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Utah State Fair Cooking Contests

Cooking for cash; baking for bucks — the contests at the Utah State Fair can earn you up to $300 in prize …

On last night’s season finale for “The Next Food Network Star,” Bobby Flay confirmed what contestant Viet Pham suspected enough to ask …

Summertime, and the grilling is easy… at least for Howard Taylor of Kaysville, who is known as a grill master around his …

Often people want to know how I became a food editor. My recipe for the job contains some fairly eclectic ingredients and …

To fight hunger in Utah, over 50 of Utah’s top chefs, restaurants and bakers will gather on Sunday, August 4, 2013 at Solitude Mountain …

Zucchini & Bacon Soup photo by Valerie Phillips Last week, I picked my first zucchini of the summer, and I used it …

Slow cooking is great for summer. Photo by Valerie Phillips Most people think of using Crock-Pots in the winter when it’s cold. …

What Northern Utah restaurants have great patios? During June and July (of 2013), I worked on a story for the Standard-Examiner about …

Orange Leaf is finally back in business. The Station Park development announced that the self-serve frozen yogurt chain has opened just went …

Over the past 20 years that I’ve been covering the Utah food world, I’ve found that it’s very well-connected, with chefs, restaurateurs, …