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Archives for September 2016

Food Adventures Off the Beaten Path

September 30, 2016 by Heather L. King Leave a Comment

While there is no question that the food scene on the Wasatch Front has experienced a culinary revolution over the past decade, cities all over the state are also seeing elevated gastronomic fare become the norm. Here are a few favorite restaurants from southern, eastern and northern Utah.   Fired up at Bear Lake Campfire Grill Restaurant Garden City, Utah is best … [Read more...]

Babs in the City – Cash Crops

September 29, 2016 by Babs De Lay Leave a Comment

Utah is a unique place to grow gardens or be a farmer, mostly because of our unique altitude, geography and geology. Our highest point is 13,528 feet above sea level and our lowest point is merely 2,000 feet with a mean of 6,100 feet of elevation. According to the extremely nerdy ‘U.S. General Soil Map,’ we have actual soil orders, ranging from alfisols and entisols, … [Read more...]

Preserving Your Harvest Through Canning

September 28, 2016 by Connie Lewis Leave a Comment

As I was growing up, my neighbors had a root cellar; a stone outbuilding that was always dark and cool. Inside, from floor to ceiling, were stacked bottles of peaches, cherries, jams, and tomatoes. Everything that grew in their garden was canned and kept for use throughout the year. Today, canning is becoming a lost art. But there are a few stalwarts who carry on the … [Read more...]

5 of Ogden’s Best Restaurants

September 27, 2016 by Ogden Reborn Leave a Comment

The restaurant scene in Ogden has gone through a drastic change within the past year or so. Many of the old classics remain, but new faces have popped up throughout the city to try their hand at impressing local taste buds. With that being said, it can be pretty tough to narrow down your options. To help guide you in the right direction, we’ve compiled a list of our Top 5 … [Read more...]

Caffe Ibis

September 26, 2016 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Caffe Ibis Roaster, Brandon Despain, was the first Utahn to win first place at the 2015 U.S. Coffee Championships. In February of this year, Brandon placed 5th with his Asrar Haraz light roast with beans sourced from Yemen. We caught up with Brandon just after he returned from a trip to Africa to personally inspect some of the farms where Caffe Ibis sources their beans. "I … [Read more...]

Square Kitchen

September 23, 2016 by Paige Wiren Leave a Comment

There’s nothing behind the times about Square Kitchen SLC. In fact, this new Salt Lake City venture blends forward-looking urban planning elements that are far-reaching and progressive. Square Kitchen is what’s known in modern urban parlance as a culinary incubator. Incubators are organizations that help new or existing businesses speed early-stage growth by providing … [Read more...]

Don’t Miss Hikes in Zion National Park

September 22, 2016 by Caroline Kingsley Leave a Comment

Southwest Utah’s Zion National Park is a kaleidoscopic treasure mine of clear blue skies, sweeping red rock and tumbling white-tipped waterfalls. Covering an area of 229 miles, you could easily spend weeks at the world-renowned park and not see it all, but if you just have a short weekend away from work, be sure to check out these three gems. Observation Point Aptly named, … [Read more...]

Grass-Fed Beef Video Part III

September 22, 2016 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Watch part three three of our video series on Utah ranches raising grass-fed beef. Blue Tree Ranch is a family-owned and operated first-generation pasture-raised beef farm in Utah. Bjorn Carlson talks about the health benefits of pasture-raised beef, and his kids talk about what they do on the farm to help. … [Read more...]

Cataract Canyon – Taming the Wild Beast

September 21, 2016 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

"What's the difference between a mutual fund and a river guide?" asks Aaron Rappleye as we swap jokes at camp on the river. “A mutual fund matures in four years and starts paying out." There are plenty of applicants with delayed maturity, or Peter Pan syndrome, who would gladly love to become a river guide on the Colorado River in Moab, Utah. The job is seasonal and it … [Read more...]

Intensive-grazing practices could be a key part of the solution preventing climate change

September 21, 2016 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

  The pasture-raised beef movement is much more than just another health fad. The practice of intensively managing cattle on rangelands can improve soil and prevent desertification. One of the leading experts in using livestock to reduce desertification in arid climates is a man named Allan Savory, who has studied rangeland management in Africa for over 40 … [Read more...]

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