Eat Arkansas

There’s something great to be said for a well-balanced lunch.  That delicate association between salt and sweet, tangy sharp and bland, cruspy and soft — the more you put on each side of the see-saw of the tastebuds, the more exciting a meal can be.

For the Farmers Market at the Little Rock River Market.  The big season opens at seven this morning.  Not only is it the 35th anniversary of the Little Rock Farmers Market (wow, I didn’t know it was almost as old as I am!), there’s all sorts of neat stuff going on — including appearances by two of the chefs from Bravo Network’s Top Chef program from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Lots of great offers and several days of celebration to follow.  Check out the special 35rh anniversary website for more information.

The Station, a grocery and deli, will open, likely in mid-November, in the space that previously housed Little Rock Paint and Wallpaper, in the wedge where Kavanaugh and Markham meet in Stifft Station.

Obviously, if you are reading this blog, you love food. You think about it, you read about it, you probably even dream about it.

A word about blogging…In response to Scott McGehee’s letter to the Arkansas Times. (Scroll about ¾ down the page.)

Obviously, if you are reading this blog, you love food. You think about it, you read about it, you probably even dream about it.

Obviously, if you’re reading this blog, you love food. You think about it, you read about it, you probably even dream about it.

Reader Scott Cother likes his picture of an already-demolished plate of Christmas cookies. There is something about a butter cookie that makes it more appealing with some festive icing and the shape of an evergreen.

Joel DiPippa gets $50 and our thanx for his topping-level shot of the wondrous surface of a Sweep the Floor Pizza from Iriana’s.

We have a family crowd arriving shortly for dinner, so I’m going to have to leave the blogging to the world tonight.