The Definition of Delicious

An A-to-Z local-dining dictionary of fanciful techniques and ingredients

POSTED // Oct 24,2012 - Cookbooks, food writing and restaurant menus are filled with culinary terms that may or may not be familiar to the reader.

Our Lips Aren't Sealed

A guide to the secret menus of SLC

POSTED // Oct 24,2012 - Boredom. You’ve eaten everything. There’s no food in the house, and you’ve been to every restaurant Salt Lake City has to offer. Maybe you’ll have to eat your hand.

Putting on the Ritz

Where Salt Lake City's notables take their friends to eat.

POSTED // Oct 24,2012 - Salt Lakers are not easily satisfied. Even with all our amenities, awe-inspiring mountains and low crime stats, we can’t help but complain.

Got Reservations?

Expand your palate with an order of another country's comfort food

POSTED // Oct 24,2012 - Comfort food: meatloaf, pizza, chicken potpie, macaroni & cheese, right? These are a handful of instantly recognizable comfort classics, American style.

My Short-Lived Life as a Competitive Eater

POSTED // Oct 24,2012 - Having a superhuman appetite, I’ve long clung to the illusion I could make it as a competitive eater.

A Chef's Toolbelt

Local chef Dave Jones divulges the 10 gadgets you must have to be great in the kitchen

POSTED // Oct 24,2012 - Dave Jones is both a chef and partner at Log Haven Restaurant, an iconic log mansion in Millcreek Canyon and one of the most romantic restaurant settings in Utah.

In an "Old-Standby" Rut?

POSTED // Oct 24,2012 - When friends come to town, it’s an opportunity for me to check out newer eateries I’ve been hearing about. For a taste of Spanish wine and cuisine in a modern setting, I’m trying out Finca (1291 S. 1100 East, Salt Lake City

Buying Local For Dummies

Where to find Utah-grown/made products in your hood.

POSTED // Oct 24,2012 - It’s easy—but inaccurate—to equate buying local with going on a scavenger hunt: navigate through this farmers market, drive to this butcher shop for that meat, stop at this deli for that cheese, go online for this hummus.

Dining Guide 2011

The tops and the Chopped

POSTED // Oct 12,2011 - Sit back, and prepare to be tantalized. We recommend reading this year's Dining Guide on an empty stomach.

Eating through the Alphabet

POSTED // Oct 12,2011 - Our main food man, Ted Scheffler, takes us on an A-to-Z trip through 26 amazing Utah restaurant dishes, one for each letter of the alphabet.