Category Archives: Meta

The happenings, and some stir fry

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

We’ve had a busy time of late, but it’s all been in the name of expansion! Thanks to all of your kind donations, I was able to purchase a digital recorder, something that will enable me to pursue a new … Continue reading →

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Why donate?

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Donate to a blog? Well that takes some real cojones on our part to ask folks to do that, doesn’t it? After all, this is the new age of digital media where everything is free and we like it just … Continue reading →

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The Agony and the Ecstasy

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

Years ago, I read a book by Crossett native and former OU and Dallas Cowboys coach Barry Switzer called Bootlegger’s Boy, mostly because my parents hail from Crossett and my grandmother always shook her head when referring to those white … Continue reading →

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The Arkansas Foodies 2012 Year End Thing

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

Here we are at the end of another year — Jess and I couldn’t have asked for a busier, crazier, better one than this one just finished. When 2012 began, Arkansas Foodies was a small blog just finishing its first … Continue reading →

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…And We’re Back!

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

What a month November was, and what a month December has turned out to be! Jess and I got married, Jess found a new job, and we moved from our tiny apartment in Bryant to a much larger place in … Continue reading →

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A Wedding, and a Week in Seattle

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

Well, friends, it’s been awhile since our last update, but we had a good reason: after nearly four years of engagement and a year of planning, the Arkansas Foodies went and got hitched. We had a lovely ceremony at the … Continue reading →

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Burger King Mentality

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

I had braised beef cheeks from Hillcrest Artisan Meats for lunch today, with Gruyere cheese and caramelized onions on a crunchy, chewy baguette. It was glorious. If you’ve ever eaten slow-cooked beef cheeks, then you’re thinking about how wonderful the … Continue reading →

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Ethics, Irritation, and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

I’m not much of a fan of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the state paper that is a poor successor to the once-great Arkansas Gazette and a completely fitting successor to the repugnant John Robert Starr’s Arkansas Democrat. Most of my normal, … Continue reading →

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Save Your Fork, There’s Pie!

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

While most people think of this blog as a food writing site, it’s just as much about food photography. After all, it would be pretty boring to just read descriptions about the food we make and eat without some visual … Continue reading →

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Best of 2012 Readers’ Poll, Chicken gets Political, and Other Random Stuff

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

So those of you who follow us over on Facebook or Twitter might have heard us talking about our recent Runner-up in the 2012 Arkansas Times Reader’s Choice Poll.  This is our second year to make the list, and we actually … Continue reading →

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