Food goes well beyond everyday sustenance for Mississippi native chef Hunter Evans. If you ask him, the simple, humble ingredients in everyday meals are more significant than a collection of items on a weekly grocery list because they represent a sustained connection to and reliance upon the lands and bodies of water surrounding us. Since opening Elvie’s in Jackson more than four years ago, it is this stance that has earned Hunter incredible respect and praise, and it’s one he’s hoping to carry with him for much longer.
“This goes back to the very beginning of my culinary journey,” Hunter says. “Before I went to college and culinary school, a lot