The Food Dude

Here’s some last-minute Thanksgiving cooking advice from my pal Joshua Harlow with Jones Public Relations on how to apply technology to your feast. The Holiday season sure did come quickly this year. Tomorrow, Oklahomans will gather together to celebrate Thanksgiving. Each of us has our...

  As Del City’s chef Joshua Valentine continues his quest for “Top Chef” dominance, another Oklahoma-based chef will make a national television appearance. Tabb Singleton, who is currently executive sous chef at Emeril Lagasse’s NOLA Restaurant in New Orleans and a 1997 graduate...

Many of us won’t be cooking this Thanksgiving because we know a number of local restaurants are willing to do it for us. If you’re one of those folks, please remember that those serving and cooking for you are sacrificing time with their family so can spend more time with yours. So tip...

To better follow the exploits of chef Joshua Valentine, late of the Divine Swine and The Coach House, as he eyes the $125,000 prize, which lies in the Emerald City of Seattle. Ironic that an Oklahoma City chef goes on the largest culinary stage in America for the first time whilst in the one...

VI Marketing and Branding will celebrate its 10th Annual Chili Cook Off on Friday, Nov. 2, by taking to the streets. The downtown chili party and United Way fundraiser is open to the public from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 125 Park Ave. And I will be teaching Oklahoma how to make chili as it was...

Oklahoma dining continues its attempt to shoulder its way into national prominence gets a boost on Sunday when chef/artist/surfer Jim Denevan’s Outstanding in Field rolls into Edmond. What began as a series of farm dinners in the late 1990s is now a roving culinary rock show that dazzles...

Legendary Oklahoma City restaurant Cattlemen’s Steakhouse and up-and-coming Norman restaurant Local will be in the spotlight tonight on BBC America’s new show, “Chef Race: U.K. vs. U.S.” From executive producer Jamie Oliver, the show pits eight British chefs against eight American...

If you’ve been following our food coverage at The Oklahoman for any amount of time, you’ve undoubtedly come across the work of videographer Kyle Roberts. Turns out, Kyle is much more than a videographer. He’s on the verge of becoming a full-fledged filmmaker. Footsteps from seeing the...

Anyone with a discerning palate was heartbroken when the “for lease” sign went up in front of The Divine Swine Pork Bistro a few months ago. But then there was this cryptic handwritten note left on the door about how “life-changing opportunities” had been responsible for the shuttering....

Chef Michael Powell, fresh off his victory at the Oswalt Culinary Cook-Off, will compete in Thursday night’s Pairsine competition. Pairsine is the brain-child of Wine Country Network, Inc, a multi-platform media company, dedicated to educating consumers about wine, cuisine and travel. Oklahoma...

Just in time for tailgating season is “The University of Oklahoma Cookbook” (Gibbs Smith, $14.99) This hardcover with concealed spiral binding is the brainchild of Jen Elsner, whose passion for cooking and hosting game-day parties is only exceeded by her love of the Crimson and Cream....

Anthony Bourdain will bring his Guts & Glory tour to Oklahoma this fall with new, uncensored material. The internationally renowned chef, author, and television host will visit the Rose State College Performing Arts Theatre for one night only, Sunday, November 11 at 7 p.m. Bourdain will...

OK, it’s time to fulfill a long, long overdue promise to post a street taco recipe. I reached back to some recipes I did late last year for Chefs Recipe Challenge. Below you’ll find the recipe for the fillings. When you’re talking tacos, which I’m wont to do, you must understand the...

Sprouts Farmers Market, one of the country’s leading natural foods grocers, and Sunflower Farmers Market, an independent chain of 37 natural foods stores, announced today the closing of the merger of the two companies.  The combined company currently operates 144 stores, with six more...

Game Show Network and the producers of The Great Food Truck Race, are casting for a new show called “Beat The Chefs,” which will allow home cooks to go up against some of the best chefs in the business, battle it out in the kitchen, and win some cold, hard cash. Whether you are a chili...

The James Beard Foundation announced its Monday night at its annual awards ceremony. Hosted by chef and television personality Alton Brown at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, awards in the Restaurant and Chef and the Design and Graphics categories were presented as well as a number of...

Now that the winners have been notified, I can pass them along to the public: Best Overall: Tequila Lime Pudding from Interurban Best Sweet: Fried Peaches at Harry Bear’s Best Savory: Italian Nachos from Adella’s Best Cart item: Caramel Apples from Rodney and Lisa’s. The Italian...

My good friend and colleague McSquack spends his days at the Dallas Morning News building databases and treating the net the way Corky Carroll used to treat waves off the coast of Mexico. Usually his netly pursuits results in links to the embarrassing tweets of others, Green Lantern trivia...

OK, I just dropped some top-drawer cookie recipes for Santa with more than a little help from my friends. But leading up to the big night, you’re going to want to watch some Christmas movies. So here, in no particular order, are some movie pairings to go with cookie recipes for Kris Kringle....

So, the Brothers Buthion have officially branched out by purchasing Bellini’s, which opened more than 25 years ago in the Waterford Office Buildings. The longtime owners of La Baguette Bistro in north Oklahoma City dabbled in downtown with Soleil and a second La Baguette before pulling back...