Cheese Dip
Friday, February 3, 2012
Barbecue / Cheese Dip Renaud Brothers nod to Little Rock spots in Bon Appetit
Brent and Craig Renaud, the tireless filmmakers and founders of the Little Rock Film Festival, recently offered Bon Appetit readers a primer on non-touristy hot-spots to hit up here in Capital City.
Among their picks: Ashley's, White Water Tavern, Whole Hog Cafe and Diamond Bear Brewing Co. We've certainly no quibble with any of those, though some of were unfamiliar with Chicken Wang Cafe and will have to remedy that situation right quick.
Cheese dip, naturally, gets prominent mention. Their fave? Juanita's. I can go along with that, but I haven't had a lot of cheese dip I didn't like. To echo my dad's pearl of wisdom about barbecue, my favorite cheese dip is always my next cheese dip.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Cheese Dip Dipped: Our Central Arkansas favorites
- Kat Robinson
- A FAVORITE: Sparky's Queso Rojo is full of spice.
Because of space (and the idea that the cheese dip needed to be obtained in Central Arkansas), some of the entries had to be dropped. On the jump — what's not on the Natives Guide page.
Did we miss your favorite?
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
Cheese Dip Who has the best cheese dip?
- Kat Robinson
- 23 DIPS: And the maker of the chips at the World Cheese Dip Championship.
23 different cheese dips, 23 different tastes. Restaurants and amateur cooks showed off their best at War Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon, judges and the public cast their votes and a new World Cheese Dip Champion was named. A surprise: this year's winner was Dogtown Coffee and Cookery. Open just a few months, Dogtown won the professional competition with a traditional yellow queso reminiscent of the original Mexico Chiquito dip that started our state's cheese dip tradition.
The amateur winner: the Concheeztadors, who took a local swing at a favorite and made a white queso infused with several different types of Arkansas grown peppers. This was also one of my personal favorites.
So, who competed? The dips, from left to right from the top:
1. Yellow queso with pork tenderloin from Nash Raley Rogers Rippy.
2. American Pie's white pepper-laced queso.
3. Basin Park's yellow smoky influenced Velveeta-style dip.
4. Cozymel's high-flavor yellow queso with cumin and onion flavor.
5. Jose's Mexican Grill and Cantina's mild and light green chili flavored queso.
6. Stoby's spicy, punchy house offered white queso.
7. Cabot Cheese's pecan and cumin infused Sharp White Cheddar dip (this went to judges; the crowd version was much more pale).
8. Yahoo's classic Velveeta and Rotel dip.
9. Ferneau's Lobster bisque-like Cheddar dip.
10. U.S. Pizza Company's Judy's White Cheese Dip, complete with green peppery bits.
11. Mitchell William's chili flavored yellow dip.
12. Moe's Southwest Grill's impossibly smooth and impossibly white queso.
13. Dogtown Coffee and Cookery's Mexico Chiquito's taste-alike.
14. Dizzy's Gypsy Bistro's onion-laden winning entry from last year.
15. Ben E. Keith's Philly Cheesesteak dip.
16. Team Roberts Spinach queso.
17. Mamma Chelle's cream-cheese and pimento flavored almost red dip.
18. Pizza D'Action's Beef Tenderloin queso, made up in small batches over a burner.
19. Meadors Adams' mild yellow dip.
20. Junior's Game Time runny yellow queso.
21. DD's chili powder and tomato packed red dip.
22. Bar Louie's almost bechemel-style yellow dip.
23. Concheestador's several pepper layered white queso.
24. Tortillas from La Mexicana, the official chip sponsor for the event.
So, which one did you like the best? And who won the other competitions? Find out — with photos — on the jump.
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Reviews / Cheese Dip Dipped: Juanita's Mexican Cantina
- Kat Robinson
- SHARP: Nice bite of Jack cheese in Juanita's Mesa White Cheese Dip.
Especially this fabulous cheese dip, which really isn’t Juanita’s cheese dip but that old Jack-heavy eat-it-with-a-fork variety you used to get at the Blue Mesa Grill. The original Juanita’s dip was decent. This is marvelous.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Cheese Dip The overlooked cheese dip
- Kat Robinson
- UNHERALDED: The cheese dip and salsa at Chip's Barbecue.
It gets overlooked because it’s served up at a place famous for its barbecue and moreso its pies. Still, if you haven’t tried the cheese dip at Chip’s Barbecue, you have missed out.
Used to be, that dip always contained a bit of smoked beef in its makeup. This particular sitting I found no beef at all in the dip, no meat at all… and liked it even better than before.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Cheese Dip World Cheese Dip Championship sets 2011 date
- Last year's crowd
- Kat Robinson
The Second Annual World Cheese Dip Championship will be held on Saturday, September 24 at War Memorial, the Southern Cheese Dip Academy announced today.
Last year's inaugural event at Dickey-Stephens was a hit, even though organizers ran out of chips early in the day. It raised more than $5,000 to Harmony Health Clinic, last year's non-profit beneficiary.
The Academy also today announced regional spin-offs at the Snowden Grove Amphitheater in Southaven, Miss. near Memphis and the Arkansas Music Pavilion in Fayetteville on September 3 and September 10, respectively.
Registration will begin soon via cheesedip.net.
For background, check out Gerard Matthews' cover story about the festival and its founder, Nick Rogers, last year.
See the full release on the jump.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Cheese Dip Go dip it
- Kat Robinson
- AVAILABLE: Dizzy's competition queso
Capital Bar & Grill is serving up the winning amateur dip 2-6 p.m. and after 10 p.m. through the end of the month. It has meat in it and some spices you might not recognize. Ask for it specially.
Dizzy’s Gypsy Bistro, the winner in the professional category, is serving up its competition queso separately from its normal queso. The stuff it served up at the contest is spicier and creamier than the usual stuff.
I’m wondering how they’ll do in New Orleans. That’s why I’ll be hitting the road in March to check out the New Orleans Roadfood Festival. Should be fun.
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Cheese Dip Could Browning's spread the cheese dip gospel?
That's what the Dallas Observer wonders after reading our coverage of the World Cheese Dip Championship and our report on the new Browning's and the potential for Jast Partners, out of Dallas, to franchise it.
The Observer also talks to World Cheese Dip Champion promoter John McClure, who sees a lot of growth potential for cheese dip.
"We want to build the popularity of what we think is the best comfort food out there," McClure says. "Especially in Wisconsin."
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Cheese Dip Chip, dip and reviews
- Elizabeth James
- TASTY: One young gourmand samples
Interesting, too, is Henry's "Case of the Mondays" talking about his event experience. He vlogged about it (until today, I was not certain "vlog" was a word).
And yes, even I blogged about it again.
One last chance to talk about it, here. More State Fair stuff coming.
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