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The second half of the Foodie Tour led by Lindsey in Salt Lake City was a stop at Tony Caputo’s Market & Deli. Tony Caputo’s store {let’s call it TC from now on} is divided in half: on one side, you have fine cheeses, cured meats, chocolates, olive oils, imported products and freshly baked breads that infuse the store with deliciousness. On the other side, the deli offers some of the best sandwiches the city has to offer (I can attest to that – the Muffaletta {salami, ham, mortadella, cheese and spicy olive salad on a ciabatta roll} I had was finger-licking good!). And in the middle of all that, there’s a small open space where the store hosts local farmers and artisans to allow them to sell their products during the winter months.
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Continue reading On Cheese, Cured Meats and Chocolate: A Foodie Tour of Salt Lake City {Part 2 of 2}
One of the great things about the Altitude Design Summit, which I attended recently in Salt Lake City, was that it featured activities suited for a wide range of interests, including food. Yay for me! Of course, I signed on to anything remotely food-related in an effort to fulfill the foodie as much as the designer side of me while attending the conference.
On the last day of Alt, a Foodie Tour was going to be led by food blogger Lindsey Johnson (of Café Johnsonia). I was very eager to discover what gourmandises Salt Lake City had to offer because, as the tour’s description put it, one wouldn’t necessarily picture SLC as a foodie paradise. Lindsey was also hosting a dinner on the night immediately before the conference started. Together with Jennifer Hoiyin (of Delightful Delicacies), they took on the formidable challenge of cooking dinner for 16 strangers at SLC’s Viking
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Just saying the word “Nantucket” makes me dreamy. I’m not sure why I’ve been infatuated with this little East coast island for so long; I can’t remember how or where I first heard of it, and I can’t remember anyone talking to me about this place. It seems to me that I’ve been in love with Nantucket since my teenage years, so I can’t really explain why it took me so long to visit.
Stopping by Nantucket on our way from Rhode Island to Cape Cod was the best move of our entire road trip. The only problem was that we didn’t stay long enough! Still, because the island is so small and it’s so easy to bicycle around it, we left with a sense that we had come to know the place well and with a deep longing to return for a week, at least.
As soon as we set foot
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As we left for our summer vacation on the East Coast, we planned on making the most of the sea’s bounty. It’s no secret that New England has some of the best seafood and fish the US has to offer, most of which we can only enjoy defrosted at home. We couldn’t pass up the opportunity of enjoying some of our favorite foods, fresh as we rarely get to enjoy them.
We started our trip in Providence, Rhode Island. I enlisted the help of two friends, Karen and David, residents of the area, to recommend great restaurants, markets and gourmet shops to visit. David’s expertise is evident through his blog, Eat Drink RI, which chronicles the state’s food news and events as well as the restaurant and bar scene. Karen, a food blogger and recipe developer, treated us to tons of suggestions for Rhode Island and Cape Cod as well.
An 8-hour
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Last Thursday was Montreal’s third Dîner en blanc (Dinner in White), and it was the first time I had attended this impressive event. A couple of months ago, friends from Montreal invited E and me to take part in Le Dîner, and we accepted quickly, thinking it looked fun and a great excuse to dress up. A tradition started about 20 years ago in Paris, it’s a huge outdoor picnic held in a public (and picturesque) place in the city where thousands of people, dressed in white from head to toe, gather to eat, drink and be merry. Every year, the exact location of the event is kept secret until the very last minute, and the responsibility of gathering everyone at the same spot in an orderly manner falls into the hands of a hundred volunteers who have been trained and kept in the loop by the Dîner’s management.
Sounds fun?
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