By: Mark Hancock Looking for food on Western Avenue is easy. There are great restaurants everywhere. N.W. 23rd Street? Child’s play. You can’t throw a rock without hitting a good place to eat. And then you should probably go apologize for throwing rocks at the restaurant. (What are you doing? You can’t just look with […]
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Modern Italiano
When a menu gets fancy, it can throw a guy. I’ll be the first to admit that my experience with Italian food as a kid was pretty much jarred marinara sauce, ground beef and noodles. Even now, when somebody says Italian food, I get a clear image of spaghetti and meatballs. So when somebody mentions […]
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Ever so Humble
Edmond’s favorite pizzerias. For one thing, when you talk to Matt and Joy Heard, owners of the restaurant, they’re absolutely humbled by their success. Matt is a tinker and a mad scientist in the kitchen, and the menu at Humble Pie is a mix of traditional favorites and his out-there culinary creations. But here’s the […]
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Cruise the Mediterranean
No, that’s a sea. You can’t eat like a sea. But the Mediterranean diet — with lots of olive oil, nuts, beans, fruits, vegetables and fish — has been shown in medical studies to seriously reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other nasty ways to go. You know, heart disease? That thing that […]
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Go Green
By: Mark Hancock Green & Grilled focuses on serving healthy food. It’s a focus that has paid off, and it proves that simple, flavorful and (gulp) healthy food can be really good. Really, really good. Your choices of entree are few but powerful: chicken, steak, pork and tofu. Each comes with a side and half […]
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Festival of the foods
<span style=" Arial” ,”sans-serif””=””> By: Mark Hancock Art is great, right? And the community is important. Starting Tuesday and running daily through April 28, the Festival of the Arts, put on by the Oklahoma City Arts Council, is one of the city’s premiere events. It’s a showcase for art, sure, but it’s also about letting […]
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Different is good
By: Shannon Cornman Just order something weird, OK? Look, I know it is scary going to new places and trying new things. And when you have finite resources, it seems even more important that you really enjoy the food on which you’re spending said resources. But if you never try anything new, you’re never going […]
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Bar none
In the wilds of Edmond, there is a sushi bar by the name of … The Sushi Bar. Yeah, I know. But really, it’s not like the other sushi restaurants in the metro are so creative either. Tokyo? Sushi Neko? Shawn’s Sushi? I mean, as long as you get the idea of the cuisine it […]
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SNAP to it
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, sometimes referred to as food stamps, helps more than 600,000 low-income households statewide purchase food, but it can be hard to find nutritious fare in the heart of Oklahoma City, said Urban Agrarian founder Matthew Burch. “We’re located in an urban area of Oklahoma City where SNAP-eligible families don’t have […]
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More faves you crave
Those cucumbers in the fridge are so overripe your finger goes right through them. Baby carrots have grown dry. Kale? You bought kale? Meanwhile, your trash can is full of Styrofoam cartons emblazoned with cartoon logos shilling for all the foods you shouldn’t love but do anyway. So why fight it? If you’re going to […]