Obesity in Arkansas: A Call to Action
By Joe Thompson, MD, MPH President and CEO, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement A recent study contains some alarming statistics: America’s death rate is declining more slowly than in years past, and more slowly in comparison to the death rates of other wealthy nations. The study suggests this is due, in part, to rising obesity…
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame: The Restaurants
Venesian Inn 2018 Food Hall of Fame Finalist Established 1947 • 582 West Henri De Tonti Blvd. • Tontitown For more than 70 years, locals and travelers, alike, have found a touch of Italy right in the heart of the Ozarks. And they found it at the Venesian Inn in Tontitown, a community right outside…
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame: Gone But Not Forgotten
Cotham’s Mercantile Scott • 1917 – 2017 By Kat Robinson One of the first restaurant to be considered for the rolls of Gone But Not Forgotten in the Arkansas Hall of Fame is one that has recently left our culinary scene. Cotham’s Mercantile in Scott burned to its stilts early on the morning of May…
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame: The Proprietors
Mary Beth Ringgold Cajun’s Wharf, Capers and Copper Grill – Little Rock Finalist by Joe David Rice | Photography by Jamison Mosley Many years ago, the fire department in Beckley, West Virginia, was summoned to an emergency situation involving a kitchen fire. A girl had inadvertently turned on the wrong burner, heating up a can of…
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame: Food Themed Events
Gillett Coon Supper Arkansas County • Finalist – January 2019 by Kat Robinson Each January, hundreds turn out to rub elbows, see friends and have a taste of smoked coon at the Gillett Coon Supper. Though less than 700 people call the Arkansas Delta town of Gillett home, 1,200 tickets are sold each year to…
Cocktails at the Capital: Cinnamon & Rosemary Old Fashioned
In a new series, bartender Loic Lautredou of One Eleven at the Capital Hotel will share recipes for some of his favorite cocktails. Join us for “Cocktails at the Capital.” These articles are presented in partnership with the Capital Hotel. Cinnamon & Rosemary Old Fashioned: A One Eleven at the Capital recipe Ingredients Cinnamon & Rosemary Syrup…
Heritage of Sports: Hiram McBeth Broke New Ground
By Evin Demirel In spring 1969, Hiram McBeth broke new ground by becoming the first African American in a varsity-level football game at the University of Arkansas. Few believed McBeth, who had played guard at Pine Bluff’s Townsend High School at 5-feet nine-inches and 142 pounds, had the grit to walk on to the mighty…
Bluebirds of Happiness
By Marla Cantrell | Photography by Jamison Mosley At Terra Studios, less than 20 miles from Fayetteville, a wonderland unfolds across six acres that have been baptized in art. Here and there, sculptures of trolls and dragons appear. Purple blown-glass petals bloom from concrete spheres, and other sculptures of giant flowers with smiling faces welcome…
