POSTED // Aug 17,2012 - Wine geeks like to play the wine-and-food matching game. That’s where a specific wine or wine varietal (aka grape) teams up with a particular dish in the hope that each will bring out the best qualities of the other.

POSTED // Aug 14,2012 - I think it goes without saying that if I could drink Lafite Rothschild Bordeaux or the brilliant Burgundies from Romanée-Conti on a regular basis, I surely would.

POSTED // Aug 13,2012 - The next SLC POP dinner takes place on Saturday, Aug. 25, at the state-of-the-art Ferguson Kitchen Showroom at 7 p.m.

POSTED // Aug 10,2012 - Deer Valley and the word “posh” are nearly synonymous. At Deer Valley Resort, it’s first-class all the way; they simply don’t know how to put anything other than their best foot forward.

POSTED // Aug 7,2012 - Aug. 2 was International IPA Day, and there were celebrations of India Pale Ale from Salt Lake City to Timbuktu.

POSTED // Aug 6,2012 - A new restaurant called Flora Restaurant at the Boulevard has opened in Holladay, in the space that was home to one of my favorite local restaurants, Boulevard.

POSTED // Aug 3,2012 - Brunch. I’m trying to recall when that word became a part of our culinary lexicon. I seem to remember it emerging sometime in the early-to-mid 1980s, when glossy spreads about brunch began appearing in Gourmet, Bon Appetit and other food publications.

POSTED // Jul 31,2012 - During multiple tastings and seminars at July’s Park City Food & Wine Classic, I discovered a number of new wines destined to become my wine BFFs, and was also reminded of some of my all-time faves—wines that never fail to win me over, and over and over.

POSTED // Jul 30,2012 - Squatters is celebrating International IPA Day with a special dinner and launch of a limited-edition Squatters India Pale Ale at Bombay House, on Thursday, Aug. 2, at 6:30 p.m.

POSTED // Jul 27,2012 - During a recent getaway to Heber Valley, I discovered a number of really outstanding restaurants in Midway and Heber City.