How Ecosystems Feed Each Other: Wild Foraging for Invasive Plants

How Ecosystems Feed Each Other: Wild Foraging for Invasive Plants
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As a lead horticulturist at Red Butte Garden, Nielson designs and maintains about five acres of land, including the herb, medicinal and fragrance gardens. … read more

Utah Farm to Fork: Healthy Foods Foster a Healthy Community

Utah Farm to Fork: Healthy Foods Foster a Healthy Community
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This May, Utah Farm to Fork organized an event called “Raising the Steaks” to celebrate Utah-raised meats and the local schools that use them. … read more

Soufflés Aren’t Just French: Kumo Cafe’s Fluffy Pancakes

Soufflés Aren’t Just French: Kumo Cafe’s Fluffy Pancakes
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Founded in July 2023, Kumo serves specialty drinks with homemade chocolate sauces, creamers, crepe cakes and, the point of my mission, fluffy pancakes. … read more

Oquirrh Restaurant: Power Couple Cooking

Oquirrh Restaurant: Power Couple Cooking
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Nestled near the quiet part of South Temple, Oquirrh Restaurant has quickly become one of Salt Lake’s most beloved culinary hot spots. … read more

Mike Brown: My First Legal Beer!

Mike Brown: My First Legal Beer!
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I can’t remember what brand—surely something cheap. Then I went to some girl’s house and drank my first legal beer! The end.  … read more

Rape Recovery Center: Celebrating 50 Years of Healing and Community

Rape Recovery Center: Celebrating 50 Years of Healing and Community
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In just the last year, the Rape Recovery Center has provided service to over 2,000 survivors and victims, 575 hotline callers and 1.6 million people via outreach.  … read more

Lessons in Mixology and Alcohol History: Alexi Fisher’s Cocktail Collective

Lessons in Mixology and Alcohol History: Alexi Fisher’s Cocktail Collective
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Fisher wants the act of making a cocktail to feel accessible, hoping that attendees will leave with “an appreciation for the history behind this industry,” … read more

Slinging Booch at HK Brewing Collective

Slinging Booch at HK Brewing Collective
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HKBC have crafted a hybrid social space where patrons can enjoy kombucha, local beers and finely-crafted kombucha cocktails. … read more

Snow Photo Feature: Andrew Kooyman

Snow Photo Feature: Andrew Kooyman
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Andrew Kooyman, a lifelong SLC local and professional photographer, finds himself on the other side of the lens while skiing at Brighton Resort. … read more

Beer Choir Great Salt Lake: Where You’ll Never Drink (Or Sing) Alone

Beer Choir Great Salt Lake: Where You’ll Never Drink (Or...
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They don’t even have to drink beer, “but just know that we’re gonna sing a lot about it,” Keeton laughs. … read more

Local Beer Reviews

Local Beer Reviews
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SLUG is back again with a hybrid Brewstillery beer-and-spirits issue, and it wouldn’t be a boozy issue without some local beer reviews. … read more

Beer is for Queers: The LGBTQ+ Brewers of SaltFire Brewing Co.

Beer is for Queers: The LGBTQ+ Brewers of SaltFire Brewing...
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For Jae Vanderwerf and Tanya Sapula, the title of “master brewer” was not one they ever imagined holding. … read more