Arkansauce: The Journal of Arkansas Foodways is published once a year by the Special Collections Department of the University of Arkansas Libraries. Each issue features a special guest editor.  Diane F. Worrell is managing editor, Tom W. Dillard and Timothy G. Nutt are on the editorial board, and Erin Robertson is the editorial assistant.  Joy Aprile Caffrey is the designer.

Source:  http://libinfo.uark.edu/SpecialCollections/news/arkansauce/

When Kat Robinson, author and journalist,  asked me if I would consider writing a piece for the 2014 edition of Arkansauce, I was certainly flattered but had no idea what my subject matter would be. Topics for blog posts flow in and out of my brain constantly – and occasionally some of them stay around long enough to stick. Talking about my life in Arkansas and as a native, is something I appreciate. I really do love my home state and want everyone to know it like I do. The good, the bad, the ugly — it’s all there, but isn’t that the case regardless of wherever you plant your flag as your home? I appreciate that I was given the leeway to choose just where the trail for this piece would lead me.

Mostly, I wanted to tell the story of my grandmothers and their influence on my life. I was fortunate to grow up with both Mamaw and Nonnie who led me, loved me, laughed with me. And, when it was necessary, disciplined me. Oh, I could tell you some stories. Perhaps I will, but for now I’d love for you to go read the piece I wrote about them and the making of Chicken and Dumplings.

Don’t you think it’s about time you found out how to make the best ones? Let Mamaw and me show you how. My story begins on page 16, but you’ll want to read the others as well.

Mamaw and me ca 1949