It was Saturday morning in Bentonville, and Rock City Eats editor Greg Henderson, Brewed in Arkansas editor Becca Bona and I were planning out our day. We had to stop at several breweries and had a couple of ideas about lunch, but no dinner plans. After debating a few spots and checking Facebook (of course), …
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(If you missed the first part of this interview with former Ashley’s chef, Lee Richardson, you can check it out here. We now present the second half of our recent discussion with the celebrated chef–discussing his influences and training, those chefs he helped recruit to Arkansas, farm-to-table, and more.) As an advocate for locally sourced food, Richardson …
Few would disagree that Lee Richardson has been one of the most influential chefs within the Little Rock food scene over the last decade. The New Orleans-trained chef transformed the dining program at Ashley’s and The Capital Hotel into a world-class destination and brought more critical acclaim to the state than any other chef in recent …
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If sweets are your thing, here are my 10 Noteworthy Desserts in Little Rock. Are they the best? Maybe … maybe not. I haven’t eaten every dessert in town, but I have sampled a lot of them, and these are the ones that truly stand out: Chocolate Soufflé at Ashley’s Wow, ummm … how …