Experience
Foodways Presenter
Kat Robinson

Kat Robinson

Foodways
Statewide
Food writer, broadcaster, and host of three Arkansas PBS programs, with thousands of articles and fourteen books exploring the food of The Natural State.

Arkansas’s original culinary traveler.

Kat Robinson is Arkansas’s original culinary traveler, with three PBS programs, thousands of articles, and 14 books on food in The Natural State to her credit. Her latest, What We Eat in Arkansas: 50 Recipes for The Natural State’s Signature Dishes, Volume 1, comes out this month.

Festival Appearances

Find their time and stage at the festival

Friday
5:00 PM
The Shared Table Stage
Homemade Sauerkraut – Friday
Susan Belsinger and Tina Marie Wilcox demonstrate the art of fermentation.
Friday
6:00 PM
The Shared Table Stage
Happy Hour with Ozark Beer Co. & Black Man Brewing – Friday
A happy hour with Marty Shutter (Ozark Beer Co.) and Barrett Tillman (Black Man Brewing).
Saturday
12:00 PM
The Shared Table Stage
Kitchen Remedies – Saturday
Susan Belsinger and Tina Marie Wilcox share Ozark-grown herbal remedies.
Saturday
1:00 PM
The Shared Table Stage
Dutch Oven & Cast Iron Recipes – Saturday
Philip Wood of the Arkansas Boy Scouts demonstrates Dutch oven and cast iron cooking.
Saturday
3:00 PM
The Shared Table Stage
Pawpaw Cultivation and Cooking – Saturday
Matt Feyerabend of Pure Joy Ice Cream on growing, cooking, and tasting native pawpaws.
Saturday
4:00 PM
The Shared Table Stage
Catfish, Hushpuppies, and Cheese Dip – Saturday
Lisa Joyner of Leon’s Catfish demonstrates three Arkansas food traditions.
Saturday
5:00 PM
The Shared Table Stage
Cheese Dip Panel Discussion – Saturday
A panel on Arkansas’s iconic cheese dip tradition with Mark Abernathy, Lisa Joyner, Mike Poe, and more.
Saturday
6:00 PM
The Shared Table Stage
Sweet Potato-to-Glass – Saturday
Thomas Williams of Delta Dirt Distillery on sweet potato distilling and family history.
Sunday
12:00 PM
The Shared Table Stage
Goodness Gracious Great Gobs of Greens – Sunday
Susan Belsinger and Tina Marie Wilcox cook up a mess of greens.

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Letterpress printer and Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts apprentice keeping the craft of hand-set type and relief printing alive.

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Crescent Dragonwagon

James Beard Award-winning cookbook writer, storyteller, and former Ozark restaurateur, bringing warmth and curiosity to food, place, and community since 1972.

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Mike Poe

Mike Poe joins Mark Abernathy and Lisa Joyner on the Cheese Dip Panel, bringing a distinctive perspective to one of Arkansas’s most enduring food traditions.

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