by Do South | Jul 1, 2023 | Featured, Food, Food + Drink
PEACH LATTICE PIE Excerpt from The Great Arkansas Pie Book by Kat Robinson Jan Simrell has been making pies for decades and is one of the most proficient piemakers I have ever met. She and her husband Ronald moved to Arkansas from Frankfort, Illinois (about 20 miles...
by Do South | Jul 1, 2023 | Featured, Food + Drink, People
On May 4, 2022, writer, cook, and food historian Kat Robinson learned that her mother’s house was on fire. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but when Kat arrived, she found what was lost. “Most of the dishes we cooked in were gone (an errant Blue Cornflower...
by Do South | Mar 1, 2020 | People
[title subtitle=”WORDS Dwain Hebda IMAGE courtesy Kat Wilson”][/title] Fort Chaffee is one of the most historic spots in Fort Smith, to say nothing of the entire state of Arkansas. Established in 1941 as Camp Chaffee, the base has been home to German POWs,...
by Do South | Apr 1, 2019 | Food + Drink
[title subtitle=”recipe adapted from: courtesy Kat Robinson “][/title] What is Arkansas food? Kat Robinson has intensely studied the cuisine of the region for more than a decade. Her latest book, Arkansas Food: The A to Z of Eating in the Natural State, is...
by Do South | Apr 1, 2014 | Travel
[title subtitle=”words: Kat Robinson images: Kat Robinson and Grav Weldon”]Eat, Stay, Discover[/title] Between the furthest reaches of Bayou Bartholomew, the longest bayou in the world – and the wide expanse of the Mississippi River along the eastern...