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Experience in a Box

Four entrepreneurs are determined to help other local business owners keep business rolling during the COVID-19 crisis. Layne Ferguson and his partners—Landon Ferguson, Connor Cox and Ibsen Crespo—of Capitals Ice Cream in Midtown and Cities Ice Cream in Edmond have…

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Keeping Our Hospitality Community Strong

Over the past several days, the word “unprecedented” keeps popping up in conversations and press releases about COVID-19. While the new strain of the coronavirus is affecting all of us in different direct and indirect ways, the impact on…

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No Tie, No Problem

For the first time in 28 years, Oklahoma City will not have a Red Tie Night in 2020. The annual fundraiser by the Oklahoma AIDS Care Fund will instead be No Tie Night, held March 5 at the Park House…

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An All-Time Classic

The Old Fashioned has returned to prominence in bars all over the country – and around the metro – because it represents a return to normalcy. According to Alex Larrea, beverage director for the Tower Theatre group, which includes Ponyboy,…

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The Way of Gun

Translating food is not an easy thing, both in terms of language and approachability. Asian restaurants have dealt with it for decades by including English and the original language – Chinese, Korean, Thai, etc. – side by side on the…

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Savoring an Unlikely Marriage

Chicken and waffles really don’t make sense; not in the way that other foods are natural pairings and lie beautifully on a plate together. With chicken and waffles, it’s stack or sprawl, because how else do you plate things that…

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Living Conditions

Nearly 500 neighborhoods comprise the Oklahoma City metro area, a geographic space that extends from Choctaw to Yukon-Mustang, and from Edmond to Norman. If large apartment complexes are included, the number goes even higher, much like the numerous reasons people…

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The Heart of Soul Food

Chef Carla Hall is best known for her turn as a cohost on ABC’s “The Chew,” or as a contestant on Bravo’s “Top Chef” and “Top Chef: All Stars.” The television personality is only one small part of Hall’s…

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We Heart You, OKC

The focus of February tends to be Valentine’s Day, which means the realms of food and booze focus on dates or gifts: chocolates, assorted candies and sparkling wine. We decided to take a more metaphorical approach to the holiday…

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Vive le Soixante Quinze

A very informal survey of Oklahoma City metro bartenders indicates that the French 75 is as popular as you think it is. The Champagne and gin cocktail, a variation on a Tom Collins, currently seems to be everywhere. In…

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Cajun Contentment

I once asked a chef why more restaurants didn’t serve chili, and his answer will work for gumbo, too: “Everyone has a way they prefer their chili, so the odds of making a majority of people happy with your…

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