Classic Eateries of the Arkansas Delta

by Katherine (Kat) Robinson

Overview

The Arkansas Delta is fertile ground for delicious food and iconic restaurants. It's a thickly layered culinary landscape built on generations of immigrants, farmers and cooks. Savor Delta tamales at Pasquale's Tamales, Rhoda's Famous Hot Tamales and Smokehouse BBQ. Meet the masters of barbecue like 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626197565
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	10/21/2014
Series:	American Palate
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,008,291
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Kat Robinson is a dedicated food and travel writer and lifelong Arkansawyer. Her award-winning blog, TieDyeTravels.com, features tales of her journeys and travel experiences. She lives with her daughter, Hunter, in Little Rock. Grav Weldon is a fine art photographer and digital artist currently living in Little Rock and working in the Ozarks and Mississippi River Delta documenting the food, culture and history of the American South.