One of my favorite regional dishes is a comfort food popular in southern Ohio called Cincinnati chili. It’s somewhat misnamed since it’s not really chili as we normally think of it. Cincinnati Chili is really pasta with chili. A specialty of the greater Cincinnati area, Cincinnati chili is beef chili made with a mix of atypical spices (compared to Texas chili) such as … [Read more...]
Craft Lake City DIY Festival
Slug Magazine is gearing up for an exciting 9th Annual Craft Lake City® DIY Festival® and they look forward to seeing you there! Mingle with local artisans, purchase hand crafted art, taste the food, listen to the hippest bands in town, sign up for a workshop, participate in a demonstration, play in the kids area, or unleash your inner scientist in the STEM … [Read more...]
A Millcreek Couple’s Modern Quest for Self-Sufficiency
Kristy McNealy laughs when asked if she thinks her lifestyle is revolutionary. “It doesn’t feel revolutionary,” she responds. “I just have this huge great lot and it feels wasteful to only use it to water grass.” Two years ago, Kristy and her husband, Rod, bought a 1950s-era Millcreek home on a half-acre lot. Included in the sale were the property’s water shares. Their … [Read more...]
Make Salt Lake – Makerspace
What do you do if you come up with the next big idea, but don’t have the tools to make your vision a reality? You can visit Make Salt Lake and use a warehouse full of tools to bring your new design to life. Make Salt Lake is a makerspace, a DIY environment where people can gather to create, invent and learn. According to Jesse Gomez, one of Make Salt Lake’s members, … [Read more...]