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Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-32283246502208345332016-01-06T08:20:00.001-06:002016-01-06T08:20:42.576-06:00My Chef's Hat - Hoisin Pork with Rice NoodlesI have a love/hate relationship with the weeks leading up to Christmas. Love, because it means we are off work for at least a week. Yes, we still have basketball games and the bowl game, but there's no early AM alarm clocks or sitting in the office all day. Hate, because we get all kinds of treats and goodies in the office. Sure, it's great to get all of that stuff, but my waistline Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-76824292101231636902016-01-04T08:35:00.001-06:002016-01-04T15:51:18.556-06:00Repeats with a Twist - Lottinvilles Restaurant & Bar, Edmond OK
I've gotten much too far behind with this blog. That happened when I first began 3 1/2 years ago, including twice when I went 3 months without a post. Completely unacceptable now, when I'm working so hard to grow the blog. I will say, this lapse happening during this time of year has given me a little bit of a pass, since so many are focused on the holidays. But that's over now.
Last month I Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-9867282689898705642015-12-18T08:20:00.000-06:002015-12-18T08:20:03.155-06:00Repeats with a Twist, Black's Bar & Kitchen, Bethesda, MDEarlier this fall I was able to take a quick trip back to Maryland for a couple of days. It was pretty last-minute, mainly because we didn't have a home game and I found a cheap plane ticket. This week I realized I had completely failed on posting the 3 restaurants I went to during my stay, so I'm fixing it and this is the last one.
Emily and I have been friends since she worked in the football Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com7750 Woodmont Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA38.9878 -77.09628479999997813.4657655 -118.40487879999998 64.5098345 -35.787690799999979tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-54347273188646222802015-12-16T08:25:00.001-06:002015-12-16T08:25:19.782-06:00#207 - Fuji Japanese Steakhouse, Crofton MD
My friend Heather and I worked at Maryland together for about 10 years, and she is one of my dearest friends. We've been there for each other through thick and thin, and there's been a whole lot of both. Her birthday falls in mid-July, and I'm almost always back visiting during that time. We both love Marathon Deli right in College Park, so that's where we always go. But on this trip she just Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com1406 S Main Chapel Way, Gambrills, MD 21054, USA39.0330528 -76.6855193000000113.5110183 -117.99411330000001 64.5550873 -35.376925300000011tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-65217008750192538782015-12-14T07:34:00.001-06:002015-12-14T07:36:02.228-06:00#206 - Nando's, College Park MD
As I was going through the list of draft posts on my blog yesterday, I realized that I completely failed to do 3 restaurants from my visit to Maryland this fall. So I immediately got to work fixing that.
It's very rare that I get to go back to Maryland during football season, but I found a really cheap flight so I jumped at the chance. Unfortunately it didn't coincide with a Maryland home Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com7400 Baltimore Ave, College Park, MD 20740, USA38.980974 -76.93813549999998713.458939500000003 -118.24672949999999 64.5030085 -35.629541499999988tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-89645543581589178432015-12-11T08:44:00.004-06:002015-12-11T08:44:30.918-06:00#205 - Burn Co BBQ, Tulsa OK
Our last home football game of the year was Thanksgiving weekend, our rivalry game against Oklahoma. I'm just glad we don't play on Thanksgiving day or Black Friday. I know there's a lot of teams that do, and it's their tradition, but I'm quite sure our fans would revolt. Playing that weekend means I don't have students around Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday morning to help me with game prep Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com1738 S Boston Ave, Tulsa, OK 74119, USA36.136518 -95.98544600000002410.614483500000002 -137.29404000000002 61.6585525 -54.676852000000025tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-22530055870045109182015-12-07T08:30:00.003-06:002015-12-11T09:33:57.798-06:00My Chef's Hat - Creamy Chicken & Corn ChowderLiving in Oklahoma, we are lucky that cold weather rarely hits before late November. When it does though, it's always a rude awakening. That happened a couple weeks ago, and it was a combination of cold, wind, rain and just all around dreary weather when the day before it had been at least 25 degrees warmer. That kind of weather makes me want to do nothing but stay curled up in bed all day and Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-87377377360163600762015-12-03T08:44:00.000-06:002015-12-03T08:45:05.116-06:00#204 - Saki Sushi, Edmond OK
A couple of weeks ago I went to Dallas for the weekend since we had an away football game and I didn't go to the game. It ended up being a great blog weekend, as we ate at 4 brand new restaurants. My original plan Sunday morning had been to get up early, go running, and head out about 9am. But when my eyes opened it was already 8am...so running was out. And when when I was just about readyKaryl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com13520 N Eastern Ave, Edmond, OK 73013, USA35.6081346 -97.47772650000001710.0861001 -138.78632050000002 61.1301691 -56.169132500000018tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-12068844483707458072015-11-25T09:01:00.001-06:002015-11-25T09:01:26.704-06:00#203 - Twelve Stones Restaurant, Flower Mound TX
Two weeks ago I went to Dallas for the weekend to visit friends. I don't normally get to do that during football season, but since I don't travel with the team to away games anymore, I now get a few free weekends in the fall. Usually I stay home and relax, but I hadn't been to Dallas since the summer so I took the opportunity.
I've talked on this blog before about how when I spend the weekendKaryl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com1221 Flower Mound Rd #100, Flower Mound, TX 75028, USA33.0106014 -97.0466761999999797.4885668999999986 -138.35527019999998 58.5326359 -55.73808219999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-20289520092367942712015-11-23T07:17:00.003-06:002015-11-23T07:24:05.929-06:00#202 - Dragon Palace, Flower Mound TXLast week we had an away football game, so I took the opportunity to spend the weekend in Dallas with friends. When I go stay with Joni and Tony, our time is pretty simple. I get up and work out in the AM, Joni and I decide where to have lunch; we come back and take a nap; and then the 3 of us decide where to have dinner. The schedule rarely changes much over the course of the weekend. Joni Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com1901 Long Prairie Rd, Flower Mound, TX 75022, USA33.0122002 -97.0725570999999837.4901657000000021 -138.38115109999998 58.5342347 -55.763963099999984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-74726761909430642822015-11-20T06:11:00.002-06:002015-12-07T09:06:54.334-06:00#201 - The Rustic, Dallas, TX
My first few years working at OSU, I traveled with the football team to every away game. Long story short, that ended 2 years ago. At first I was really bummed, but very few of my friends travel to away games. So even if I did go, it would be like my first year at OSU where I hardly knew anyone and hung out by myself. Instead, I take the opportunity to visit friends/family, or just relax at homeKaryl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com3656 Howell St, Dallas, TX 75204, USA32.8049778 -96.7942828000000197.282943300000003 -138.10287680000002 58.327012300000007 -55.48568880000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-83169339111416454392015-11-17T09:21:00.001-06:002015-11-17T09:21:20.872-06:00Repeats with a Twist - Bodean Restaurant, Tulsa OK
When my friend Dick was in town last week, we went to dinner in OKC on Monday night. As we chatted, he mentioned that he was meeting a couple of people Tuesday night for dinner at Bodean Restaurant in Tulsa. My eyes and ears immediately perked up, as that is one of my favorite restaurants. I'm not sure if I invited myself, but the next evening I found myself in Tulsa.
When I moved to Oklahoma, Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com3376 E 51st St, Tulsa, OK 74135, USA36.0892339 -95.93635080000001410.567199400000003 -137.2449448 61.6112684 -54.627756800000014tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-49935727438302521722015-11-16T07:56:00.001-06:002015-11-16T07:56:36.776-06:00Repeats with a Twist - The Garage, Stillwater OKOne of my favorite new restaurant finds in Stillwater is The Garage. It's located across the street from campus. When I moved here it was store that sold OSU memorabilia, but years and years ago it was a bar. Stillwater has a rule that establishments closer than 100 yards from campus cannot sell alcohol, but this place got a waiver because they have a full bar. My conspiracy theory is that it's Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com520 W Elm Ave, Stillwater, OK 74074, USA36.1223683 -97.06488480000001610.600333799999998 -138.37347880000002 61.644402799999995 -55.756290800000016tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-156985088985935962015-11-12T07:06:00.001-06:002015-11-16T10:00:39.569-06:00#200 - Cattlemen's Steakhouse, Oklahoma City OK
When I began this blog 3 1/2 years ago, I was such a creature of habit...eating at the same restaurants, ordering the same dishes, and cooking the same food. So I began the blog to force me out of my comfort zone. The goal was 100 brand new restaurants in 18 months. I eventually added repeat restaurants and new recipes too. It took about a year to hit 100 new restaurants, and by that time I was Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com1309 S Agnew Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108, USA35.4523838 -97.5548375999999859.9303493 -138.86343159999998 60.974418299999996 -56.246243599999985tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-39747838250294433292015-11-06T10:32:00.003-06:002015-12-14T14:37:43.859-06:00My Chef's Hat - Green Chickpea & Chicken Coconut CurryMy parents are from Trinidad, so growing up I ate a lot of curry chicken, homemade by my mom. It was always one of my favorite dishes. I actually never learned to cook until I was moving into an apartment my senior year of college. I figured I should learn to make a few things, so we wouldn't live on fast food and gain tons of weight. Curry chicken was one of the first recipes I learned from my Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-49673730860272783342015-11-02T06:31:00.001-06:002015-11-02T06:31:14.242-06:00Repeats with a Twist - The Mule, Oklahoma City OK
I'm very blessed that cancer does not run in my family. One of my cousins lost her battle with breast cancer about 20 years ago, but fortunately that is it. Last year I had a mammogram scare when they saw "something", and had to go for a follow-up. Of course I went into panic mode, and it was an extremely stressful couple of days, but thankfully everything was okay and it turned out it was just Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com1630 N Blackwelder Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73106, USA35.4857176 -97.5386202999999919.9636831 -138.8472143 61.007752100000005 -56.230026299999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-67312246149783492322015-10-30T08:51:00.001-05:002015-12-17T14:16:17.586-06:00My Chef's Hat - Spicy New Orleans ShrimpGetting fresh seafood in a landlocked state is usually a challenge. When I first moved to Stillwater I refused to eat seafood for about a year. Then I started buying the flash-frozen stuff at Sam's Club, and then about a year ago I discovered 2 places in Tulsa that sell truly fresh seafood that they fly in daily. One is White River Fish Market, and the other is Bodean. Bodean is both a fine Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-80490327025012908462015-10-29T07:05:00.000-05:002015-10-29T07:07:09.652-05:00Repeats with a Twist - Red Robin, Oklahoma City OKIt’s no secret, especially when you look at my blog, that I’m not the healthiest eater. It’s hard to have self-control at a restaurant, especially if whoever I’m with is eating something really good. And it’s become so easy to say “its for food blog research”. When I cook at home, on the other hand, I actually control it very well. I look for recipes that are delicious but not super heavy, and Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com13800 N Pennsylvania Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73134, USA35.610797 -97.548270399999979-12.988532500000005 179.83454210000002 84.2101265 -14.931082899999979tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-81850185833254474342015-10-23T06:17:00.001-05:002015-11-11T15:34:03.003-06:00#199 - Main Street Noodle, Stillwater OK
Last week I took off work Monday & Tuesday for my birthday. I never used to do that, but you know what? Life's too short. So my feeling is, as long as I don't have a work responsibility on my birthday, I'm not coming to work. My original plan was to do a whole lot of nothing both days. But Monday I ended up meeting Shawn for lunch in Tulsa and running a bunch of errands. And then Tuesday Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com622 S Main St, Stillwater, OK 74074, USA36.1147909 -97.05897849999996710.592756400000003 -138.36757249999997 61.636825400000006 -55.750384499999967tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-50567057400551063302015-10-22T08:49:00.003-05:002015-10-22T08:49:39.994-05:00Repeats with a Twist - Yokozuna, Tulsa, OK
I've been very lucky while working at OSU that I've never had a home football game on my birthday, or even during my birthday week. We're either playing on the road, or have a bye week. Even with all that, I've never taken my actual birthday off when it's during the week. I honestly never even thought about doing it. Then last year my mom and a family friend came to visit and it coincided with Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com9146 S Yale Ave, Tulsa, OK 74137, USA36.0299454 -95.923520510.507910900000002 -137.2321145 61.551979900000006 -54.614926499999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-60159664749748110532015-10-21T08:02:00.002-05:002015-11-02T13:36:14.091-06:00Repeats with a Twist - Boba Fusion Cafe, Stillwater OK
When my dad was here in August, I made my first trip to Boba Fusion Cafe. It's on the east side of town in a strip mall next to the older Wal Mart. For a long time I didn't even know it existed because it's towards the back of the strip mall. And then it always looked sketchy from the outside. But then my friend Ming always raved about it, and I knew he would never steer me wrong when it comes Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com211 N Perkins Rd, Stillwater, OK 74075, USA36.125502 -97.050355910.603467499999997 -138.3589499 61.6475365 -55.7417619tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-68408456669078989122015-10-20T08:42:00.001-05:002015-11-08T20:30:49.302-06:00My Chef's Hat - Bacon, Corn & Avocado SaladGrowing up, I never ate avocados. I honestly don't remember my parents ever buying them. And we very rarely ever went to Mexican restaurants. So when I moved to Oklahoma, it was a little bit of culture shock to see avocados absolutely everywhere. I was still really hesitant to try them, until we were at a retreat at Mr. Pickens' ranch, and we had guacamole as part of the appetizers. I had to stopKaryl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-57848645653285289122015-10-19T07:34:00.000-05:002015-12-14T15:00:38.240-06:00My Chef's Hat - Spicy Fried Pork ChopThere's lots of things I love about living in a small town: light traffic; I can get to work in 8 minutes or to the other side of town within 20; family atmosphere; very friendly people; local businesses. But on the flip side, there's quite a few things we don't have. When I came on my interview, I was stunned to learn that there was no Target in town. And even worse, the closest one is 45 Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547181561982404027.post-85971070371487916752015-10-17T07:03:00.000-05:002015-11-15T22:48:28.268-06:00#198 - The Garage - Stillwater, OK
Home football game weekends are crazy busy for me. Friday is long, Saturday is a lot longer and I walk about 10 miles from start to finish. So Sunday I'm as lazy as I possibly can be. I sleep in, go to lunch with Bob, Joni & Tony, then go back home and take a nap. In reality, it's a pretty good day.
Sunday we normally go to Louie's or Brooklyn's for lunch. But Joni & Tony weren't Karyl Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084533060381082171noreply@blogger.com520 W Elm Ave, Stillwater, OK 74074, USA36.1223683 -97.06488480000001610.600333799999998 -138.37347880000002 61.644402799999995 -55.756290800000016