Fall has arrived, and with it comes nicer weather for outdoor activities before, during and after the Halloween season. There are plenty of options – from pumpkin patches and haunted cruises to food trucks, hayrides and so much more. If you’re looking for something spooky, something family friendly, or something in between, Oklahoma has you covered.
Stillwater Pumpkin Patch
Through. Oct...
Equipment is essential to a kitchen’s success. At the center island, loved ones watch the cook craft a party or a simple supper. The cramped, shoebox kitchen is history. Homeowners want open, fluid spaces from the living and formal dining areas into the kitchen, often designed with an outdoor view to start or end the day.
The master bath, on...
It happened in the early ’90s in an Oklahoma music store. John Cooper of the Red Dirt Rangers was chatting with the proprietor when the latter, who was both a musician and music historian, asked him how long the band had been together.
“At that time, I think it was five or six years,” Cooper says. “And I said: ‘We’re...
Some chefs are born with a love of food and cooking and their earliest memories are of perching on a chair or ladder helping mommy cook. Erick Del Valle wasn’t one of these; infatuation hit him late and hard.
So there he was, a high school student in Caracas, Venezuela, about to graduate, become a college major in economics, a...
Stillwater’s McKnight Center for the Performing Arts presents a world-class evening of music by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Jan. 28. The evening’s program including selections from Ludwig van Beethoven and Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky.
Considered one of the best orchestras in the world, the Chicago Symphony will present an evening that “is all symphonic, with no soloists, which is brilliant...
For Keltan Solorio, cooking is a family affair.
The executive chef at Block 23 Restaurant and Patio – inside the Sheraton Oklahoma City Downtown – came of age at the knee of his father, who was executive chef at the members-only Petroleum Club in Tulsa and other upscale locations.
“At a very young age, I watched my dad create colorful plates,”...
Goblins, ghouls, witches and more candy than commonsense have already started to line shelves and decorate homes. Children and adults alike are selecting their costumes to ready themselves for the upcoming season.
The celebration of Halloween is fairly ubiquitous throughout the U.S. these days, but if one looks into the origins of this holiday, it has not always been so....
Intense, clean-cut and with movie-star charisma, Trevor Tack laughs hard and works harder. He grew up in Chickasha, the child of supportive, hard-working parents (a lawyer from Michigan, a schoolteacher from Chickasha) who had little time for gourmet food. He had more than a passing acquaintance with Hamburger Helper.
It’s a wonder he became a chef at all – but,...
Around Town
Any time is appropriate to watch a silent film, but this month might be especially good to do so. Too few people have seen works from the first 30-plus years of film history – a real shame, given the treasures that exist. Watching a silent film is a different experience than catching a talkie, but, once you get...
A casual experience in downtown Tulsa for breakfast or lunch weekdays, New Atlas Grill, in the historic Atlas Life Building, also offers Saturday and Sunday brunch replete with omelets and “morning potatoes” topped with fried onions and jalapeños.
Breakfast items include the chorizo burrito with eggs, pepperjack cheese and potatoes wrapped in a tortilla served with salsa verde. Other options...
