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Tag: Arkansas

Food

Arkansas, Cheese Dip, Velveeta, and Plastic

A great episode from the Gravy podcast on how my home state developed a love of cheese dip.   There’s a dish you’ll find at every kind of restaurant in Little …

Evolution / Religion

The Absence of Evolution in Arkansas

On January 18th, 2005 the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas sent a letter to the school board of Beebe, a small town of less than 10,000 located in the Northeast Central …

Fauna / Food / Music

A tomato for shiftless Arkansas squatters, robbers, cutthroats, and fiddle players

In the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, where I hail from, an heirloom tomato originated before the 1900’s. The Arkansas Traveler is prized for very flavorful, medium-sized tomatoes that resist cracking …

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