Ali Sabbah is no stranger to awards and accolades. As owner of Mazza Cafe, he has garnered countless “Best Of” honors for the Middle Eastern cuisine and hospitality generously dished up at his iconic Salt Lake City restaurant. And, although he doesn’t call himself a chef (more on that later), he was recently nominated for a James Beard Award as Best Chef in the Mountain region, … [Read more...]
Six Progressive Utah Women Making Waves
In honor of Women’s History Month, Utah Stories Magazine is celebrating women of Utah by naming some of the most influential women in the Salt Lake City area. The following categories are represented: politics, humanitarian aid, advocacy, fashion and influencers. Politics: Erin Mendenhall, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall was elected to serve as the Salt … [Read more...]
San Rafael Secrets: What Did Madame Marie Curie Do in the Middle of a Utah Desert?
High-quality uranium brought Madame Curie to Emery County Deep in the San Rafael Swell lie the lonely stone remnants of the Temple Mountain townsite, a remote cluster of stone cabins where Marie Curie, aka Madame Curie, once lived for a short time. Long before Charlie Steen struck it rich with his discovery of uranium in Moab during WWII, ushering in the age of the atomic … [Read more...]
Studio Artistic: An Immigrant Story That Will Make You Believe In The American Dream Again
Metal endures. It can be hammered or melted but it is resilient. Such qualities also help form the character of the people who work with it; men such as third-generation metalworker Marcelo Galvan. Galvan immigrated to the United States from Argentina as a young man and built up a successful business creating ornamental ironwork, only to see it crumble in the 2008 recession. … [Read more...]
Making New Year’s Resolutions That Stick
With the new year upon us, many of us have probably made a few resolutions by now and perhaps even broken them already. According to research by Utah’s own Franklin Covey Co., a third of us won’t be able to keep our resolutions through the end of January, and our odds of sticking to our resolutions only get worse from there. According to the same study, resolutions often … [Read more...]
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: Park City woman seeks to ascend Seven Second Summits
In 2018, Jennifer Drummond had a life-changing accident. While driving from Heber City to her home in Park City, she was hit by a semi. Her car rolled three times and landed upside down in the median. She remembers seeing a man running toward her and asking if she was okay. Her first thought was to ask about anyone else involved in the accident. The man told her that she was … [Read more...]
Do We Need to Ruin Local Economy to Support “Indigenous Renewal”?
We don’t need to ruin the area’s local economy under the guise of a sanctimonious indigenous renewal, which will only result in providing the federal government greater powers in landlordship. There is a better alternative than locking up land under greater federal control for improving the land’s viability both economically and environmentally. A major part of this idea … [Read more...]
What are those Take-a-Book Leave-a-Book Boxes You’ve been seeing in Sugar House all about?
In our wonderful, whimsical, walkable Sugar House, among my favorite things to discover are the take-a-book leave-a-book boxes known as Little Free Libraries. These are small, sidewalk adjacent book houses eagerly waiting to share their contents with a passerby. They may be simple or elaborate, small or roomy, no-nonsense or fanciful. They may reflect the personality of their … [Read more...]
Hidden Utah
It’s more fitting than ever that our annual “Hidden” issue is delivered when a sinister, hidden threat has gripped our country, leaving our leaders and the media scared and irrational. In our ensuing panic it is now estimated by the New York Times that as many as 40% of our nation’s small businesses could close this year. It’s becoming increasingly clear that the real threat … [Read more...]
Sewing for Lives: 11,000 volunteers are sewing mask covers
“I was just thinking to myself that it’s crazy that we’re in a position where we may not have the necessary ‘personal protective equipment,’ (PPE)” says Megan Jansen, Registered Nurse at Salt Lake Regional Hospital and founder of Sewing for Lives, “How are we going to protect our patients if we can’t even protect ourselves?” Wanting to help her healthcare family during this … [Read more...]