Carolyn Campbell

Rising to the Occasion

Salt Lake bakers may have been battered by COVID, but they're still rolling in dough.

• By Carolyn Campbell and Aimee L. Cook
The pandemic gave most of us the chance to renew our relationship with two things: our kitchens and our liquor cabinets.
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Pride Issue 2021

• By Jerre Wroble, River Coello, Sam Stecklow, Carolyn Campbell, and Babs Delay
No matter where you get your Pride on, the sight of seeing so many effervescent souls converging in varying stages of dress and undress is indescribably powerful. That ribald "rainbow spirit" is outrageous, playful and proud.
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Join the Party!

Launching a food business in the midst of a pandemic isn't optimal, but these owners took it in stride.

• By Carolyn Campbell, Aimee L. Cook, and Jerre Wroble
It's never easy to launch a new food business. You need a hip location, stylish furnishings and dinnerware, a well-equipped kitchen, a dynamite menu, a skilled staff. You need money—lots and lots of money—and advertising and influencers on social media.
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Fork it! Let's Eat! Part 1

With shots in arms and mask mandates ending, Utahns are ready to 'devour' the local food scene.

• By Aimee L. Cook and Carolyn Campbell
Business owners found themselves wearing multiple hats and inventing new ways to keep their dreams alive.
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Meals Out of Misfortune Part 2

The Year 2020 has delivered some one-two punches to local chefs, but they're rising to the occasion.

• By Alex Springer, Rebecca Ory Hernandez, Aimee L. Cook, and Carolyn Campbell
A pandemic, earthquake, ongoing protests and a windstorm with hurricane-force winds have been visited upon our fair city—and we're only three-quarters of the way through!
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Happily Ever Never

Gay is A-OK, so why do some LGBTQ Utahns choose to be unhappily married to the opposite sex?

• By Carolyn Campbell
"It's psychologically and emotionally devastating not just to the LGBTQ partners, but to the straight partners as well. For all those reasons, I wouldn't wish a mixed-orientation marriage on my worst enemy," expert John Dehlin says.
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DNA Detections

How 3 individuals experienced big reveals through genetic genealogy.

• By Carolyn Campbell
"DNA testing can open up new genealogical lines to research, increase the depth of your heritage, and bring great joy through new connections to cousins near and far."
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A Rainbow Revolt

Current and former LGBTQ Mormons reflect on the LDS church’s exclusion policy—and its sudden reversal.

• By Carolyn Campbell
Now reversed following "continuing revelation," this is the story of a group of people still affected by it.
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Pride Issue 2018

• By Enrique Limón, Carolyn Campbell, Sarah Arnoff, Rich Kane, and Nick McGregor
The most fabulous issue of the year is here.
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Adultery, Fraud and the “Great Tortilla Caper”

Inside the life of a Utah private eye.

• By Carolyn Campbell
The girl didn't want to be found.
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