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Aug 30
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Handle’s Buffalo Cauliflower Recipe

By Eat & Drink

Named one of “Utah’s 25 Best Restaurants” by Salt Lake magazine, Handle features American cuisine with a modern twist. The chef, Briar Handly, is known for his unique take on fried chicken, but has much more for diners to explore on his menu. Selections ranging from French beignets to locally-sourced trout dot the menu with bold, complex flavor. Having been featured in the New York Times, Yahoo! Travel, and the 2014 Forbes Travel Guide, Handle is one of Park City’s shining stars that you do not want to miss. And now, you can have a little taste of the magic at home.

Handle’s Cauliflower in buffalo hot wing fashion with blue cheese

For the cauliflower:

  • 1 head Cauliflower, cut into bite sized pieces
  • 1 qt. buttermilk
  • 1 qt. Franks Red Hot Sauce

Mix the buttermilk and Franks Red Hot sauce in a bowl.

Cover the cauliflower with the buttermilk mixture.

For the dredge:

  • 2 qts AP flour
  • 1 cups Corn Starch
  • 1/4 cup kosher Salt
  • 1/4 cup garlic powder
  • 1/4 cup onion powder
  • 1 Tbsp dried thyme
  • 1 Tbsp cayenne pepper ground
  • 1/4 cup paprika

In a large bowl mix all the ingredients together with a wire whisk. In a fryer or large heavy bottomed sauce pan heat 2 qts of vegetable or canola oil to 350 degrees. Remove the cauliflower from the buttermilk brine and drain well. Place the cauliflower in a large bowl and toss to coat with the seasoned dredge. Shake any excess off with a strainer. Carefully drop into the hot oil and fry until crisp, about 2 minutes. Remove the cauliflower from the oil with a small sieve and transfer to paper towels. Season to taste with kosher salt.

For the Carrot & Celery Salad:

  • 10 ea baby mixed color heirloom carrots, cut or peeled thin. Tops picked and reserved
  • 1 head celery, cut or peeled thin. Lighter colored leaves picked and reserved
  • small bunch chives, cut into 1/2 inch strips
  • 1 head fennel, sliced thin. Fennel fronds or tops picked and reserved
  • 1/2 Cup basil, cilantro and chervil leaves picked and torn or roughly chopped

Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl and cover with ice cold water. Drain and spin dry in a salad spinner. Toss with a simple vinaigrette made with 2 parts lemon juice, 1 part simple syrup and 4 parts olive oil. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Franks Red Hot Vinaigrette:

  • 1 cup franks
  • 2 cups grape seed oil
  • 2 Tbsp dijon mustard
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
  • salt and pepper to taste

In a large bowl add the franks, apple cider vinegar, dijon and honey. Mix with a whisk. Slowly drizzle in the oil while whisking until emulsified. Season and adjust if needed.

Franks Red Hot Powder:

Pour 2 cups Franks onto a parchment lined sheet tray and dehydrate in a oven set to lowest setting overnight. When dry break up and buzz in a coffee grinder. Pass through a sieve and re-grind any pieces that need it.

ENJOY!

Or go visit Handle at 136 Heber Ave. in Park City, Utah.

-Brieanna Olds

Aug 29
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DABC: Remembering the Reign of Terror

By City Watch, Eat & Drink

Another former DABC employee has stepped forward to link a recent 3rd District Court verdict that Utah Commerce Director Francine Giani wrongfully fired her assistant and the decline of quality and service at the state’s Alcohol Beverage Department resulting from Giani’s brief reign of terror there.

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Gary K. Clark, who resigned in protest in 2015 as the downtown wine store’s assistant manager, wrote a letter to the Trib arguing Giani’s treatment of her assistant “pales in comparison” to her legacy at the DABC where she cut a third of the staff. Clark says:

“Draconian new policies resulted in continual product shortages and stores were denied the ability to control our orders. Store staffing was cut while sales continued to climb and customer service was no longer a priority.”

Giani does have her defenders, including many in the Legislature and the Governor’s Office. And, of course, her feud with disgraced former AG Mark Shurtleff may outweigh any heavy handedness at the DABC.

Clark hopes the court ruling ordering Giani and the state pay $250,000 will bring former DABC employees some sense of vindication. “But it won’t begin to repair the damage done.”

 

Aug 29
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Preview: Wilco at Red Butte

By Arts & Culture, Music

Hey, Salt Lake, Wilco loves you, baby. The band is returning to Red Butte Garden Tuesday night for a sold-out show.

Born from the ashes of alt-country heroes Uncle Tupelo in 1994, Wilco has developed a faithful fan base of loyal listeners hooked on Tweedy’s thoughtful—and when at their best, poetic—lyrics and the band’s masterful playing.

Probably best known for the 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, widely acclaimed and quickly rejected by Reprise Records, Wilco eventually released it for free online. It later became their best-selling album, and the entire process can be seen in the documentary I Am Trying To Break Your Heart. Yet in recent years, the band’s music has felt less inspired and more rote in both design and sound. Some have begun to dismiss the band as dad rock. It’s a fair assessment of their newer stuff, but an unfair dismissal of their pioneering early material.

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Last year Wilco played Red Butte and played their new album from the first track to the last before as much as introducing themselves to the crowd or playing a single fan favorite. This year they have a new album, the not-yet-released Wilco Schmilco, and set lists available online seem to indicate that they’ll be playing a few tunes from it, mixed with songs from last year’s Star Wars album and some old favorites. And, as has been the case with the last few Wilco shows in SLC, hard-core long-time fans will need to wait until the encore for their red meat.

Wilco is at Red Butte on Tuesday night. The doors open at 6, the music starts at 7. The show is sold out.

 

Aug 27
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Sundance Snubs Utah?

By Uncategorized

Every fall, Sundance Institute’s PR people fan out to meet with Wasatch Front media to renew the film fest’s vows of love for the state and ask how they can get locals more involved in the screenings.

This year they’ll likely be explaining recent hints from Sundance that it’s not delighted with its host state. The Legislature cut funding from the Sundance Film Festival from $1 million in 2016 to $500,000 for 2017. (The fest generates a gross domestic product of $72.5 million in Utah.)

Sean Means at SLTrib.com learned Sundance will no longer screen movies at Ogden’s historic Peery’s Egyptian Theater during the 2017  festival. (Salt Lake City theaters apparently will still host films and a secondary kick-off party.)

And, for what it’s worth, Sundance gave Entertainment Weekly the first look at the 2017 poster, inspired by a Pablo Picasso photography series. “The 2017 Sundance Film Festival design began with the idea of illumination, and the representation of film as painting with light,” according to the Sundance creators.

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The circles of light were DIYed, in part, with camping lights and rubber bands. So Utah.

The background, shot from the Sundance Resort in Provo Canyon, is a silhouette of Mt. Timpanogos, an admission that the festival is actually in Utah, which once a year is allowed to become a distant suburb of LA.

Park City’s ten days of cinema glory are Jan. 19-29, 2017.

Aug 26
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Mayor Biskupski to celebrate first harvest at community garden

By City Watch

Mayor Jackie Biscupski is set to commemorate the first harvest of the local Liberty Wells Community Garden on Tuesday, August 30. The site hosts 44 plots for gardeners, including four refugee families from Sudan and Bhutan. The program, “New Roots,” established by a partnership between Wasatch Community Gardens and the International Rescue Committee, helps refugee families settle into the Salt Lake Valley. The Liberty Wells Community Garden is just one of 13 garden sites that allows refugee families to honor agricultural traditions and feel at home in Utah.

“Liberty Wells neighbors, including some of our newest resident refugee families, have come together to share knowledge and friendship, which produced this beautiful and sustainable garden,” Mayor Biskupski said.

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The new garden is so popular that their 44 plots are full and they have a wait-list of 29 families.

“As a community health nurse, I’ve seen the positive health impacts of communities coming together to help one another,” said Britt Vanderhoof, who spends hours at the garden each week. “As much as I love the taste of food fresh from the garden, I have enjoyed even more seeing the community around the Liberty Wells Community Garden come together to help grow this amazing garden into what it is today.”

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Utah, due to its elevated climate, experiences harvest later than many other places around the nation. August is the perfect time of year to indulge in fresh and local peaches, blackberries, raspberries and melons.

The press conference will be held Tuesday, August 30th at 10 a.m. in the Liberty Wells Community Garden located at 1700 South 700 East. For more information please visit: www.slcgreen.com/communitygardens.

-Brieanna Olds

Aug 26
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UMOCA to host Object[ed]: Shaping Sculpture in Contemporary Art

By Arts & Culture

The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting a new exhibition, Object[ed]: Shaping Sculpture in Contemporary Art, with an opening reception being held August 26 at 7:00 p.m. The exhibition will run in UMOCA’s main gallery from August 26 to December 17 and features the work of six regional and international artists. Contrasting architecture and landscape with form and space, curator Rebecca Maksym works to redefine the viewer’s notion of three-dimensionality.

Prior to the opening reception, featured artist Leeza Meksin will be present for a walkthrough of her work in the exhibition. Beginning at 6:00 p.m., Meksin will present her work on the complexities of donning architecture in drag with work made specifically for UMOCA’s interior and exterior areas.

Other participating artists include Olga Balema, Caitlin Cherry, Lizze Määttälä, Tove Storch, and Gili Tal. As a whole, the exhibition hopes to expand ideas on objecthood, using altering materials, space and processes. Presenting linguistics derived from the orthodox medium of structure, traditional structure of culture, history and form will be challenged by new perspectives. Object[ed] is an exhibition in the dualities between production and consumption, objectivity and subjectivity, the exterior and interior.

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UMOCA also presents Andrew Rice’s (re)Structured, Berna Reale’s Singing in the Rain, and Cara Krebs’ solo exhibition, Sehnsucht.

Light refreshments will be provided, and beer and wine will be available for $5, and live entertainment will be present. Admission is a suggested $8 donation.

 

—Brieanna Olds