Food + Beverage

Cleveland County's Only Certified Neapolitan Pizzeria

Inside Volare, where a Naples-built oven, 900-degree heat, and 90-second bakes earn an international designation. Article by Jeff Weber | Photography by Provided by Volare Anthony Compagni flew to California to learn a pizza he already knew how to make. He spent a week with a master pizzaiolo who had taken second at the pizza Olympics in Italy, and by the fourth day he had stopped studying and started producing — pie after pie, stacked one on the next, until the motion became muscle memory. He...

Food + Beverage

Taste of Cleveland County

Article and Photography by Kylie Caldwell A handful of dishes and drinks in the county have earned their place as certifiable local institutions.Here's a taste of what makes Cleveland County's food scene one of a kind. APPETIZER   Graze Craze  The shop builds customizable grazing boards and boxes — meats, cheeses, fresh produce, and house-made dips and jams — assembled by staff the company calls "grazologists."  RAW BAR Hokkaido Scallops at Juliette Oyster Bar & Steakhouse Housed in...

Food + Beverage

Amy Cakes

Amy Cakes: Behind One of Norman's Longest-Running Bakeries Article by Kylie Caldwell | Photography by Lauren Beau Photography Amy Cullifer started decorating cakes at 19, working part-time at a grocery store bakery. It wasn't the plan — art and interior design was always the original passion — but the job became something else entirely. "This is my creative outlet," she said in discovery of that early job. "And then the passion for baking came with it." She and her husband, Mike, later moved...

Life + Culture

Coaches Corner: Skip Johnson

Article by Kylie Caldwell | Photography by Whitney Stilwell It's been a big summer for OU baseball coach Skip Johnson, fresh off leading the Sooners to the College World Series title. A national title, a grandbaby, a sandwich named in his honor- the coach's summer had a little everything. At Midway Deli near campus, there's a sandwich called the Skip. It's been official since June, the same month Oklahoma baseball won its first national title in over thirty years, and the same month Johnson...