Basketball is around every corner this month. At OU, you can catch the men Feb. 9, 15 and 26, and women Feb. 5, 16 and 26, all at the Lloyd Noble Center. If you’re more of a Cowboys fan, visit the Gallagher-Iba Arena Feb. 5, 12, 19 and 21 for men and Feb. 9, 12 and 23 for women. And...

Get Loud

Fans of live music have it made this month. In Tulsa, see famous rapper Nelly on Feb. 4 at the BOK Center. Stick around Tulsa’s largest music venue for the Winter Jam on Feb. 12, which brings major names in Christian rock music including Skillet, Tauren Wells and KB. At River Spirit Casino Resort, The Beach Boys drop in on...

Quincy Bakeshop

Quincy Bakeshop is located in the Bradford House Café and has numerous goodies to try. Offerings include pastries, special orders, teas, coffee and cocktails. From the unique and quirky packages to custom designs, the bakery is led by owner, master baker and Oklahoma native Trisha O’Donoghue, who trained in Chicago at the French Pastry School. Her expertise include cake,...

Jinya Ramen Bar

Ramen enthusiasts know it’s all about the noodles ... and especially the broth. At Jinya Ramen Bar in downtown Tulsa, the expert approach is the in-house, slow-cooking of six signature broths by simmering for 20 hours to achieve that depth of flavor found in contemporary Japanese cuisine. Blending flavors of classic ingredients such as miso, dashi, kombu and bonito...
Walking into Gambill’s in midtown Tulsa feels like a neighborhood eatery and market experience. The owners and chefs reside a few blocks away and have created a 100% from-scratch, Italian market and brewery. Freshly made pasta is adorned with homemade sauces, with choices like house-ground meatballs. Choose from a large array of salads and soups including “meal salads” like...

A Lifelong Student

So here he comes, big and burly yet tired from the kitchen – his crisp chef whites still as starched and elegant as the impeccably ironed linen on the Art Deco dining room tables.  It’s just before 5 p.m., and Demarcus Kelly’s taking a break after six hours of work, a brief respite before the first diners come and he’s...
“I opened my own restaurant in Cleveland when I was nineteen,” says pastor Ken Johnson. “I was just a kid – didn’t know what I was doing. I’d taste food in my mind and then I’d go back and create the recipe.”  Then life caught up with him. A car crash took his leg, and almost his life. He turned...

From the Roots

Growing up in Apache made more than a small impact on chef Zach Hutton. Raised on a cattle farm on the Comanche/Caddo County line, Hutton says his grandparents and mother’s siblings all lived in town, and they spent a lot of time together on the farm.  It was there that the roots of locally grown food took hold in Hutton’s...

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All Calm in Kenton

With a population too small to be listed on the official state map, and at least 40 miles from the next-largest town, Kenton – tucked away in the northwest corner of the panhandle – might seem to be a remote spot on Oklahoma’s high desert plain. Nevertheless, the area beckons visitors for a variety of reasons. And for its handful...