Tulsa Food

Baker’s Fish House is way way off the grid. Your GPS can’t find it. The street address is just plain wrong. No one is sure what town it’s in. Some say Porter, others say Oktaha, and a few maintain it’s in Wagoner. Best to say it’s somewhere between Wagoner and Muskogee, right near the Verdigris [...]

What a difference a few miles can make. Chad is divided into three main geographic zones – steamy Sahara dessert in the north, the central Savannah, and semi-tropical south. As the landscape changes, so too does the diet. From the north, to the south, very few cultural similarities connect the people of Chad. For food [...]

After many successful wine events, we’re giving it a rest … throwing in the towel … cashing in our chips. You get the idea. Help us give our event a proper burial by raising more money than ever to benefit the United Way. The Wine tasting will include wines from around the world, and a [...]

Its no secret, I love Hasty-Bake! I use my Hasty-Bake BBQ every opportunity I get. Perfect for smoking, grilling, baking, entertaining, dinner with your loved one(s) and so much more. Having a Hasty-Bake actually makes me want to have a truck so I can haul her around to cook on even more. Today I wanted [...]

Here is a post from the TulsaFood.com archive on OktoberFest last year. Today OktoberFest 2011 is open to the public, so the party is on. We hope to see you there! – Brian Ok first I have a confession to make. I drank, danced on the tables and ate crazy delicious foods this weekend at Oktoberfest. [...]

I always eat before I drink — I learned that the hard way — but I never seem to eat WHERE I drink. Dinner at home and then a night on the town is more my style. But if you want to combine the two, with an emphasis on the liquid part, you might want [...]

One thing that blows my mind is to think back about my heritage. My genealogy is a true melting pot, as is a lot of people in the states. Throughout my life one of the cultures that has been the most evident is my Lebanese heritage. If you knew me you might never know that [...]

White River is the kind of place you hope to find when you visit an old East Coast seaport, and never do. It’s the kind of place you might have run into in 1940s New York, but probably wouldn’t. Bare, with stripped-down decor, and very crowded, it’s the kind of place that shouts “serious eating [...]

For those who don’t have access to such exotic seafood, Chile provides countless dishes with beef and chicken, like empanadas. Another favorite is an unusual casserole containing meat, hardboiled egg, green olives, raisins, cumin and other spices, topped with a smooth puree of corn. Called Pastel de Choclo, this deep dished casserole used to feed a hungry crowd (recipe).

One of my friends just picked up and moved to Key West, Florida, that most Southern of U.S. towns, and that’s got me dreaming of southern climes and seaside cafes, of sunlight bouncing off white stucco walls and scattering white sparkles on the sea. There’s a whole new generation of Southern chefs out there, and [...]

Cookies aren’t really that hard to come by these days. Every grocery store has a cookie aisle. Most of the time you can find common ingredients around the house to bake cookies, or you can fake it and get the refrigerated dough. You Could do those things to get cookies, but how often do you [...]

Beer, Brats and All that is German. Tulsa, its time to get your Schnitzel on! Tulsa’s annual Oktoberfest German celebration starts this Thursday. Will we see you at the party this year? Even Info Below! See You There!!!! October 21 – 24, 2010 Tulsa’s Oktoberfest was just named top 10 Oktoberfests in the country by [...]

The crown has been passed. There’s a new king in town. Let it be known throughout the land that the new Grand Pooh-Bah, Supreme Monarch and Reigning Emperor of Fried Chicken in the State of Oklahoma is A-1 Chicken Shack on 46th Street North in the City of Tulsa! The whispers first reached me a [...]

If you’re wondering why people rave about Genghis Grill so much, stop wondering and go try it for yourself. It’s a Mongolian Grill concept like no other, and I’ve seen it get more people hooked more than any other current restaurant concept. When you first walk into a Genghis Grill, you will be greeted by [...]

How often do you eat a lip-smackingly delicious dinner and then, much later, realize that you’ve been tricked into eating a totally healthy meal, prepared with no fat whatsoever and more crunchy locally grown veggies than you normally eat in a week? Oh, once in a Blue Moon. Blue Moon certainly does not advertise themselves [...]

China is giant, offering up 24 classical regional cuisines within six time zones. To my highly untrained eye, the widest part of China looks to be about the width of North Africa. That’s some serious diversity. Overall, Chinese value the spiritual and physical beauty of food as much as the nutritive qualities. Harmony is important [...]

Dalesandro’s has moved around a lot over the years, from its downtown beginnings to Skiatook, then back to downtown and finally to its present spacious, airy accommodations at the corner of 18th and Boston. It has a band of rabidly devoted followers who have followed it wherever it went, people who might have made a [...]

Memories have a way of becoming a bit foggy, and if you haven’t noticed, things we remember tend to get idealized beyond what they were in realty. That’s why I wasn’t sure what to expect when I paid a visit to Rex’s Chicken recently. The brand has recently been revived by Beautiful Brands International in [...]

As you can imagine, there are many benefits to being part of a website like TulsaFood.com. We appreciate seeing first-hand all of the hard work and passion that goes into owning and operating a business in Tulsa. It always inspires us to hear about a food establishment that serves up an amazing foodie experience along [...]

Like summer heat, Restaurant Week lingers. Five Tulsa restaurants are offering 3-course lunches for a bargain $13 through the end of the year. The French Hen, The Chalkboard, Green Onion, Garlic Rose and El Caballo. Yesterday my friends and I visited the Chalkboard. In the interests of full disclosure, I should reveal that about twelve [...]

When someone asks me about Mexican food in general, it’s easy for me to get really specific about what it is that I like. When I think Mexican food, the only thing that comes to my mind are the dozen or so times I have kicked back on a beach in Baja with a taco [...]

Ew…are you kidding me? Deep Fried Butter? Disgusting, gross! – Some of the hateful words that have been expressed toward me throughout my Tulsa State Fair journey this year. My words back to you…don’t hate. (But don’t worry, I can handle em. Keep the hate and the love coming!) This year, one of the new [...]

Eating, I mean Grubbin, at the Tulsa State Fair or any Fair is not necessarily about indulging on the most unhealthy foods on the planet. I think it’s more about trying (enjoying) exotic foods that you cannot get within the rhythm of your NORMAL everyday life. There are even such a thing as exotic, cool [...]

If you’re like me, you have a food bucket list which is basically a list of foods that you want to try at some point or another.  This year I am happily putting a check mark by the Krispy Kreme Hamburger.  Other things checked off my list include rocky mountain oysters (Thanks Ryan & Erica) [...]

On Wednesday I spent the most wonderful evening with a perfect gentleman. I convened members of my wine group for a special event, an evening with one of the Napa vintners I hold in the highest regard – Anthony Bell of Bell Wine Cellars. There is truly nothing better for a lover of wine to [...]