The Hive announced today that executive chef Matthew McClure will be stepping down from his executive chef position at the Bentonville restaurant located in the 21c Museum Hotel.
Over 2,000 nominations were received this year from all 75 counties, which is a record for the program. In in the first Arkansas Food Hall of Fame, five years ago, "We were thrilled to get 300 nominations," Hurst said.
Are the best things in life free? When it comes to these eats from across the state, you bet they are. Eat Arkansas alum Kat Robinson gives us the low down on freebies.
Yahoo! Travel names Bentonville one of its "Newest Hipster Neighborhoods." We're not sure what "hipster" means, but we thing Bentonville is great ourselves.
You've read here about chef Matthew McClure's nomination for a second James Beard nomination for his offerings at 21c Hotel's The Hive restaurant. You know The Hive was the 2014 winner of the Best New Restaurant award in our Readers' Choice issue. You've always wanted to travel to Bentonville to eat there, right? Now, on May 2, not only will the Arkansas Times take you to The Hive for dinner, we'll first satisfy your appetite for art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Cool video from the website Tasting Table of The Hive's Matt McClure talking about drawing from the flavors of Indian cuisine in his modern Southern fare. The recipe for McClure's garam masala chicken and cabbage doesn't look that hard either.
The Southern Foodways Alliance, a non-profit based at Ole Miss' Center for the Study of Southern Culture that studies the culture of food in the South, is collaborating with chef Matt McClure (21c Museum Hotel) to host the Potlikker Film Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, in Bentonville.