If you read my Mustang Sally’s review, you know that I love cherry pie. Seriously, if I had to pick one fruit pie, this would be it. Now, in the old days, you had to wait until cherries were in season, but today, a couple three of cans of tart cherries, some flour, butter, and…
Mustang Sally’s in Perryville, AR
There’s a winding highway that wends its way out of west Little Rock, up through the slow foothills of central Arkansas. It’s a beautiful ride, even more so when the leaves are falling. There’s even a certain turn in the road, where you crest a hill and the eastern side looks exactly like Napa. It’s…
Standard BBQ Rub — My “Spoocial” Rub
Here it is! My standard BBQ rub. This is lightly sweet, mildly hot, and just enough salt to be a rub. We also call this my “Spoocial” Rub because when Lil’ Bit was labeling the bottle once, he wrote the word Special that way and the name has now stuck. This makes a nice background that you…
Jones Bar-B-Q Diner in Marianna, AR
Oh Boy. Jones Bar-B-Q. What a wonderful visit to a very special barbecue joint. Or diner, because they actually call themselves Jones Bar-B-Q Diner. But if you are expecting the usual diner experience, booths, tables, pie case, you are mistaken. There are two tables in this diner, and one of them is mostly blocking the window…
Red Wine Braised Chicken
You could use breast meat for this, but I don’t know why you would. Life is short. Dark meat tastes better. Live the dream. It all started with freezer chicken. No one really likes freezer chicken; least of all me. But I bought too much on a sale at the store, and froze a few…