As a longtime restaurant critic, the question I get asked the most is, of course, “What’s your favorite restaurant?” And that’s always a tough question to answer because on any given night, my favorite restaurant might be a pizza joint because I’m craving pizza. Or maybe a great Middle Eastern eatery because I’m in the mood for falafel. At other times, I want all the bells and … [Read more...]
Diet Trends
The eighties and nineties were the "fad diet" decades; a time when dieters would alternately graze among grapefruit only, carrots only, high-carbs and high-Protein. Older Diet Trends told us that a low-fat, high-carb diet would keep us healthy. We later learned that the Food Guide Pyramid was rigged and was actually a recipe for heart disease and diabetes. We … [Read more...]
Eat Here Now: Five Outstanding Restaurants to Visit before They Explode
My stepsons and their friends recently waited an hour on a Saturday evening to be seated at the Red Iguana. Don’t get me wrong, like everybody else, I love Red Iguana. But I’ll be damned if I’ll wait an hour for a table anywhere. Not gonna happen. If, like me, you have a lot of hunger but very little patience, here are five outstanding restaurants that could explode any day. … [Read more...]
Five Utah Foodie Instagrammers Crushing It
Instagram, if you haven’t heard, happens to be the leading social media platform for people under 35 living in the United States. Unlike Facebook, it’s not very demanding of your time or your money (as a business). “Young, hip people use Instagram, old people use Facebook.” I often hear. Instagram is very simple. It’a made to work well from as smartphone app, and it’s designed … [Read more...]