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Archives for November 2017

Bladesmith Jared Williams Holds an Edge in the World of Custom Knives

November 30, 2017 by David E. Jensen Leave a Comment

Jared Williams is a master bladesmith. In 2016, he was a contestant on the History Channel program Forged in Fire, where he emerged as the winner of the $10,000 grand prize. His creation? A traditional African throwing knife known as a Hunga Munga—a primitive-looking curved-blade dagger with multiple points and edges used by tribal warriors. Bladesmithing is a time-honored … [Read more...]

Poppies Bakery and Cafe

November 29, 2017 by Nick Kuzmack Leave a Comment

Poppies Bakery and Café is located in Sugar House on 1751 S. 1100 E. Jorden Hancock founded the bakery in 2015 where it began as a food truck. “My whole inspiration behind this bakery is due to my Grandma Dot. She was the most amazing person in the whole world, and most of my recipes and ideas come from her old recipes,” says Hancock. “I grew up baking with Dot and my father … [Read more...]

Meet Shireen Ghorbani, the Half-Iranian Utah Transplant Running for Congress

November 28, 2017 by Rhett Wilkinson Leave a Comment

Shireen Ghorbani's parents were separated during the Iran U.S. embassy crisis made famous in the film “Argo”, and so she ended up being raised by a single mother. She has two masters degrees and works for the University of Utah and has her own family. Ghorbani is now running for Congress, I have learned, to represent Utah’s 2nd congressional district. Check out why she … [Read more...]

The Journey of Chef Shawn Bucher

November 28, 2017 by Jeff David Leave a Comment

Chef Shawn Bucher’s journey has come full circle: from learning how to make great food and gaining valuable business experience, to now putting those skills together to help culinary and business minds alike. Chef Shawn began his culinary journey at age 14 in a butcher shop—Bowman’s Market in Kaysville. One year later, a school guidance counselor urged him to enroll at the … [Read more...]

Artistic and Functional, Sego Lily Plaza Combines an Aesthetic and Practical Enhancement to Sugar House

November 28, 2017 by Dina Blaes Leave a Comment

This year, the Utah legislature designated Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty as an official State Work of Art. When we think of earth art, names of early pioneers in the field like Robert Smithson or Nancy Holt come to mind, but more and more people will be talking about Patricia Johanson in the coming months. Johanson’s public installation at Sugar House Park, titled Sego … [Read more...]

Shop & Try Local on Black Friday

November 24, 2017 by Utah Stories Leave a Comment

Salsa Del Diablo We started making salsa over 17 years ago out of the shear love of salsa. Since then we have been improving and refining our recipes. Having lived in Arizona and California, our inspiration is to make authentic, flavorful and unforgettable salsa. We produce small batch salsa that is smoky,sweet, savory and so sensational that customers have described it as … [Read more...]

Operation Rio Grande And the impact on Utah’s Homeless

November 23, 2017 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

  Did you know that in 2015 Utah Solved the Problem of Chronic Homelessness?   In 2015, the national press (including NBC Nightly News, The Daily Show, The Washington Post, New Yorker Magazine and Ted Talks) were all celebrating how Salt Lake City had declared a victory over the war on homelessness. Apparently the homeless didn’t get the memo … or perhaps they … [Read more...]

Utah Bigfoot Sightings

November 22, 2017 by Danny B. Stewart Leave a Comment

Before we can have a constructive conversation about Bigfoot, or any other unsubstantiated creature, we first must understand cryptozoology—the study of animals not yet recognized by science. There is a lot of baggage that comes with this particular branch of science, and this baggage misconstrues cryptozoology's true intent. Whenever the word cryptozoology is mentioned, … [Read more...]

Trades of History

November 21, 2017 by Alyssa Bray Leave a Comment

In a society where technology is capable of out-dating itself within a couple of months, it is too easy to forget that the foundation of today’s advancements were forged in the shops of tradesmen. American colonists established communities with a strong sense of self-sufficiency. If you needed something, you made it or you hired someone to make it for you. Dozens of trades … [Read more...]

Did A Daily Show Story Flood Salt Lake City with Homeless?

November 20, 2017 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Salt Lake City declared a victory over chronic homelessness in 2015. The main-stream media loved the story and flooded the airwaves and papers with stories informing everyone that Salt Lake was a stellar example. A story by the Daily Show with John Stewart said, “The homeless know can have a second shot at life, all that they have to is live in Utah.” KSL TV then aired a … [Read more...]

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