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Menu du jour blazing hot presses : 14 Recipes


  • Recipe The Green Tomato
    The Green Tomato (1 vote)
    For months we’ve been trying to get to the Green Tomato in Texarkana. They boast that they are “home of the greatest burger that ever lived.”  We had to see about that.  In addition to being intrigued about that claim, one of my[...]
  • Recipe Oh?Jackie OHS.
    Oh?Jackie OHS.
    We celebrated our anniversary recently at the new place in downtown Texarkana, Jackie OHS.   Unlike that other famous Jackie O, the last name here stands for Oysters, Hamburgers, and Steak.  I had been hearing all sorts of good things about the[...]
  • Recipe Chicken Fried What?
    Chicken Fried What?
    I have a friend who suggested that we go eat at a place called the Rockin Rooster in Avery, Texas.  It sounded like our kind of place so we took off to Avery to see what we could find. The Rockin Rooster is a quaint home style restaurant where[...]
  • Recipe Varsity: DeKalb, TX
    Varsity: DeKalb, TX
    One of the goals of our website was to find out of the way diners and restaurants that weren’t part of a chain and write about them. I’ve come to realize that many sound the same.  How many ways can you write about a chicken fried steak?[...]
  • Recipe Pizza that is Damgoode
    Pizza that is Damgoode
    As a kid growing up, pizza was something that you got as take out from some national chain kind of joint.  It wasn’t something that people went and sat down and enjoyed as a meal.  Maybe a  buffet but even that was a stretch.  I think maybe[...]
  • Recipe Family Reunion?.Part 1
    Family Reunion?.Part 1
    For our family, the first weekend of May always means the Bowman Family Reunion.   Mama’s mama was a Bowman, and some of Mama’s best memories are centered around that side of the family.  They gather annually in what used to be a little[...]
  • Recipe World Class BBQ Cookoff
    World Class BBQ Cookoff
    Today my accomplice and I went to the Smoke on the Water USA BBQ Championship in North Little Rock. You can visit their site at www.smokeonthewaterbbq.com.   My only goal was really to try and stalk the people who are on the TLC show BBQ[...]
  • Recipe Summer Vacation: Week 1
    Summer Vacation: Week 1
    The first week of our summer break is over and we have accomplished a few things on our list. 1st watermelon of the summer….DONE sleep late….DONE eat salads made from foods from our garden…DONE eat a sinfully delicious[...]
  • Recipe Life Is Short?Eat More Cake!
    Life Is Short?Eat More Cake!
    I’m always looking for new and wonderful places with one of a kind food.  Recently, we had a baby shower at work and someone wanted to get the cake at this new place in a neighboring town.  I have to taste something to believe it and the day[...]
  • Recipe Whistle Stop Cafe/Hope, Arkansas
    Whistle Stop Cafe/Hope, Arkansas
    When we first married we used to ride around and listen to songs and singing along. These days we don’t really have to time to find that kind of entertainment very often. One day this week we did find  a day to ride and listen to some good[...]