In the Raw 200 S. Oklahoma 702-1325 New owners took over in January, and chef Ashley Nguyen is pulling out all the stops in sushi making. Don’t pass up the Rock Star roll, done with fresh tuna, asparagus, bacon and cream cheese, or the Thunder roll. In the Raw serves lunch and dinner, and general […]
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She was the former editor of Oklahoma Living magazine and now works for the National Farm to School Network as the membership and communications associate. Best feature: “I can roll with the punches.” Family: “Husband, Jeff, and Ellie the dog.” Where did you meet? “In college at Cameron University in Lawton, and I lived near […]
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Food to flip over
For an early morning get up and go, the body needs fuel. After you change out of your pajamas, here are a few good suggestions that will make you lick your lips. And these are some places where you don’t need a wad of money as big as a beach ball. Kristi’s Cafe4401 N.W. 23rd […]
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While in Vietnam, he was a reporter for the BBC and Reuters and is now a part of the thriving Vietnamese community here in the metro. Family: “Wife, Nga Nguyen, and three children, and one of my grandchildren is the first female Vietnamese Rhodes Scholar.” If someone came here from Vietnam, where would you take […]
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How’s it hangin’?
“This, I thought, was eating,” Bourdain wrote, describing the onglet, better known as hanger steak. When a cow is processed, there is this mysterious, little-known piece of meat, which some people (including me) find good. Others, however, stay far away. There is nothing modern about the no-waste hanger steak; it’s been a cut known for […]
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Mideast feast
WHAT WORKS: The super fresh ingredients used in the recipes and friendliness of the staff. WHAT NEEDS WORK: More signage is needed to find the place. THE TIP: After eating there once, you may be tempted to have a longtime affair with fresh food from the Middle East. Before moving here from Atlanta more than […]
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The nonprofit Fine Arts Institute of Edmond hosts “Rhythm Qs & Blues,” an inaugural barbecue and music celebration, May 28. Kicking off at 10 a.m. in Edmond’s Hafer Park, the festival will spotlight more than 40 barbecue teams from across the country that will compete in a cook-off officially sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque […]
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Fresh faces
8014 N. Western 842-6200 This used to be the site of the former North Side Diner. At Good Gravy, it’s the chicken-fried steak and the hot beef sandwiches that are flying out the door. Only open four weeks, it serves eggs and even oatmeal for breakfast, plus omelets. For lunch, check out the bacon and […]
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For the last four years, he has been a chef at The Boundary on 66, 16001 E. Highway 66 in Luther, smoking the highest quality meats in the cozy restaurant, which used to be a decadesold filling station. Position: “The only employee of the barbecue place owned by my wife, Buffy, who holds a degree […]
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Summer sides
Shartel Cafe5116 N. Shartel 843-0900 It’s hard to imagine anything better than the house-made cookies. The best-seller is its white chocolate cranberry walnut. But the cinnamon rolls are heavy hitters, too. Hey, people will eat those things any time of the day or night. The soul-warming mac and cheese or the pasta salad — made […]