Food Trends 2015
J. Walter Thompson, the world’s best-known marketing communications brand, has been pioneering ideas for the past 150 years. To celebrate JWT’s 150thanniversary, JWT …
Favorite Restaurant Soups
Many people have favorite restaurant soups. I wrote about some of them in the Standard-Examiner’s Dining guide. A lot of restaurants are known for …
Mandarin Restaurant Uses 5,000 Pounds of Local Produce
In just 14 weeks, Mandarin Restaurant has used 5,000 pounds of local produce from Bangerter and Son’s gardens in Bountiful, Utah. What’s …
North Ogden Gets Cafe Rio
Cafe Rio Mexican Grill is opening a location at 2629 North 400 East in North Ogden on August 6. This is the Utah chain’s …
Quinoa Tabbouleh
Quinoa is in right now, although there are people who wish it would go away. In my last Standard-Examiner column I shared …
The Six-Week Triathlon Challenge
In the past four months, I’ve done two triathlons. Sounds pretty good, except that each took me five weeks to complete. In …
Clearfield Job Corps Culinary Arts Program
Last week I got to visit with students in the Clearfield Job Corps’ culinary arts program. The administration hosts a quarterly …
Mimi’s Cafe Closing in Layton
On Saturday, my husband’s siblings and their spouses had their annual lunch at Mimi’s Cafe in Layton. We were stunned when our …
Moroccan Madness Pizza
The General Mills test kitchens do a lot of recipe development based on consumer demographics. During the Pillsbury Bake-Off last November, the …
Food Trends To Forget in 2014
Food writers usually predict food trends in January. But in this week’s Standard-Examiner column, I listed food trends I wish would go …