This dainty lunch spot is a study in old time feminine, Southern gentility. During a busy lunch hour, a dozen well-coiffed, well-dressed women may wait for 10 to 15 minutes. They’ve come to meet other women for pleasantries, gossip and fantastic food. With locations in two of Nashville’s most affluent suburbs, Brentwood and Cool Springs, The Puffy Muffin has become a hot spot for dining damsels. Start first with a bowl of steaming tortilla soup, and follow this with The Puffy Muffin’s most popular menu item: the Tearoom Sampler, with a scoop each of pimento cheese, Amaretto chicken salad and tuna salad, cranberry salad and poppy seed bread. Afterward, it may be difficult to resist the Europeanstyle bakery, bubbling with the sweet scents of fruit tarts and crème brûlée. On your way to the powder room, stop at the glass window to watch an intent pastry chef punch out dough with cookie cutters or ice a Stepford wife’s wedding cake.