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Brian Schwartz
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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...
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...
Holé Molé
Drive way down south to Brownsville, Texas, and then another thousand miles south through Mexico, and you’ll reach a fabled land of green valleys, rugged...
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...
