ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This book wouldn’t have been possible without the continued and sustained support of numerous individuals, including David Backlin, Talya Tate Boerner, Mark Christ, Norwood Creech, Eric Francis, Susan Gallion, Cindy Grisham, Rex Nelson, Cindy Smith, Kim Williams, the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, the Arkansas History Commission, the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, the Central Arkansas Library System, the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, the Delta Cultural Center, the Helena Museum of Phillips County, the Historic Arkansas Museum, the Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie, the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, the Southern Foodways Alliance, the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow and Arkansas State University’s Heritage Sites program.

Additional thanks go to the many restaurant owners, managers, waitstaff, cooks and chefs who contributed to this effort.