Cummings Studio Chocolates and Hatch Family Chocolates reveal the fine art to fine taste. Smooth and subtle or dark and intense? Do these words describe a confection or a romantic encounter? There is a reason chocolate and love are intimately entwined. The complex chemistry of the cocoa plant mimics the neuro-transmitters the brain identifies with passion. Utah’s love … [Read more...]
Salt Lake Top Chefs Partner With Local Farmers
Utah and Idaho were once the largest sugar producers in the United States. As the global marketplace became increasingly efficient, Utah and Idaho Sugar (U&I) could no longer compete with imported C&H Sugar's much more efficient operations in Hawaii. (I had no clue of this fact, until I began doing research on why Sugar House was named such -which is an interesting … [Read more...]
Yes They Can!
You think canning is tough? Meet some master canners, who showed off their champion recipes at this year’s Utah State Fair. Canning is not a dying art. In fact, it is a universe of exciting flavors that cannot be store-bought. This was quite apparent at the Utah State Fair. Think currant jellies and pie fillings that would make grandma green with envy. Kristen Larson took … [Read more...]
4 Best Food And Beer Pairings in Salt Lake City
PBR goes great with pizza, everyone knows this. But do you know what goes even better with not just pizza but Este Pizza from Downtown or Sugar House? Uinta Brewing Company's Cutthroat Pale Ale. If you are still eating Dominos Pizza with PBR, its about time you upgrade. Sure there is a time and a place for Dominos and PBR, but only if you are cash strapped and under 25 … [Read more...]
Pondering Pizza: Vote for your Favorite Local Pizza
Our Go Local Guide is 100% user generated and features the best local businesses in the valley as decided by you. This week, we want to freshen up the results and choose a new pizza champion. Vote for your favorite below! Voting is now closed. We have a winner! With 42% of the vote, Este Pizza is our new champion. . … [Read more...]
Les Madeleines
“Real food made the old-fashioned way” by Aimee Stoddard If you’re squeamish about calories, fat, or carbs, Les Madeleines, a European-style bakery and café located at 216 E. 500 South, is likely not the place for you. “We sell extraneous calories; I want to make it count,” says owner and chef Romina Rasmussen. It might help to think of Les Madeleines as a … [Read more...]
Utah’s Best Food Blogs
Find out who operates the 10 hottest food blogs in Utah I have a theory that there must be a common gene in our pioneer pool making us more willing to share. Certainly, Pioneers used to share everything. Who doesn't have a Grandma sharing great recipes for funeral potatoes and special punch? Jump forward a couple of generations, and the old recipes on card … [Read more...]
The Fresh Mint Limeade Pro
SugarHouse SCENE by Heidi Grieser Among the many wondrous sensory experiences to be had at the Farmer’s Market, the brightest among them just might be the mint limeade stand. Owner, Hasen Cone has kept up with the growing demand for his drink by hiring 4 other people to help him with the purposefully labor intensive production. “I came up with what I think is the perfect … [Read more...]
Dough Girl Makes a Big Decision
After a flurry of national media coverage, the Dough Girl decides to make her life easier and change her name. Last month we reported on the plight of Tami Cromar, the local owner of My Dough Girl Cookies in Salt Lake City. Cromar was then embattled in a nasty lawsuit brought on by cookie goliath Pillsbury, who claims that she is violating their trademark of the word … [Read more...]
Big Ed’s Restaurant
Hole-in-the-Wall GREATNESS Big Ed's feels like home. The food is good, cheap, and it’s made with love. When Utah Stories visited Big Ed’s, Mom wasn’t in the greatest of moods, “What’s my story? My story is I get up every morning at 6, I come here and cook, I usually leave at 9. I go home and cook dinner for my husband, then I do it all over again the next day, six days a … [Read more...]