The Arkansas Cornbread Festival gets ready to crumble, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday along Main Street from 14th to 17th streets in Little Rock's SoMa neighborhood.
Admission is free; Cornbread Tasting Tickets, $20, enable festivalgoers to sample all competitors' recipes and vote for their favorites. Visit arkansascornbreadfestival.com. Festival proceeds benefit the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance.
Area chefs and culinary experts -- the 21 participants who have signed up include local restaurants, shops, and bakeries -- will cook and serve up an array of variations "that pay homage to traditional Southern recipes and innovative twists," according to a news release, "(f)rom classic skillet cornbread to Cajun crawfish cornbread."
"We are super pumped about the 21 teams this year," says festival co-chair Kevin Shalin. "Twenty restaurants and one bakery will be cranking out samples for the masses.
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