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Rohwer in the soybeans.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 10 August 2010
I have to admit it, I’m a Star Trek fan. Yeah, mea culpa. I came to Star Trek late in life, at the age of 13 thanks to my friend Kriste Parsons. It just wasn’t watched in my family. It is now.
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On Watermelons, Festivals and Growing Up Arkansawyer.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 9 August 2010
Tis the season… no, not Christmas season, but the season I look forward to each and every year. That’s right, it’s watermelon season.
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The magnificent fire.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 3 August 2010
Most of the time, when I share tales with you about food, it’s about of my own adventure. I do a lot of solo traveling, that’s just the way it is. But when the experience is shared… it can make for some really great stories.
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Yes, the pie is really that good.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 27 July 2010
A lot of people have written about the pies at Charlotte’s Eats and Sweets in Keo. The little restaurant’s been mentioned in Southern Living and consistently ranks at the top of the perfect pie list for a lot of my readers.
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Dinner on the farm.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 26 July 2010
I apologize for the tardiness of this post. It took some time to recuperate from the Farm to Table Heritage Tomato Festival out at P. Allen Smith’s Moss Mountain Farm compound Saturday night. It was, needless to say, an experience.
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Road Trip Book for Arkansas Travelers
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 21 July 2010
Great American Road Trip Destination: Arkansas Book: Farther Along(2008) by Donald Harington This book’s characters talk through musical instruments.Which makes it a natural to pair with Kerry Dexter, my partner on this Great American Road Trip. See what music she recommends for your drive through Arkansas at Music Road.
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Road Trip Music: Arkansas and Missouri
Blog: Music Road - 21 July 2010
Arkansas and Missouri both lie along the Mississippi River, and have other rivers important in their geography. They also each stand at a crossroads, or a gateway if you will, of southern ways and heartland lifestyles. Things to keep in mind as you listen to the soundtrack choices as the Great American Road Trip: Music travels on.
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12 Hours in Dinerland.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 15 July 2010
I’ve recently bemoaned the fact to my friends that Little Rock lacks a locally owned coffee shop that’s open 24 hours a day.
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The Legacy of the Arkansas Rockefeller.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 12 July 2010
Bountiful Arkansas Weekend isn’t just a celebration of Arkansas farms and produce. It also commemorates the ideas of a man that changed the face of our state.
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On the Making of Fried Green Tomatoes.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 6 July 2010
Ever since Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Café hit the bestseller list in 1987, the South has been branded.
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Awesome, Strange and Fun.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 2 July 2010
Arkansas summer festivals are a range of local foods, song lyrics and various modes of transportation.
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Pea-Knucklin'.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 21 June 2010
Emerson’s PurpleHull Pea Festival isn’t just about food and community, it has a lot to do with motorpower and sheer chutzpah.
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She Rises Again, Her Future Undetermined.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 18 June 2010
There’s something about a steamboat that instantly brings the Mississippi Delta to mind.
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Last days of The Box.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 10 June 2010
“Get on down to The Box,” a popular admonition when I was growing up. Or directions.
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One Box After Another.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 8 June 2010
When the THV Summer Cereal Drive started, we couldn’t have imagined just how far it would go.I saw a thing on Twitter the other day that stirred my mind. It was a message from the Arkansas Foodbank Network, celebrating the 10th year of the of the THV Summer Cereal Drive. I did a little counting on my fingers and realized that yes, it had been that long.
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Breakfast pastries on Main Street.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 4 June 2010
There's just something about Community Bakery.
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Ice Cold Creamy Treats, An Arkansas Tradition.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 27 May 2010
Summertime may really start the third week of June, but in Arkansas the real sign of summer is our state’s largest festival, Riverfest.
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Fuzzy Memories and a Short Stack.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 21 May 2010
This coffee cup somehow reminds me of my grandfather. He was a one-armed house painter, no joke. I don’t have a lot of recollection of him, but one thing I recall is that he always had his coffee in a brown cup. Of course, he used a little milk or Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk in his.
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Possum Farming Comes To The Delta.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 1 April 2010
“The Other Gray Meat” is beginning to make inroads in the consumer market, ending the scurrilous scourge of back counter dark alley smuggling of the delectable and tasty opossum.
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Night in White Linen.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 16 March 2010
It is rare to be able to sit with one’s significant other, shar
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Secrets of the Oaklawn Corned Beef Sandwich, Revealed.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 3 March 2010
Racing season. Hot Springs. Oaklawn. What says Oaklawn more than fast ponies, cold beer and hot corned beef sandwiches? That’s right, the legendary Oaklawn Corned Beef Sandwich.
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How About That Ozark Fried Chicken?
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 24 February 2010
It takes a lot for a restaurant to survive these days. So many go out within the first year, it’s almost insanity trying to catch up with them all.
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The Prime Rib Trophy Returns To Russellville.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 17 February 2010
I’ve held off on talking about Opal Mae’s; the diminutive eatery on B Street smells delicious and looks cute, but its survival seemed a little up in the air at first.
