When it was discovered that nitrogen was the most important ingredient for both explosives and fertilizer, our military industrial complex and food production became dependent on vast stockpiles of synthetic chemicals. Many of the original chemical pioneers who built weapons factories found an easy shift from making bombs to making agricultural products and also … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2019
Japantown: Ruined, Remembered or Revived?
Attending the University of Utah in 1953 retired Third District Court Judge Raymond Uno spent much of his free time in downtown Salt Lake City in an area called Japantown, or “JTown”, practicing judo and socializing with friends. It was a stark contrast to the three years during World War II when his family was forced from California to what he calls a … [Read more...]
Wiener Schnitzel Recipe
Wiener schnitzel is quite easy to prepare, with the caveat that you are organized and set up an assembly line-type prep station beforehand. It cooks very quickly. Traditionally, wiener schnitzel was made with scallopini-type veal medallions. However, today it is frequently made with boneless pork. I tend to prefer pork because it's less expensive than veal and most veal … [Read more...]
New Saltfire Singularity Beer
I just love the clever folks at Saltfire Brewing Co., whose writing is nearly as impressive as their beers. This week, they issued a new release in their Singularity line of IPA brews, explaining it like this: If the Citra Ninja wandered about New Zealand and mistook some hop plants for blood enemies then the carnage left behind could only be the Motueka hop … [Read more...]
Chowder & Powder: Seafood and Snow at Deer Valley Resort
Utah may be landlocked, but there is no shortage of seafood to be found here. To wit, it’s hard to walk two blocks without running into a sushi restaurant. And Gastronomy, Inc. has been flying in fresh seafood daily for their Market Street restaurants for decades now. Even so, you probably wouldn’t expect a ski resort to be a seafood haven. That is, unless it was … [Read more...]
Students Shine at Salt Lake Performing School for the Performing Arts
Ron Litteral, Principal of the Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, affectionately known as SPA, is like a proud parent as he talks about the students and programs at his school. He outlines the many awards and achievements garnered over the last 13 years while emphasizing, “It’s not about the awards, but what they learn in the process. We teach them all to do … [Read more...]
FanX® Volunteers
Since the first-ever Salt Lake Comic Con in 2013, Erika Sabrowski has volunteered at each event to ensure that things run smoothly, and to manage the details that can seem daunting and overwhelming. Erika is now the head of all volunteers for the League of Utah Volunteers (which provides the needed volunteers for FanX®), a role she fulfilled for FanX® several years prior to … [Read more...]
Help Wanted: Utah’s Labor Shortage
Is America running out of workers? According to a December 13, 2018 report by The Conference Board—a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching and addressing looming business issues—2019 may be a historically tight year in the labor market. This will be especially true in blue-collar industries like mining, manufacturing, maintenance, agriculture, and others … [Read more...]
Escape to a New Life
“Where we going Mom, where we going?” the kids asked repeatedly as they followed their mother day and night for about three weeks through jungles and across rivers and swamps in Cambodia. “Almost there, almost there,” lied Rem Kros to her five kids as they fled their village in Battambang Province. With swollen feet, bloody and blistered from traveling miles a day … [Read more...]
Serve Refugees Sharehouse Creates Cycle of Hope and Change
A modest relocatable classroom located at Lincoln Elementary School in South Salt Lake houses the Serve Refugees Sharehouse - a crucial resource for thousands of refugees that didn’t exist before 2016. Donations like toiletry essentials, cleaning kits, and gas gift cards revolve in and out of the classroom - which added up to serve roughly 31,000 refugees in 2017. … [Read more...]