Rhoda’s Famous Tamales

714 Saint Mary St., Lake Village, AR - (870) 265-3108

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Posted By Michael Stern on February 17, 2003 4:39 AM

The name of Rhoda Adams’ café is no lie. The tamales are delicious, and well deserving of the fame they have earned up and down the Mississippi Delta. She makes them with a combination of beef and chicken; the meats combined with steamy cornmeal are wrapped in husks that when unfolded, emanate an irresistibly appetizing aroma and are a joy to eat as a snack or meal any time of day.

Beyond tamales, the menu at James and Rhoda Adams’ little eat-place by the side of the road is a full roster of great, soulful regional specialties. For fried chicken or pigs feet, pork barbecue or catfish dinner, you won’t do better for miles around. Early one morning Rhoda made us breakfast of bacon and eggs with biscuits on the side. Even this simple meal tasted especially wonderful. Rhoda is one of those gifted cooks who makes everything she touches something special.

We’ve always considered Arkansas one of America’s top-seven pie states (along with Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Virginia, Texas, and Maine). Rhoda’s pies are proof. She makes small individual ones that sell for a dollar and full-size pies that go for $7. We’ve never tasted the coconut or the lemon pie, but we can say that her sweet potato pie and pecan pie are world-class.

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