Category: Lifestyle

Review: An Affair of the Heart provides an opportunity to find something to love 

Last weekend, Tulsa craft lovers and holiday shoppers alike bundled up and made their way to An Affair of the Heart, a semiannual event that is known as “the largest arts, crafts, and boutique show in Oklahoma.”   The event was, overall, more subdued than the Tulsa State Fair. Upon entering the SageNet Center building at […]

Festival Americas 2022 takes the stage at Guthrie Green 

Guthrie Green hosted Festival Americas 2022 – an annual Hispanic and Latino Cultural Festival on Sept. 24, 2022. The multicultural event offered free family-friendly programming and a variety of live entertainment, interactive art exhibits and activities, as well as merchandise from local vendors. As described on the festival website, the event is designed to celebrate […]

Reporter’s Notebook: American fast food brands grow in popularity in Kazakhstan

During the last decade, I traveled to Kazakhstan, a republic of the former USSR. (Kazakhstan has long borders with Russia in the north and with China in the south.) I noticed several American fast food restaurants were increasing in popularity there. I visited some of the restaurants and could see similarities as well as differences […]

Reporter’s Notebook: Olad’ya is a babushka’s recipe and a delicious meal for breakfast you need to know

Olad’ya is small size pancake or fritter and a popular breakfast meal in the former Soviet Union. The recipe of olad’ya was passed from babushkas (grandmas) to vnuchkas (grandaughters) in that part of the world for centuries. Olad’ya is usually about two and a half inches long and two inches wide. Here is a recipe […]

Reporter’s Notebook: How to cook squash – two delicious recipes from Kazakhstan

Squash is a vegetable and is sold at every supermarket. They are usually green and yellow colors looking like fatty comas. Some shoppers mistake the green squash for cucumbers.      I have not seen squash served too often at parties or restaurants in Oklahoma. I think it is because of the lack of good recipes. […]

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