Eat & Drink

I heard through the grapevine, or burgerline in this case, that Cooking Channel’s Cheap Eats is going to be visiting Cheddaburger on the afternoon of October 5.

The SLC food scene is famous again!

In case you need a burger refresher course, Cheddaburger started out as a food truck and added a bricks-and-mortar location.

Chef Nick Watts started driving the Chedda Truck in 2012 and his intention was always to push the boundaries of burgerdom. Sure enough, Cheddaburger is a rebel.

We like to think of burgers as “all-American,” like hot dogs and baseball and Happy Days but Cheddaburger is the bad boy of burgers.

 They serve “burgers with attitude.” The walls of the Portland-plain restaurant are covered in graffiti and the company website address is “cheddawasted.”  although he starts with a pure product: 100 percent Angus beef, no hormones, no antibiotics, no BS. 

Now the primo burgers are ready for prime time.

Note: This is only a rumor.

Cheddaburger, 26 E. 600 South, SLC, 602-865-97

Americans are known for doing too much of two things: working and eating fast food. If that troubles you – and it probably should – take a breather during this year’s “Feast of Five Senses” On Sunday, October 18, settle into a meal inspired by your childhood, revamped by chefs from across the valley. Beginning at 5 p.m., guests are invited to the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts for a “mindful meal.”

“A family table – a place where memories are made, bonds are strengthened, and communities are created over shared food,” is the theme and goal of this year’s event. Focusing on great food, while supporting a more sustainable method of obtaining ingredients, the feast celebrates the comfort of home-cooking for a brighter future.

Slow Food Utah is a national organization, with the goal to slow down our busy lives and focus on good, clean, and fair food. This means quality, sustainable means of farming and livestock practices, and compensating those who produce those ingredients fairly. Their Utah Chapter, centered in the state’s capital, hosts many events throughout the year to encourage people to make better and healthier food choices. According to their website, the organization was created “to counteract fast food and fast life.”

Proceeds from the event go toward their micro-grant program, to local farmers and to school and community gardens. The 12^th Annual event features chefs from Tin Angel Cafe, Provisions, Bon Appetit and many more.

The “Feast of Five Senses” is located at the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts on the Westminster College campus. Tickets are $125, plus a $25 wine pairing. For more information on the event, click here.

-Brieanna Olds

Our Operations Director (always capitalized, because he’s also the telephone repairman) at Salt Lake magazine is a beer lover. To the extent that if you ask him a random question, like, “Hey Damon, when are we running our Women in Business section?” he is likely to answer, “Beer.” “What time is the meeting?” “Beer.”

You get the picture. Today is his day. So of course we asked him what his favorite beers are, in case you want to follow his recommendation on this Day of Damon, National Drink Beer Day. Not to be confused with National Beer Day (April 7) or International Beer Day (April 5.)

I like the specificity of the verb in today’s celebration. So does Damon.

Here are Damon’s local favorites, in no particular order. I asked Damon to comment on each one, but he just said, “Beer.”

1. Bohemian – Viennese
2. Bohemian – Cherny Bock
3. Red Rock – Secale
4. Roosters – Honey Wheat
5. Squatters – Chasing Tail
6. Epic – Cross Fever

Cheers to beer.

Hey, it’s the autumnal equinox, the first official day of fall. A nip in the air, a bite of an apple.

Maybe I read too much Robert Frost at an impressionable age, but the fruit and the season are linked in my brain. The only thing is, I am hardly ever inclined to eat a whole apple out of hand. It’s not that we’re confined to Granny Smith and Red Delicious anymore—you can choose from an ever-expanding menu of apple varieties, from heirloom to recently hybridized. But like so many foods in America, most apples have gotten too large. You can’t really commit to an apple the size of a grapefruit either. I was afraid I was done with apple-eating now.

So I was pleased to receive a gift of apples called Lil Snappers this week—apples grown to be right size for a snack or a child’s lunch sack. An apple you can eat right down to the core.

Is this the beginning of right-sizing American food? Probably not. But it made my day.