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Brian Schwartz
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Leaving a Lasting Legacy
Just east of Woodward Park is a massive red brick house that looks as if it was built to last for centuries – and it...

Chengdu Restaurant
There were two families, newly arrived here from China. One came from Sichuan, a remote and verdant land of rivers and mountains that joins Tibet...

The Perfect Collaboration
Most people around Oklahoma grew up eating barbecue, but Justin Carroll wasn’t one of them – his family couldn’t afford it. After he got steady...

A Culinary Love Language
On a recent Saturday night in autumn, eager dinner guests filled a normally quiet coffeehouse – Foolish Things, on the fringes of downtown Tulsa. A...

Channeling Augustina
Almost a century ago, a little girl named Augustina Florentino lived in a tiny, sun-kissed village in Puebla, Mexico, right near the Oaxacan border. Her...

Preserving a Family Legacy
“I grew up in a typical Italian household,” says Sonny Dalesandro. “There was always food cooking, and I was always being asked to help out.”...

Red Light Chicken
You may remember Allison Goss from her days as a painter and conservator at the Philbrook, but before that, she worked in restaurants most of...

A Seed that Blossomed
There are over a million restaurants in the United States. Each year, the James Beard Foundation chooses the 20 best to compete for its Outstanding...

To Jim, Love Johnna
Once upon a time, in those halcyon days when the war had just ended and Tulsa was the Oil Capital of the World, a man...