What happens when you take one culinary school-trained chef and add fifteen years of experience with a graduating thesis centered on smoking and barbecue?
You can find the answer at the newest of Bluff’s restaurants, Canyon Smokehouse. The chef is Jacob Nelson, born on the west coast, schooled on...
What exactly is comfort food? I’m not going to look up an official definition because I don’t believe there should be one.
Comfort food should be exactly what it’s called – food that brings comfort. That means something different to everyone. It can represent memories from childhood, learning to...
August first is known as the first of two harvests, this date chosen primarily for being between the summer solstice and autumn equinox. Lughnasadh, or Lughnasa, are the Gaelic names of this Middle Ages holiday celebrated in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man.
Named after the god Lugh, it was...
Microwaves, for home use, became popular from the 1970s to the 1980s. At that time, they were large, bulky, heavy, and cooking food properly was hit or miss. Nowadays, they seem to be a standard in every residential home, apartment, business office, and fast-food chains. They have become more...
Remember those Country Time Lemonade commercials from the 1990’s? The narrator’s baritone, overlaid upon soothing jazz music, enticing us to enjoy the simple pleasures.
“Summer...ahh...warm breezes blowing...laughter with friends...and ice-cold Country Time Lemonade...”
There is something about...
Welcome July! In Utah, there are two holidays that are celebrated with much revelry, food and fireworks.
July 4th starts out the month to celebrate the American colonies declaring independence from Mother England.
The end of month celebration is July 24th, Pioneer Day, which commemorates entry of...
By Roy Cokenour
with Notes by Mary Cokenour
As many are aware, my wife Mary writes a food column for our local paper, The San Juan Record; and also has her own food blog, Food Adventures of a Comfort Cook. She has often reviewed restaurants, other food related businesses, products and gadgets.
I...
Let’s play one of those “name this” games. Name a dessert made with rice... Bet your answer would immediately be rice pudding.
Most folks would also consider this dessert’s origin to be either the United Kingdom or America itself. That would make you lose points in my game, as we will be going...
This Little Piggy
By Mother Goose
“This little piggy went to market,
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
This little piggy had none.
This little piggy went ...Wee, wee, wee,
all the way home!”
However, my little piggies ended up inside bacon, crescent roll dough and...
Oatmeal has been, well as far as my life time is concerned, been advertised as one of the best foods to have for breakfast. On its own, oats are low in fat, high in protein and fiber; contain antioxidants that reduce inflammation, and relax arteries which means “heart healthy”. Oats are naturally...