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Classic Eateries of the Arkansas Delta
The Arkansas Delta is fertile ground for delicious food and iconic restaurants. It's a thickly layered culinary landscape built on generations of farmers, immigrants and cooks. Savor Arkansas Delta tamales at Pasquale's Tamales in Helena-West Helena, Rhoda's Famous Hot Tamales in Lake Village and Smokehouse BBQ in Newport. Meet the masters of barbecue, such as Harold Jones at the James Beard American classic Jones Barbecue Diner in Marianna. Dine where Elvis Presley ate, travel to Bill Clinton's favorite burger joint and cross the roads where Johnny Cash grew up. From legendary catfish havens such as Murry's Restaurant in Hazen to divine drive-ins like the Polar Freeze in Walnut Ridge, author Kat Robinson and photographer Grav Weldon explore more than one hundred classic joints, superb steakhouses, pie places and decadent doughnut palaces in this tasty travelogue.
Foreword by Arkansas Delta connoisseur Rex Nelson.
Foreword by Arkansas Delta connoisseur Rex Nelson.
208 pages, Paperback
First published October 19, 2014
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About the author
Kat Robinson
16 books10 followersKat Robinson is Arkansas’s food historian and most enthusiastic road
warrior. The Little Rock-based author is the host of the Emmy-nominated
documentary Make Room For Pie; A Delicious Slice of The Natural
State and the Arkansas PBS show Home Cooking with Kat and Friends. She
is a member of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame committee, a co-chair
of the Arkansas Pie Festival, and the Arkansas fellow to the National
Food and Beverage Museum.
She has written nine books on food, most notably Arkansas Food: The
A to Z of Eating in The Natural State, an alphabetic guide to the dishes,
delights and food traditions that define her home state. Her two most
recent travel guides, 101 Things to Eat in Arkansas Before You Die and 102
More Things to Eat in Arkansas Before You Die define the state’s most iconic
and trusted eateries. Robinson’s Another Slice of Arkansas Pie: A Guide to
the Best Restaurants, Bakeries, Truck Stops and Food Trucks for Delectable Bites
in The Natural State outlines more than 400 places to find the dessert, an
extraordinary accomplishment that took thousands of miles, hundreds
of hours and so many bites to properly document and catalogue.
In this book, Robinson shares recipes from her own kitchen, alongside
stories from her lifelong adventures in Arkansas. The book is her
first state-specific cookbook. In 2020, she edited and contribut-
ed to 43 Tables: An Internet Community Cooks During Quarantine, a
Kat Robinson
collection of recipes from social media connected friends who turned to
their kitchens to experiment and to feed their families during the early
days of the COVID-19 pandemic response.
Her previous books include the popular Arkansas Pie: A Delicious Slice of
the Natural State (2012), Classic Eateries of the Ozarks and Arkansas River
Valley (2013), and Classic Eateries of the Arkansas Delta (2014). Robinson
has also served as guest editor for the University of Arkansas publication
Arkansauce: The Journal of Arkansas Foodways, and was recognized as the
2011 Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Henry Award winner
for Media Support.
Her work has appeared in regional and national publications including
Food Network, Forbes Travel Guide, Serious Eats, and AAA Magazines, among
others. Her expertise in food research and Arkansas restaurants has been
cited by Saveur, Eater, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Outline, and
the Southern Foodways Alliance's Gravy podcast, and her skills and talents
have been celebrated in articles by Arkansas Good Roads, Arkansas
Business and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. She has served as the keynote
speaker for the South Arkansas Literary Festival and has spoken before
the Arkansas Library Association and at the Six Bridges Literary Festival,
Eureka Springs Books in Bloom and the Fayetteville True Lit Festival.
While she writes on food and travel subjects throughout the United
States, she is best known for her ever-expanding knowledge of Arkansas
food history and restaurant culture, all of which she explores on her
1200+ article website, TieDyeTravels.com. She is also the host of the
podcast Kat Robinson’s Arkansas.
Robinson’s journeys across Arkansas have earned her the title "road warrior,"
"traveling pie lady," and probably some minor epithets. Few have
spent as much time exploring The Natural State, or researching its cuisine.
"The Girl in the Hat" has been sighted in every one of Arkansas's
75 counties, oftentimes sliding behind a menu or peeking into a kitchen.
Before entering full time into the world of food and travel writing, Kat
was a television producer at Little Rock CBS affiliate THV and Jonesboro
ABC affiliate KAIT, as well as a radio producer and personality for
KARN Newsradio.
Kat lives with daughter Hunter and partner Grav Weldon in Little Rock.
warrior. The Little Rock-based author is the host of the Emmy-nominated
documentary Make Room For Pie; A Delicious Slice of The Natural
State and the Arkansas PBS show Home Cooking with Kat and Friends. She
is a member of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame committee, a co-chair
of the Arkansas Pie Festival, and the Arkansas fellow to the National
Food and Beverage Museum.
She has written nine books on food, most notably Arkansas Food: The
A to Z of Eating in The Natural State, an alphabetic guide to the dishes,
delights and food traditions that define her home state. Her two most
recent travel guides, 101 Things to Eat in Arkansas Before You Die and 102
More Things to Eat in Arkansas Before You Die define the state’s most iconic
and trusted eateries. Robinson’s Another Slice of Arkansas Pie: A Guide to
the Best Restaurants, Bakeries, Truck Stops and Food Trucks for Delectable Bites
in The Natural State outlines more than 400 places to find the dessert, an
extraordinary accomplishment that took thousands of miles, hundreds
of hours and so many bites to properly document and catalogue.
In this book, Robinson shares recipes from her own kitchen, alongside
stories from her lifelong adventures in Arkansas. The book is her
first state-specific cookbook. In 2020, she edited and contribut-
ed to 43 Tables: An Internet Community Cooks During Quarantine, a
Kat Robinson
collection of recipes from social media connected friends who turned to
their kitchens to experiment and to feed their families during the early
days of the COVID-19 pandemic response.
Her previous books include the popular Arkansas Pie: A Delicious Slice of
the Natural State (2012), Classic Eateries of the Ozarks and Arkansas River
Valley (2013), and Classic Eateries of the Arkansas Delta (2014). Robinson
has also served as guest editor for the University of Arkansas publication
Arkansauce: The Journal of Arkansas Foodways, and was recognized as the
2011 Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Henry Award winner
for Media Support.
Her work has appeared in regional and national publications including
Food Network, Forbes Travel Guide, Serious Eats, and AAA Magazines, among
others. Her expertise in food research and Arkansas restaurants has been
cited by Saveur, Eater, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Outline, and
the Southern Foodways Alliance's Gravy podcast, and her skills and talents
have been celebrated in articles by Arkansas Good Roads, Arkansas
Business and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. She has served as the keynote
speaker for the South Arkansas Literary Festival and has spoken before
the Arkansas Library Association and at the Six Bridges Literary Festival,
Eureka Springs Books in Bloom and the Fayetteville True Lit Festival.
While she writes on food and travel subjects throughout the United
States, she is best known for her ever-expanding knowledge of Arkansas
food history and restaurant culture, all of which she explores on her
1200+ article website, TieDyeTravels.com. She is also the host of the
podcast Kat Robinson’s Arkansas.
Robinson’s journeys across Arkansas have earned her the title "road warrior,"
"traveling pie lady," and probably some minor epithets. Few have
spent as much time exploring The Natural State, or researching its cuisine.
"The Girl in the Hat" has been sighted in every one of Arkansas's
75 counties, oftentimes sliding behind a menu or peeking into a kitchen.
Before entering full time into the world of food and travel writing, Kat
was a television producer at Little Rock CBS affiliate THV and Jonesboro
ABC affiliate KAIT, as well as a radio producer and personality for
KARN Newsradio.
Kat lives with daughter Hunter and partner Grav Weldon in Little Rock.
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