Archive for the 'Cuisine' Category
Updates on Selective Echo posts: foie gras, Archuleta, and JP Jespersen
0 Comments Published by Professor Les May 15th, 2008 in Current Events, Salt Lake City, Fine Art, Photography, Pop Culture, Cuisine.Foie gras
Back in March, I criticized campaigns by so-called animal welfare activists to ban foie gras, the great goose and duck liver delicacy found in many fine restaurants and shops. Yesterday, the Chicago City Council, bolstered by Mayor Richard M. Daley’s comments that this was the silliest ordinance, repealed the ban on foie gras for […]
Adventuresome cuisine will be prominent at Living Traditions Festival
0 Comments Published by Professor Les May 14th, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Community Dialogue, Current Events, Cuisine.Twenty food vendors and a demonstration kitchen representing some of the more adventuresome cuisine of the world will be among the highlights of the Living Traditions Festival which runs for three days beginning Friday. The festival, which also features craftspeople, musicians, and dancers, is a major public event, being presented for the 23rd consecutive year […]
Spring Dine O’ Round will feature 33 restaurants, contest for The Police concert tickets
0 Comments Published by Professor Les April 25th, 2008 in Current Events, Business News, Cuisine.Thirty-three downtown restaurants and a contest for a pair of tickets to The Police’s July 19 concert at the Usana Amphitheater highlight the second annual Spring Dine O’ Round event. Participating restaurants will offer two-course lunch deals at $10 and three-course dinners at $15 or $30 from May 2 to May 17. The event is […]
An optimistic projection for a downtown public market district
0 Comments Published by Professor Les April 23rd, 2008 in Community Dialogue, Current Events, Business News, Cuisine.Salt Lake City planners can capitalize on existing factors and create a year-round public market that builds upon the success of the Downtown Farmer’s Market, creates a synergistic relationship with nearby businesses, and effectively augments the customer base for market vendors. And, following a district concept can lead to a market that successfully blends fresh […]
Utah Slow Food Convivium nominates Creminelli to represent at Slow Food Nation
0 Comments Published by Professor Les April 18th, 2008 in Business News, Cuisine, Uncategorized.Cristiano Creminelli, who has helped Tony Caputo’s Market and Deli establish a hugely successful salumificio where Italian salami, sausages, and other pork meats are handcrafted on site, has been nominated by the Utah Slow Food Convivium to be its representative artisan at the first-ever Slow Food Nation festival on Labor Day weekend in San Francisco.
Creminelli […]
With corn prices at a record high, it’s the perfect time to see ‘King Corn’
0 Comments Published by Professor Les April 10th, 2008 in Community Dialogue, Current Events, Pop Culture, Cuisine.It’s certainly a good time to be screening King Corn, the 2007 documentary which will be the opening program in the Food and Water series sponsored by the Salt Lake City Film Center, the City Library and KUED-TV. The free, public screening will be held Tuesday, April 15, at 7 p.m. in the City Library […]
