Eat & Drink

NOT my recipe, but a Valentine from Leslie Nielson

Many years ago, Lesli Neilson was a food editor at Salt Lake Tribune and she edited my restaurant reviews. We had a lot of fun (the things we said were more amusing...

The Pig and I: Hands-on Butchering at Beltex Meats

Two hundred and thirty-eight pounds of dead pig lies on the table in front of me. Fortunately, not far away, is a table set with delicious rillettes, sausage, pate and salumi (also dead...

Mary's Recipe: Asparagus Tips

Daffodils and asparagus—sure signs that winter is on its way out. Some prefer thick spears, some prefer thin—we like both, and white asparagus, too. Because asparagus is one of the few vegetables that...

Wine, Theater and Food…WTF!

2016 may be in its infancy, but that didn't stop Sweet Beast Dance Circus from proclaiming their impending celebration, WTF!, "one of the Beast parties of the year." But with wine, theater...

Chef Houman Gohary takes on Bobby Flay

Mark your calendars foodies, Park City's Chef Houman Gohary will grace TV screens around the nation on Dec. 17, when he appears on the Food Network's "Beat Bobby Flay." Before he will be...

The Wine Guy Fires Back

Following the release a one-page summary of an intensive review of the DABC by the governor's office, former agency wine-buyer Brett Clifford had some things to say. And he said them directly...

First Taste: Franck's Angel

 One of the first truly impressive new restaurants I ate at in Salt Lake City when I first moved here was Franck's. I loved everything about it except the closed-circuit TV screens...

Restaurant Group Begins Push

Coinciding (coincidentally, I'm sure)  with the Governor’s Office’s report on DABC, the Salt Lake Area Restaurant Association alerted its members to lobby for liquor law changes in upcoming legislative session coming at...