Food and Drink Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
It’s sad, but the only way I can stand coffee is if it’s mixed with chocolate and topped with whipped cream and maybe sprinkles.

Commentary
Kyle D. Loveless
In the recent Oklahoma City Council elections, all of the candidates aligned with the tea party movement lost. Critics, news pieces and bloggers across the metro and state were using these losses as a setback or high-water mark of how much influence the tea party folks have in Oklahoma.

Commentary
Chris Smith
In recent days, a firestorm erupted over comments made by Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, on the Oklahoma House of Representatives floor.

Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
You don’t need to be a chef to want a lovely kitchen. I’m barely to sous chef level, yet I’m constantly on the lookout for quirky additions to my lime green-painted kitchen.

CFN
Gazette staff
Lots of press releases cross our desk. Recently, these titles least screamed “Stop the presses!”

Food and Drink Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
Not all teas are created equal. Take that stuff in the little paper satchel. (You know the stuff — it usually comes with a tag that rhymes with “mipton.”) Kristy Jennings, owner of T, an Urban Teahouse, 7518 N. May, said the category in the tea industry for it is “dust.” Tempting!

Food and Drink Features
Doug Hill
If you made New Year’s resolutions to adopt healthier habits, you likely attempted to overhaul more than just what you eat, but also what you drink.

Features
Jenn Scott
If you’re anything like me, I’m willing to bet that in the mornings, you aren’t really a person when you wake up.