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Utah Air Quality by the Numbers – Third Most Toxic State in the Nation
According to Forbes Utah was the third most toxic state in 2016 just under Nevada and Alaska releasing 273,000,000 pounds of toxic chemicals in the air. The highest concentrations are in…
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A Few Practical Ideas On Reducing Car Idling
In this article, I attempt to provide a few ideas towards reducing car idling as one of the main causes of increasing air pollution levels resulting in many different health…
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Scheff’s Table – Simple Meat Sauce for Pasta
Many authentic Bolognese-style Italian meat sauce recipes for pasta are cumbersome and time-consuming. The sauce often has to cook for the better part of a day, or even longer.
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Sip O’ the Week – Conquilla Brut Cava
So, I often turn to Spanish cava to get my sparkling wine fix. Cava is a Spanish sparkling wine from Catalonia, which can be white or rosé. Only sparkling wines…
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Bringing Home Bites of The Big Apple
It is, after all, called Utah Bites. However, this week I’m going to deviate from the norm and bring you some tasty snapshots of New York City, where I spent…
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Fun Utah Activities to Get you out of Winter Blues this February
Having Winter blues? Here are a few activities taking place in February in Utah to get you out of a a seasonal depression.
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Salt Lake Air Cleaning Solutions
Air quality remains a problem for Utah’s most vulnerable citizens, particularly pregnant women, children, and the elderly.
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Running In The Utah Mountains With Dogs In Deep Snow
We climb off-trail through deep fresh powder. Tree limbs are dumping their loads and crystallizing our air. We reach the top then jump down a steep 50’ chute. We harvest…
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Currying Flavor—Not KFC but CFC: Curry Fried Chicken
last week Curry in a Hurry celebrated its 20th anniversary. That’s quite a feat for any business, but especially in the restaurant world where most eateries are fortunate if they…
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Sip O’ the Week—MidiCi Lemonade
I’ve written about MidiCi here in Utah Bites in the past. It’s one of my favorite pizza spots in SLC. The restaurant looks like a million bucks, even though the…
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Scheff’s Table – Bistro-worthy French Fries
In France, any bistro worthy of the name serves excellent French fries or frites, as they’re known in that country. Restaurants there wouldn’t dream of serving customers previously frozen…
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Something Fishy—Top-notch Sushi & Izakaya at Layton’s Osaka
Long before the hoards of all-you-can-eat sushi spots invaded Utah, there was Osaka Sushi and Izakaya restaurant in Layton, which has been serving high-quality sushi (not all-you-can-eat) since 2003.…
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Sip O’ the Week—BTG Wine Flights
At BTG Wine Bar wine lovers can enjoy a wide range of different wines available in 2-ounce tastes, 5-ounce pours, or by-the-bottle. But maybe the best way to sample an…
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Scheff’s Table – Spicy Thai Noodles
Recently, I was looking online for a recipe to utilize some Thai rice noodles that I had in my cupboard. I came across a food blog called The Chunky Chef,…