September 2020
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Following City Guidelines Fear Factory is Still Bringing on the Scare
Fear Factory decided that a scary virus wasn’t going to stop them from scaring Salt Lake crowds as they’ve done for the past nine years. They are determined to have…
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Virus Virtuosity: Utah Businesses Thriving During COVID
The coronavirus has been devastating for small businesses. But during this upheaval, some local Utah businesses are not only surviving, but thriving, thanks to changes in consumer behavior. Businesses suited…
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COVID in the Classroom: Teaching Dilemmas in 2020
COVID-19 has changed the way education looks in Utah and across the country. COVID-19 plans for academic institutes have left many parents scrambling for options for their child’s education.
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STAYING POWERS – Checking in on Venerable Bambara Restaurant
I wrote that Bambara was an excellent dining destination in downtown Salt Lake City some 21 years ago. It still is. In fact, I can think of very few restaurants…
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Park City Dine About, Lamb on the Spit Sunday Dinner, and Student Dinner
Manoli’s will host a lamb on the spit dinner on Sunday, September 27th. For a limited time, students can get a Tuesday Night Student Dinner (Tucanos’ Adult Churrasco Meal) for…
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Simplified Devilish Shrimp
Most often, recipes for Mexican-style devilishly hot shrimp – camarones a la diabla – involves destemming, deseeding and charring dried peppers, then reconstituting them in water, etc. This version is…
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Wasatch Brewery New Pilsner: Great Deceiver
Wasatch Brewery has just released a new brew called the Great Deceiver Imperial Pilsner which, they say, “now reigns supreme as a devilishly delicious and deceptively sessionable beer.
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Off the Eaten Path – Finding Flavor in Unlikely Locations
Some of Utah’s best cuisine can be found in places that might not look like gustatory havens – strip malls, shopping centers or far from neighborhood culinary centers. But they…
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All About Arlo: A Visit to Marmalade’s Newest Eatery
In the space that was Em’s, a brand new restaurant called Arlo has opened. The new owners completely gutted the place and turned it into a very eye-catching and inviting…
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A Moveable Feast by Slow Food Utah, Feldman’s Deli Open for Dine-In, and Buy 3, Get 1 Free at Rodizio
9 local restaurants have paired with 9 local farms to create 4-course meals packaged to take home for Your Personal Feast. Feldman’s Deli offering Dine-In. Buy 3, Get 1 Free…
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Eyrie Vineyards Oregon Pinot Blanc
Eyrie Vineyards Oregon Pinot Blanc is Alsatian in style. It’s fairly light-bodied, with refreshing acidity and hints of pineapple, grapefruit and gold apples.
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Grilled Flat Iron Steak with Pesto Butter
If, like me, you have a lot of end-of-summer basil in the garden, here is a tasty way to use some of it. I like to make pesto butter to…
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YOU BELONG IN TECH SCHOLARSHIP
V School in Salt Lake City just announced their You Belong in Tech Scholarship to help displaced workers reskill for a career in the tech industry. This is available for people…
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Reparadise: Cranking Out Off-The-Grid Rigs
For more than eight years, Brandon Zinninger and his team at Campers Reparadise in West Valley City have been turning camper trailers — usually vintage Airstreams — into high-tech custom…
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Bombay to Bollywood – A Visit to Riverdale’s Bombay Bites
Given that India was a British colony until 1947, Brits tend to know their Indian cuisine pretty well. And so, when someone from the U.K. says that Bombay Bites in…