears that the Immaculate Confection may have been destroyed, since it was so clearly the target of this crime.

[Thanks to Tracy for the tip]

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