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Brian Schwartz
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A Long and Winding Road
Most chefs have fond memories of watching their grandma at the stove – Tiffany Taylor, however, does not. “My grandmother was a horrendous cook,” she...
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Palmyra Mediterranean Grill
Faisal Abdelsamad is an energetic young man with a warm smile. Growing up in Amman, Jordan, he took on roles around the house. “My mother...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.”...
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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...