Posted // June 19,2013   This Friday, June 21st, the Sun & Moon Cafe, in Emigration Canyon, will celebrate the Summer Solstice with a wine-pairing party.

Posted // June 18,2013   Everyone has encountered old, mystery chocolate. Sometimes it’s leftover Halloween candy from three years ago. Sometimes it’s a hardly recognizable M&M found in an old coat pocket. And sometimes, as is the case with archaeologists in southern Utah, it’s over 1,300 years old and is found in a stash of ancient pottery.

Posted // June 17,2013   In Jamaica, you'll find folks selling grilled chicken at roadside stands all over the island. As with gumbo in Louisiana or cassoulet in France, there are as many different recipes as the people who make it.

Posted // June 13,2013   The Fifth Annual Snowbird Brewfest takes place this weekend on the Plaza Deck at Snowbird Center.

Posted // June 12,2013   There's a really enticing wine dinner taking place next Monday, June 17. It's at Franck's restaurant in Holladay.

Posted // June 10,2013   Because the only way to figure out which state is the best is by its beer, The New Yorker created an interactive map that breaks down all the breweries and how each state performs in different categories, like annual production, production growth and largest breweries. The results are pretty surprising.

Posted // June 10,2013   Recently, I've been on a bit of a Japanese cooking kick at home. When I posted my pork tonkatsu recipe last week, I mentioned living in Japan as a kid.

Posted // June 7,2013   It's interesting that Dunkin' Donuts chose National Donut Day (June 7, 2013) to introduce not a new donut, but its new Donut Bacon Breakfast Sandwich.

Posted // June 5,2013   The next time you pop into Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar to sample one of its 100 wines by the glass, or to select a bottle for dinner, you'll be aided by new technology.

Posted // June 3,2013   When I was a kid living in Japan, my family's housekeeper used to occasionally make tonkatsu: deep-fried pork cutlets drizzled with katsu sauce.

Posted // May 29,2013   There are few things I love more than Champagne, especial pink (Rose) Champagne; it's a style of bubbly I just can't get enough of.

Posted // May 27,2013   Here is a very easy recipe for roasted pork shoulder. It requires a minimal amount of prep time -- perfect for a Memorial Day meal, or any other time.

Posted // May 22,2013   Although France's Chateauneuf-du-Pape appellation is known primarily for its rich, luscious red wines, I'm a big fan of its lesser-known whites.

Posted // May 20,2013   Here is a really great pasta recipe for an easy springtime supper. It couldn't be any simpler, and the results are simply delicious.

Posted // May 15,2013   This Friday evening, May 17, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., La Caille will host a special wine-pairing dinner to celebrate spring. I can't think of a prettier place to do that.

Posted // May 13,2013   Last week, I posted a versatile, all-purpose duxelles recipe for the Monday Meal. This week, we'll put those duxelles to use with a tasty recipe for duxelles-stuffed chile peppers.

Posted // May 10,2013   Mother's Day is this Sunday, and there is an abundance of great restaurants to treat Mom to if you decide to dine out. You can see a list of a dozen places I think Mom would love by clicking here.

Posted // May 8,2013   Mark your social calendar for Friday, May 24. That's when Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar at The Gateway will host a wine dinner featuring Mulderbosch wines from South Africa.

Posted // May 6,2013   Duxelles actually isn't so much a "meal" but an essential component of certain meals. Duxelles is a rich mixture of chopped mushrooms sauteed in butter