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Focusing on Flavor for Black History Month

By Dave Cathey Food editor dcathey@oklahoman.comBlack History Month begins Saturday, giving me a great opportunity to share dishes from some of the city's top culinary talent and take a look back at some of culinary industry's black pioneers. If you’re going to honestly wax nostalgic about all the good work black chefs, pitmasters and restaurateurs have done in Oklahoma City, it would be disingenuous to ignore the reality that a history teacher named Clara Luper and a lot of other brave individuals put their safety on the line at local lunch counters where they were unwelcome because of the color of their skin to expose the racism poisoning our culture. On Aug.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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