Ok City Chorus OkCity.ORG 720-7464Send a singing Valentine performed by the esteemed ladies of the OK City Chorus. Your song can be delivered in person ($50), over the phone ($10) or through email ($5). You can even send your love a personal message (and possibly a treat), as well. Bricktown Candy Co. 100 E. California […]
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Wholly molé
In Mexican Spanish, the term molé is derived from a Nahuatl word (an Uto-Aztecan language), molli, meaning “a sauce or mixture.” The word was used by the pre-Columbian indigenous peoples of Mexico to describe the sauces they made by pounding spices, dried chiles, seeds and nuts in oversized mortar bowls. Subsequently, the Spaniards brought to […]
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No gyros allowed
Sorry, you delicious melange of beef and lamb, shaved thin and crisped on a spit. Some days, I want to expand my options. I’m obsessed with doing so at Nunu’s Mediterranean Cafe & Market, 3131 W. Memorial Road. Nunu’s is the rare Mediterranean spot in Oklahoma City that does not serve a gyro. But if […]
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Oklahoma Food Co-op meet-and-greet set
Oklahoma Food Co-op Meet-Greet-Eat10 a.m., Feb. 1Old Farmers Market Building311 S. Klein Ave.200-8155oklahomafood.coop The Oklahoma Food Cooperative is holing a meet-eat-and-greet 10 a.m. Feb. 1. The co-op is a member-owned business that serves to connect everyday consumers with more than 100 local producers. Non-members and the public are welcome and can learn more about how […]
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Let them eat king cake
Parishioner Jenifer Cameron, a New Orleans native, started baking king cakes at the church three years ago as a form of rehabilitation therapy after having seizures in 2009 and subsequent brain surgery, Rev. Jeannie Himes said. The seizures caused Cameron to lose some of her long- and short-term memory, but her intact baking skills are […]
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Deck your halls
Luckily, the Oklahoma City metro is full of fun, local shops offering everything from tree trimmings to throw pillows that will warm your abode with holiday cheer. Southern Fried Vintage (225 S. Broadway Ave., Moore; 799-4770) is the perfect place to find festive wreaths to adorn your front door or even an inside wall. Choose […]
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Men, get dapper this season
Sure, all your mister has to do to get ready for a party is run a comb through his hair and throw on a suit jacket, but men like to get all spiffied up too, or they pretend they do anyway. Trade Men’s Wares (trademenswares.com; 822 N. Broadway Ave.; 371-2574) is a new pop-up shop […]
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Round about
Gourmet Gallery BY: Shannon Cornman As they set up that first day, it never occurred to either of them what the future would entail. Now, they own and operate two gourmet and specialty stores in the metro. “We got corporate orders for Christmas baskets that year, and people actively encouraged us to open a store,” […]
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Booby trap
It was in retail, and the most exciting part was that I truly thought, over the course of training for my new salesperson position, I would learn Victoria’s secret. Weeks later, I realized that, in general, lingerie shopping is terribly involved and confusing — mainly because “lingerie” means different things to people. For the most […]