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Brian Schwartz
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With Roots in Ramen
Every morning in Oklahoma City, a jet leaps for the sky, headed for Chicago. Jeff Chanchaleune knows that flight well. For two years running, he...

Finding Golden Moments
Randy Page’s mother learned to cook from a Betty Crocker cookbook – which Randy still has – but she was blessed with innate talent. Randy’s...

Where Wok Meets Woodfire
Sometimes a restaurant is the fulfillment of a lifetime dream. You can usually tell when this is the case. Every dish is lavished with years...

A Delectable Addition
In 2007, an Oklahoma City University team won a national softball championship. Rachel Cope was on that team. From this experience she learned two things...

Gliding Along
Any given weekday around 11:00 a.m., a very large truck weaves its way through the narrow streets of Tulsa’s Arts District and stops outside Amelia’s....

Feeling Glad at MAD
The pre-COVID era was drawing to a close when Erik Reynolds, who helped kick-start Tulsa’s fine dining renaissance when he opened Smoke on Cherry Street...

Unlike Any Other
“How did Oklahoma City’s Nonesuch, a 22-seat tasting-menu spot from three chefs whom no one has ever heard of, in a city that no national...

‘Never Going to Miss’
Zach Pittman’s biological father was a chef, taking him to work and plying with him with sweet gooey desserts – and perhaps it’s from him...

The Food Scene
Tulsa Cheever’s Everybody loves Cheever’s. Its pleasant dining room screams elegance and fine dining, and so does the food. But it’s a comfortable place to...

A Lively Neighborhood Spot
When he was a child growing up in Iran, Al Hashemi used to revel in the camaraderie and tasty food served every Friday night, when...