Utah Wilderness Retreats and Wilderness Therapy Utah Wilderness retreats offer delinquent teens access to wilderness as a possible solution for behavioral problems. The concept of reconnecting people with nature by spending several days in the wilderness is nothing new. Examining the website of RedCliff Ascent, it’s clear that they offer families assistance with teens who … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2022
Utah Activities and Events during April 2022
January Through April Downtown Farmers Market—Winter. Continuing on Saturdays through April 23rd, the market is held at The Gateway, 10 N Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City. The market includes locally grown and produced produce, meat, eggs, cheese, baked goods, sauces, condiments, chocolate, and more. Hours are from 10am to 2pm. April 13 McCune Mansion Tours. … [Read more...]
Big Corporations Preventing the Shift in Medicine and Wellbeing?
How Big Pharma is preventing the massive shift in medicine and wellbeing Today, Big Pharma, Big Tobacco and Big Alcohol, all billion-dollar industries, are undergoing a sea-change in their market share and growth potential due to the re-emergence of ancient healing practices and medicine. This is a story that the mainstream media isn’t covering much because so much of Big … [Read more...]
LIKE FINE WINE: Hotel Monaco’s Bambara is Aging Beautifully
Considering food trends and the rapid pace of everything that surrounds us these days, it’s not very easy for a restaurant to stay relevant. But there are exceptions. And one is Bambara restaurant in the Hotel Monaco in downtown SLC. It’s hard for me to fathom that it was 1999 when I first wrote about Bambara. Chefs and managers have come and gone, and the … [Read more...]
New Döner Food Truck and More Foodie News
Weller’s Launches Döner Wagon Fans, like me, of Weller’s Bistro in Layton will be happy to know that Jan Weller and his team have launched Weller’s Döner Wagon food truck. Enjoy appetizers like fried pickle spears with peppercorn ranch, the soup of the day, or a Mediterranean salad with chicken to start. The main attraction, of course, is döners, sandwiches and brats. … [Read more...]
Pepin-Style Crab Cakes with Avocado Sauce
One of my very favorite people is chef and educator Jacques Pepin. He is wonderfully generous with his time and talent and one of the kindest people I know. He makes a killer crab cake with avocado sauce, and I’ve adapted Pepin’s recipe here. The key is using the best crab you can find, such as lump blue crab meat and handling the cakes gently. Ingredients: Crab Cakes 8 … [Read more...]
Bargain Basement Priced Chianti
A couple of weeks ago I made chicken amatriciana for dinner and was looking for an inexpensive red wine, preferably Italian, to drink with this classic Roman dish. Well, I found it. Castello di Querceto Chianti D.O.C.G 2020. from Italy is selling this month in Utah for a paltry $8.99 - 2 bucks off of the normal price of $10.99. The word querceto means oak in Italian and the … [Read more...]
CAN A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION SAVE THE GREAT SALT LAKE?
Is the "bathtub drain" linking the Great Salt Lake and the Pacific Ocean a reality? This winter, a bush pilot flying to spot brine shrimp blooms for shrimp trawlers spotted a sinkhole one mile in circumference on the far west mudflats of the lake. Receding water levels made the once-submerged landform visible, lending credence for the first time to the early pioneer … [Read more...]