by Greg Horton | Jun 24, 2024 | Featured, Chocolates, Coffee Shop, Dessert, Food, Pastry, Restaurants
Li Xiaoli doesn’t use her given name when she meets new customers at L’Arc Patisserie in Casady Square. The Chinese-born and trained pastry chef and chocolatier introduces herself as Isabella Li. (The family name comes first in Chinese.) We’re sitting in her shop,...
by Greg Horton | Jun 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
After a long, slow period of restaurant openings, summer ‘24 looks very busy by comparison. No, the tough market for restaurants isn’t nearly over, and likely won’t be until the price gouging on nearly everything restaurant related stops, but we are seeing signs of...
by Greg Horton | Jun 10, 2024 | Featured, Edmond, Food, Pizza, Road Trip
Sitting at Pizza Shack in Arcadia, Oklahoma, I said to Bob Protexter, “I don’t write about food; I write about the people around the food, because their story is always more interesting.” At that moment, I didn’t know his story, but even if I had, that statement is...
by Greg Horton | May 30, 2024 | Featured, Downtown OKC, Food, Midtown, Restaurants
Alma, the new concept from James Beard Award nominee Chef Zach Hutton and Kayla Shenold, is tentatively scheduled to open June 21. Hutton and owner Trent Ward announced recently that GHST, their first restaurant collaboration, will close June 1 as they prepare to...
by Greg Horton | May 13, 2024 | Food, Midtown
If any one thing defines the process of menu creation at nonesuch, it’s best summarized by executive chef Garrett Hare: “We’re not bound by any rules.” For a chef with a creative impulse, this is at first glance the best news possible. No requirements for a beef dish...
