Smoked, brined, fried & stewed, Little Rock chef Scott Rains, of Table 28, cooked catfish four ways for Historic Arkansas Museum’s History is Served dinner on April 18.th The meal cele ... Read More
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History is Served dinner to celebrate 2019 Arkansas Food of the Year
The “History is Served: Arkansas Foodways Dinner Series” makes its return on Thursday with this year’s dinners focusing on ingredients that are integral to Arkansas’s food culture. In recogn ... Read More
Join HAM for the second year of the Arkansas Foodways Dinner
Historic Arkansas Museum (HAM) will again host the “History is Served: Arkansas Foodways Dinner Series” in 2019. The program, which is in its second year, explores Arkansas’s food heritage ... Read More
Territorial Fare! HAM Celebrates Foodways of German and Scottish Immigrants
When Little Rock became the territorial capital of Arkansas in 1821, the city was still relatively small, with around 700 people living within its boundaries. Despite its small populati ... Read More
Chef Ringgold Cooks Colonial Arkansas
On April 5, Executive Chef Mary Beth Ringgold stepped back into Arkansas’s Colonial days to prepare for the second dinner of Historic Arkansas Museum’s History is Served: Arkansas ... Read More
Colonial Foodways Dinner Supported by Research by Morris S. “Buzz” Arnold
Colonial Foodways Dinner Supported by Research by Morris S. “Buzz” Arnold Tonight, HAM will host the second dinner in the “History is Served: Arkansas Foodways Dinner Series,” ... Read More
Seasoned Little Rock chefs learn something new cooking Quapaw cuisine
INSPIRED BY QUAPAW CUISINE: Chefs Michael Selig (left) and Gilbert Alaquinez talk about cooking traditional Quapaw recipes. To kick off our inaugural History is Served heritage dinner s ... Read More
Experiencing the Rich Food Tradition of the Quapaw Tribe
Caption: Wooden bowl from Benton County, @AD 1200-1600, Courtesy of the University of Arkansas Museum Collections. Tonight, HAM will host the first dinner in the “History is Se ... Read More
HAM Releases Bowie Knife Book
“A Sure Defense: The Bowie Knife in America” officially went on sale this past Tuesday. The book, co-authored by Bill Worthen, former director of HAM, and Mark Zalesky, renowned knife expert ... Read More
In the Workshop
The latest project of the museum’s conservator, Andy Zawacki, is the reproduction of an 1830s Pleasure Wagon (shown to the right). A pleasure wagon was a popular, single horse drawn carriage that ... Read More
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