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...
Oakhart Barbecue’s hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., but if you get there any time after 1:30, chances are you’ll find a locked door and a big “sold out” sign. Sometimes there’s even a line at the door long before opening time.
Oakhart’s ribs and brisket are crazy good, and the word has spread. What’s their secret? Well,...
Brian Schwartz (Tulsa)
Amanda Jane Simcoe (OKC)
There’s a beautiful but brief time in Oklahoma when the weather is, dare we say it, perfect for outdoor dining. The following is a collection of spots in Tulsa and OKC to soak up the sun.
Lowood, Tulsa
Comfy overstuffed sofas around a brick fireplace. Big armchairs surrounding an outdoor fire pit. Behind it, a tiny...
High in the Swiss Alps north of Lucerne lies a jewel of a village called Lungern, gracing the shores of a shimmering emerald lake of the same name.
Lake Lungern offers incomparable scenery amid the imposing peaks of central Switzerland. Its appeal is legendary. Hikers, skiers, fans of water sports and lovers of nature have journeyed to the area for...
It’s that time of year in Oklahoma when itchy, watery eyes and sneezing sneak up on us. Allergies can range from minor discomfort to much worse, depending on the individual.
“The most common allergens in Oklahoma during the spring are grasses and trees,” says board-certified allergist Dean Atkinson, M.D., of the Oklahoma Allergy and Asthma Clinic in Oklahoma City. “Grasses...
Often called an ‘invisible disease,’ fibromyalgia patients may not always look ill but they can be experiencing intense pain and mental distress.
“Fibromyalgia is a frequently seen clinical condition where the patient has widespread pain in multiple areas, sleep disturbance, fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, anxiety and depression,” says Joysree Subramanian, M.D., an associate professor and medical director with the department of...
It seems only natural that brothers Corbin and Ross See would follow in their father’s footsteps to become successful interior designers in today’s contemporary lifestyle market. They grew up in a creative environment with their father, Carson See, a well-known and respected Oklahoma City designer and founder of Sees Design.
Corbin and Ross say they’ve learned everything they know about...
We’ve all seen them, in books or museums or maybe in someone’s collection: snapshots from bygone times, capturing forever via an amateur’s lens something of great historical importance. It might be a political figure at a microphone, barely recognizable above the heads of the listening crowd. It could be a little black-and-white candid of a kid at play, taken...
It took more than half a decade to restore and renovate Tulsa’s Church Studio. And while that may sound like a long time, five years is really just a fleeting moment in the life of that historic building, which is now once again open to the public.
Consider that the Church Studio was constructed at its 304 S. Trenton...
Sculptor LaQuincey Reed’s passion swirls around art as it intertwines with history. He gravitates toward creations “of things people don’t know a lot about. I want to get a monument dedicated to the Black cowboy. The West was diverse, and a lot of cowboys were Black.
“I’ve been drawing since I was a kid,” he continues. The Lawton native studied...
