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Going Bananas

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Little Rock’s Hannah’s Bananas serves up sweet summer treats

Three chocolate-covered bananas with different toppings: sprinkles, cocoa, and coconut.

As a child, the sing-song nickname “Hannah Banana” was one Hannah Thomas endured. However, as she grew older, the moniker began to take on a new meaning that she has grown to love. “I started making frozen bananas with chocolate and peanut butter in college as a healthier snack,” Hannah says. Years later, a celiac disease diagnosis prompted her to go gluten- and dairy-free and, once again, her beloved chocolate-dipped bananas seemed to fill a void for desserts and treats.…

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Derby Day Winner

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Just in time for the Arkansas Derby, learn to mix your own Triple Crown-worthy mint juleps

There are certain occasions when you simply must forgo your usual cocktail order for the season’s speciality: think eggnog at Christmas, a pint of Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day, and a mint julep on Derby Day. Popularized by the Kentucky Derby, which named it the event’s official drink in 1938, the mint julep has evolved to be a symbol of the South. Strong and sweet, easygoing yet sophisticated in its frosted eponymous silver cup, the mint julep is a perfect picture of congeniality.
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The Flavor of Home

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In a cookbook based on her family’s most-treasured dishes, Terry Jones imparts time-honored recipes for everyone to try

Creative endeavors have always been a pinnacle of Terry Jones’s life. A passion for singing that began in second grade ultimately led her to a 31-year career with popular contemporary Christian group Point of Grace. Since that time, she has organized a children’s choir, tried her hand at oil painting, and started a custom cookie making business (known as Mix ’Em Up Cookies) that is still going strong. However, her greatest undertaking has been raising her three children, Cole, Luke, and Mallory, with her husband, Chris. “I ‘got by’ with food when I was touring with Point of Grace,” Terry says. “As our kids started to grow, I realized I needed to fuel them well,” she says. Going back to her creative roots, she began to make healthful, delicious meals that could feed the family. “It had to be beautiful, and I had to enjoy making it,” she says. “At this stage of life, we are launching them into the world, and we are truly empty nesters,” Terry says.
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The Art of the Cocktail

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Life imitates art, you could say, in four drinks inspired by current programming at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts


Linger in front of the layered colors of an abstract painting and you’ll likely walk away with a slightly different understanding than the person beside you. In the same way, the simple formula called on to create a cocktail—spirit plus equal parts sweet and sour equals a balanced drink—lends itself to a multitude of interpretations. For this issue, we asked a local mixologist and the leader of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts to develop four cocktails that are as complex and layered as the works of art that inspired them.

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Merry in the Making

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Using her latest cookbook as a guide, Amy Hannon shares easy-to-prepare brunch ideas that look and taste gourmet


Words like gracious and hospitable get thrown around in the kitchens of great Southern cooks all the time but at Amy Hannon’s home in Rogers they carry weight. Enter the front door during the holiday season and you’ll be greeted with the sound of Christmas carols crooned by legends, the sight of festive yet elegantly understated greenery and ribbon, and—of course—a mouthwatering mix of divine scents that waft in from the kitchen. As the founder of the beloved “hospitality lifestyle brand” Euna Mae’s, Amy practices what she preaches, if you will.

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Growing Season

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How Shady Grove Pecan Orchards stemmed from a longtime family dream


For decades, Billy Jeter dreamed that one day, along with his family, he would plant a grove and grow his own pecans. Unsurprising, maybe, since the Jeter family’s farming heritage in Arkansas dates four generations. (Their extended family still farms cotton, corn, wheat, and soybeans in Jefferson County.) But pecans in particular held a special place in Jeter’s heart. “Where we’re from, there were these old pecan trees, and it was nostalgic for families to sit around at the holidays, crack pecans, and eat them,” says Anna Jeter Lester, Billy’s daughter. “People would get them as gifts and put them in desserts.”

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Made from Scratch

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Community is the key ingredient at Little Rock’s Boulevard Bread Company


For nearly 25 years, the corner bakery on Kavanaugh Boulevard has connected the Little Rock community over warm croissants, steaming coffee, and homemade meals. Co-owner Christina Basham, who grew up in Nashville, made her way to San Francisco, where she entered a thriving food scene, just after college. Having worked in restaurants to support herself through school, Christina thought that she might like to open one someday.

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You Say Tomato Pie

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Delight your taste buds with this easy-to-make Southern summer staple

If summer gardens held popularity contests, tomatoes would probably take the cake—or should we say the pie?
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Destination: Delta

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With the addition of The Louis, Wilson solidifies its reputation as an essential part of the Arkansas food scene


As executive chef at the Ritz Carlton in Houston, Todd Rogers once fed the likes of Queen Elizabeth II and both Presidents George H. W. and George W. Bush. He has helmed the culinary program at five-star resorts in Pennsylvania and Georgia and overseen more than a dozen restaurants at a time. With a resume like his, Wilson might sound like an odd place for Chef Todd to land, but he jumped at the chance to shape this tiny Arkansas town’s culinary future as its vice president of culinary, farming, and culture. “It’s not me taking over another resort or playbook,” Todd says. “We’re building the playbook here.”

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A Walk Down Gingerbread Lane

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Jennifer Maune honors her grandmother with a recipe for a Christmas classic


If you don’t recognize the name Jennifer Maune, chances are you will soon. In September, the lifestyle blogger from Little Rock became one of three finalists on Season 13 of MasterChef, Fox’s popular cooking competition hosted by Gordon Ramsay. Besides creating recipes and other inspiring content for her website, Jennifer is hard at work developing concepts for a future restaurant and forthcoming cookbook. But this busy creative is used to juggling plates, and she’s thrilled to share her passion with the world. “I love to gather people around the table,” Jennifer says. “It’s where milestones are celebrated, memories are made, and holidays are spent with loved ones. I count it as an honor to be a part of people’s celebrations when they’re making my recipes.”

Though Jennifer has pastry and culinary degrees from the School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality at the University of Arkansas Pulaski Tech and an advanced pastry certification from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, Jennifer counts her grandmother as her most influential teacher. “We would cook and bake together, and I wanted to have a big family because of her,” she says, recalling Christmas celebrations with 40 or more relatives filling the house. That’s where Jennifer learned to embrace the beautiful chaos of hosting holiday get-togethers, such as cookie swaps and gingerbread-decorating parties. “Christmas is for sure my favorite holiday—the decorating, the food, the faith, and spending those precious moments with my family,” she says.

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