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McKinney’s Modern Dining

Stephen Reshetar has been cooking for as long as he can remember. His parents discovered him one day trying to make an omelet … he...

Familiar, Yet Brand New

“I’m a third generation restaurateur,” says Sheamus Feeley. “And my family’s been farming even longer, so my whole life has been based on food. I’m...

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...

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...