Rodney Slane, chef and owner of Grotto and Sauced in Eureka Springs, AR

Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 7 a.m.

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Rodney Slane, chef and owner of Grotto and Sauced -- two thriving restaurants in Eureka Springs, Arkansas -- gave Heaping Spoonful a call to talk about the long, winding and exciting road that led him from high-end restaurant work in Florida to serving as a chef on private luxury yachts and then back to America's heartland.

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