If you’re looking for a quick, flavorful bite, there’s no beating a fast food taco. And Tacos 4 Life crafts one of the best ones around – the mango habanero chicken taco. Filled with grilled chicken and good-size cubes of pineapple, which are firm but still tender, along with cabbage, pico de gallo, and…
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, which means several local restaurants, bakeries and caterers will have special menus available. Here is a look at several options around Central Arkansas. A.W. Lin’s Both locations will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Sunday, February 14. Tickets are $100 per person and include a 4-course dinner and…
Across the Arkansas, there are untold numbers of restaurants, whipping up everything from barbecue to soul food to sweets to hot tamales. Some of those restaurants capture our hearts – and stomachs – in a special way. They stay with us, and we go back, day after day, week after week and so on. …
Traditional Arkansas cuisine centers around the rich ingredients of Southern comfort food. Not exactly appealing to all dietary needs, Southern comfort food, amongst other styles of cooking, does not cater to everyone in the state. Vegan and vegetarian diets have limited options within the state when dining out. Wanting more than just a…
Sometimes I just crack myself up – especially when cooking. Because I’ll either throw in an ingredient that isn’t on the ingredient list or forget to do something that I was supposed to do and somehow, magically, it all works out. Take this dish for example. My friend Dana served it to me on Thursday;…
It’s going to be all-food, all-the-time in North Little Rock at the end of January. The North Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau, North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce and the City of North Little Rock’s Economic Development department are launching North Little Rock Restaurant Week from Jan. 25-31. The purpose of the restaurant…
National Pie Day is tomorrow, Jan. 23. To celebrate this monumental occasion, I thought we could take a look at some of my very favorite pies here in Arkansas. We cherish this dessert more than any other, and lucky for us, we have a ton of great options. Peanut Butter Pie at Three Sam’s BBQ…
It’s National Slow Cooking Month, and it’s time to celebrate. I have heralded the slow cooker, aka crock pot, for many years. I even devoted a radio segment for 12 years on B98.5 every Wednesday to it called “Crock Pot Wednesday.” Clever, huh? Well, I saw this little jewel today and thought I had…
When it’s chilly outside, the only proper thing to do is bundle up and eat soup! Luckily for you, AY Magazine has compiled a bucket list of the best spots to grab a bowl in Arkansas. Throughout the month, AY Publisher Heather Baker and KARK host Hilary Hunt have been putting this list to the…
I just tweaked a recipe to make the most delicious and indulgent pan of brownies with zero gluten or sugar. I used –I hope you’re sitting down – black beans and Swerve, which is a healthy sugar substitute. Most sugar substitutes will kill you or give you dementia. Swerve won’t. If you want the real…
