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Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 18:07:08
Dessert Suggestion.
Looking for a well-caffeinated finale to the evening? Check out the new Istanbul Mediterranean Cuisine in the Pleasant Ridge Town Center. The eatery makes an excellent Turkish coffee for three bucks that's pleasantly spicy and syrupy. Dessert selections include, of all things, chocolately profiteroles -- but I like the baklava, rich with honey and nuts. Just a suggestion.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 17:13:14
Makin' Some Bread, Pullin' in the Dough.
What is is about the smell of fresh baking bread that warms the heart and spurs the memory? Whatever it is, it's something that can't be replicated in a candle or manufactured in a scratch-and-sniff sticker.
One place to inhale the heady scent of fresh baking bread around these parts is the Old Mill Bread and Flour Company over in the Rock Creek Square shopping center (over by Hobby Lobby in Little Rock). It's one of those places that nearly knocks you over when you enter the door with the scent of sweet breads, yeast, and grain.
Dropped by recently for a lunch that would make anyone on the Atkins Diet blanche with terror. The restaurant offers a soup-and-half-sandwich combo with an ever-changing menu of soups and sandwiches to choose from. I decided to go for a turkey, swiss cheese, and green apple affair on a ciabatta roll, and the asiago cream cheese soup. What I got was a nice little refreshing and crisp sandwich, a warm bowl of goodness -- plus an oatmeal raisin cookie and a Spinach Feta roll which was the real highlight of my lunch. Served up with some iced tea and I was good to go for the afternoon.
Something I really like about going in there -- there's always a couple of types of bread and a bowl of butter out on the counter, always a sample to try. And even if you get a little woozy over the prices (some loaves top $8) this is often the final blow.
You'll find Old Mill Bread and Flour Company open Monday through Saturday from seven in the morning to six in the evening. Closed on Sunday. (501) 228-4677.
LR food blogger at work
Travis McConnell, chef at the Capital Hotel Bar and Grill, is blogging about food.
He's not the best speller in the world, but he's writing and photographing some pretty interesting stuff, such as his effort to make his own pancetta, or Italian-style bacon. Good piece on the bar's Reuben sandwich -- homemade bread, kraut and corned beef. Only the cheese comes from a supplier. I've eaten it. It's the real thing.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 21:48:51
Starving Artist Cafe
Lavender-glazed carrot soup with herb bread and olive oil.
While out and about with my mother this past weekend, we ran over to 411 Main Street in North Little Rock to have lunch at Starving Artist Cafe. I've always heard wonderful things about the food and am happy to say the reviews were right on.
On special for Saturday was a lavender-glazed carrot soup. The flavor was sweet and earthy with a hint of cream, and the lavender lingered delicately on my tongue after each spoonful. It was absolutely delicious. My mother and I both wished we had ordered the bowl instead of the cup. Their warm herb bread served with olive oil was a perfect accompaniment to the soup.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 17:51:48
Refreshingly simple.
Where can you really go for lunch or dinner any more, treat a companion, and pay somewhere in the $20 range? Okay, where can you go that's not fast food? Cafe La Pace sure isn't fast food, but it is simple food, and that's nothing to be ashamed about.
I dropped by recently with a friend to sample the little cafe down and across from Cregeen's, on the recommendation of another friend who works in the area. We went in the late afternoon, and were the only customers around that time. Which was funny, since the friend who had recommended it to me told me it was usually packed -- but I'm sure that was around lunchtime.
The gyros came highly recommended... but I had to be contrary and go try out the Quattro Formaggi pita pizza ($5.99 with tossed salad). I begged off the traditional salad and had a Caprese salad on the side instead for no extra charge... the gentleman on duty (serving as cook, manager, and waiter) sadly informed me that the usual Buffalo mozzarella was not available but no matter -- the well-matched vinaigrette did fine by both greens and tomatoes. I appreciated the light and sharp pizza -- the Feta, Bleu, mozzarella and Parmesan matched up very well.
More on the jump.
Tweet: Head cheese
The Arkansas Blog is Twittering. We use it as a news alert, not an internal monologue. Mostly.
But I was happy to see us added to the Twitter following of the Capital Bar and Grill. It's using the message service to talk about lunch specials and stuff.
Like: Home-made head cheese. (See photo at its page.) Sign me up for that.
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