October 2019
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Sip o’ the Week: The Takashi Martini
The Takashi Martini – a scrumptious blend of Jack Rabbit Gin, Ransom Dry Vermouth, Génépy des Alpes herbal liqueur, and orange bitters – was also great with Takashi’s fried barracuda.
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October Activities and Theater
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Macbeth, Hamlet, The Book of Will, The Conclusion of Henry VI Parts Two & Three, Twelfth Night, Every Brilliant Thing, The Price June –…
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Urban Gleaners from Green Urban Lunch Box
The contemporary idea of gleaning has earned a more respectable reputation with the rise of programs such as the one operated by Green Urban Lunchbox (GULB), a non-profit organization that…
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Utah’s Unaffordable Housing
As other cities have learned, density and taller buildings discourage car usage and encourage transit use. Fewer parking stalls, not more, discourage car usage. Narrower roads, not wider, encourage transit…
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From Farm to Table…..To YouTube
From farm to table … to YouTube. That’s what students at YouthCity’s summer and after school program have started through an ongoing partnership with neighboring Liberty Park Farmers Market.
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Trappers and the Ogden Valley
“One hundred Cheyenne warriors, arrows drawn, fire in their eyes, riding on the fastest mustangs you ever did see were right on my heels! I could feel the ground rumble…
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Kanab and Fracking
While locals view Best Friends with fondness and gratitude, this is not the case with a new business entity rearing its head nearby. The local Facebook groups have recently exploded…
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In The Bag—Getting Messy at Hook & Reel
For many years, my late, generous friend Gus Magann and his brother Tony would host a Louisiana-style crawfish boil when the weather turned warm. It was a raucous, messy affair…
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Scheff’s Table – Chicken al Carbon
Now that the outdoor temperatures are dropping and fall is here, I’m trying to get in as much grilling as possible before I have to shovel a path through the…
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Food & Drink 411
Wild Game Fest is back at Rodizio Grill through October 2019 and during that time 100% of Rabanada dessert sales will be donated to the Image Reborn Foundation, which supports…
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Sip o’ the Week – Park City’s 4th Annual Shot Ski Event
Participants will line up at 2:00 pm along Park City’s Historic Main Street to tip their glasses in an attempt to break last year’s shot ski record. In 2018, a…
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Sculpture Memorializes a Man and His Mission in Sugar House
Jim Kirkman was known as many things to his friends and family in Sugar House: Master Gardener, educator, an encyclopedia of desert knowledge, an archaeologist with a reverence for what…
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Maud’s Café Serves More Than Coffee
Maud’s Café, a non-profit program overseen by the Volunteers of America Utah is run on teen power—specifically teens that are taking the steps needed to leave, or avoid, homelessness. Each…
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Gone, But Not Forgotten – The Many Meals I Miss
In the quarter-century that I’ve been writing about Utah’s food and drink scene, I’ve seen far too many restaurants come and go. And there are plenty I miss. A jaunt…