What to Do In Salt Lake City 12 Minutes Max at the Salt Lake City Public Library is a monthly experimental performance series featuring three short works by local musicians, filmmakers, dancers, artists and just about anything that can be put on a stage. The kicker is everyone gets 12 minutes with a short question and answer period at the end of each act. That’s what is so g … [Read more...]
Chili Beak Roasted Chili Oil: Add More Flavor to Your Food
If you’re looking for something a little different to give your seafood, pizza, hummus, potatoes, ceviche or eggs more pizazz, then Chili Beak Roasted Chili Oil is just what you need. The beginning Giselle and Jason McClure, owners of Chili Beak, started hand-making chili oil about five years ago (and selling it four years ago) when they ran out of the ha … [Read more...]
Sugar House Salt Lake City High Rise Development Fire Safety
With so much development in such a small space, how safe is Sugar House, Salt Lake City? Like a giant crooked finger, the easternmost end of Elm Avenue (2165 S) in Sugar House Salt Lake City tries to point toward Highland Drive, but it veers off into a service road for deliveries to the Vue Apartments instead. Critics contend that this narrow, restricted … [Read more...]
Raising the Bar: Creative Cuisine at SLC Eatery
It’s still early in 2019, but so far the most exciting event for local food enthusiasts, IMHO, has been the opening of SLC Eatery. Don’t let the name - which is about as generic as it gets - fool you. There is nothing generic or mundane about the cuisine at SLC Eatery. The new restaurant is the love child of co-chefs and co-business partners Paul Chamberlain and Logen Crew. The … [Read more...]
Juicy Bone-In Chicken Breasts Recipe
I’ve never quite understood why so many people favor boneless chicken breasts over bone-in ones. Bone-in breasts, properly prepared, are so much more juicy, tender and delicious. Here is a method for roasting bone-in chicken breasts in the oven that is virtually foolproof. The recipe is for two chicken breasts but can easily be doubled. Give it a try! Ingredients: 2 bone-in c … [Read more...]
Kung Fu Girl Riesling -Try This Pleasantly Dry Riesling
Ask any sommelier and they’ll probably tell you that the most food-friendly wine to drink is Riesling. I know what you’re thinking: “Riesling? Isn’t that a sweet wine?” Well, Riesling can be sweet. There are a range of Riesling wines running the gamut from teeth-aching sweet to pucker-the-mouth bone dry. The best food-friendly Riesling wines are of the dry, acidic type. … [Read more...]
Utah Air Quality by the Numbers – Third Most Toxic State in the Nation
Utah Air Quality According to Forbes Utah air quality was the third most toxic in 2016 just under Nevada and Alaska releasing 273,000,000 pounds of toxic chemicals in the air. The highest concentrations are in Salt Lake County, Bingham Canyon, and Magna. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality inventories state industries each year pertaining to the substances they … [Read more...]
A Few Practical Ideas On Reducing Car Idling
Over the years, improvements in energy efficiency of newer cars, and more freeways facilitating higher car speeds traveling at higher gear ratios have contributed to reducing air pollution per mile traveled. Unfortunately, smog from vehicles along the Wasatch Front continues to worsen. In this article, I attempt to provide a few ideas towards reducing car … [Read more...]
Utah’s February Fun Guide to Help You Fight Winter Blues
In our grand effort to reduce dependence and use on antidepressants; to prevent people from becoming alcoholics, and to stop opioid abuse in its tracks: We present to you Utah's February Fun Guide, a.k.a.: how to not get depressed in February in Utah. Thank you to some of our great writers and photographers for their ideas. Dave Jensen Hotspringing! There’s nothing q … [Read more...]
Scheff’s Table – Simple Meat Sauce for Pasta
Many authentic Bolognese-style Italian meat sauce recipes for pasta are cumbersome and time-consuming. The sauce often has to cook for the better part of a day, or even longer. Well, here is a nifty meat sauce for pasta that can be made in under a half-hour - a great recipe for a quick weeknight dinner. Ingredients: 1 Tbs olive oil ¾ lb. lean ground beef, preferably … [Read more...]