Category: Knoxville

  • Put away those winter blues with a sweet snack in the sunshine​

    Oatmeal has all of these really great health benefits, like being good for your heart and lowering cholesterol. This must mean that oatmeal cookies aren’t bad for you, or at the very least draw even, like celery with peanut butter*. Lucky for you, this weekend at the Tomato Head we are featuring two different recipes for oatmeal cookies.…

  • Tomato Head’s Pasta with Sundried Tomato Pesto and Roasted Cauliflower

    When I listen closely, I can hear it. Maybe you can too. It sounds like a small crack, then a shuffle of a shelf. It sounds like water dripping steadily from the roof onto the speckled ground outside of my bedroom window. It is the sound of freedom from the ice storm that has encased…

  • Featured Artist in Market Square: Ocean Starr Cline’s “Roots and Branches” Paintings on display at Tomato Head

    A collection of paintings titled, Roots and Branches, by local artist Ocean Starr Cline is on display at the Tomato Head in Market Square. Besides being an artist, Cline is a local educator, blogging philosopher, as well as a full-time mother. Cline has been a presence in Knoxville’s art community for almost ten years, and painting…

  • Tennessee Brew Works Pint Night, February 27

    Have we got something special planned for fans of Tennessee Brew Works on Friday, February 27. When you purchase any Tennessee Brew Works on draft, you get to keep the pint glass! This is a perfect opportunity to try a flight of beers from this Nashville brewery at our location in The Gallery of Knoxville,…

  • New bar chairs from Holler Design

    You can enjoy our selection of craft beers on tap, including five featured Tennessee Brew Works brews, in the comfort of our TV-free bar, thanks to some sleek new bar chairs we received from Matt Alexander at Holler Designs. We are excited about our new chairs. Sticking with our theme of staying close to home,…

  • Big Ears Festival & The Tomato Head fund raise for Joy of Music School and The Community School of the Arts

    Howdy beer drinkers and live music lovers! Our first Loving Spoonful fundraiser of 2015 starts today and we think you’re gonna love it. We’re teaming up with the folks at the Big Ears Festival’s Little Ears program, an educational component of the annual contemporary music festival. Through the program, local students from The Joy of Music…

  • Valentine’s Day

    It’s not too late to make reservations for Valentine’s Day, but make sure you call today! We have a limited number of tables per time slot. Call Market Square at 637-4067 or The Gallery at 584-1075. If you’re staying home for a romantic evening, put this dessert from Mahasti for Flour Head Bakery’s Chocolate Mayonnaise…

  • Flour Head Bakery’s Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

    Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake: a story of unlikely friends in the cupboard. You might find yourself asking, “Who would think of mixing chocolate and mayonnaise together?” Truth is, we didn’t invent this odd pairing. Recipes for chocolate mayonnaise cakes dates back to the World War I, a time when ingredients such as eggs, butter, and milk…

  • Tomato Head’s Cauliflower Soup

    ¼ cup Oil 1 cup Onion 2 Celery Stalks, about 2 cups 1 Cauliflower 3.5 cups Water 2 tsp Salt ¼ tsp Black Pepper Chopped spinach To prepare the Cauliflower: Remove the leaves, and rinse under cold water. Cut Cauliflower in ½ and cut small florets off one half, and set aside. Cut the remaining cauliflower…

  • Flour Head Bakery’s Chocolate Cream Cheese Cranberry Pie

    For the Crust: 20 Oreo cookies 1 Tbl melted butter Or 1 prepared chocolate crust Place the Oreos in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse the cookies until fine. Add the melted butter and process until the cookie crumbs are evenly coated. Press the cookie crumbs evenly into the bottom and sides of a…