Left: Derdlim Masten brings the flavors of Venezuela to West Virginia. Photo by Terry Siewert. Center: Beckley's King Tut Drive-In has been in the McKay family since 1955. Right: The pork-stuffed arepa and an empanada filled with mushrooms and cheese were among nine different Venezuelan dishes sampled at El Gran Sabor. offers a stark contrast to bigcity tea rooms, but Kenneth's grandson Dave McKay says there is a connection: his grandmother's frugality. "Those recipe books come from a time when everything was expensive and they measured out everything to the last grain of salt," says Dave, who took over the drive-in when he retired from AT&T in 2004. His father, the late John McKay, had run it since 1955. "One thing Dad learned was to use items in two or three ways. We make hamburgers fresh every morning and then use the leftovers for meatloaf." Frugality was the genesis of one of King Tut's most popular sandwiches, the pizza burger, which makes use of leftover items normally used to top a pizza. When I order one, server Rebecca Bradley gently warns that green olives are served on the burger, which suits my taste just fine. "Dad introduced pizza to September/October 2016 65