Whenever I make a caramelized component for cooking or for candy, I try not to stir it. So I put all the ingredients except the nuts into a heavy sauce pan and set it on medium heat and just let it roll. I use half margarine and half butter. If you follow all the other measurements and use a candy thermometer it nearly always succeeds. Nevertheless, every once in a while toffee does not set up as it should and I guess there’s nothing you can do about this. All candy makers I’ve talked to agree that toffee is tricky! Here’s how I do it:

Friday night I had a very delicious dinner at Dojo close to downtown Salt Lake City. Dojo is at 423 W. 300 South, near the old Rio Grande train depot. I scolded the owners—only a friendly scold—regarding the hidden signage.

Just one word sums it up — wow! For nearly two years now I’ve driven past Nuch’s Pizzeria & Restaurant on my way to work. Sort of hidden, at the top of 2300 East in Millcreek, Nuch’s exterior belies what’s going on inside. One thing I noticed right away was the sumptuous aroma...

Last Wednesday night I went to dine at ZY restaurant in downtown Salt Lake City. This was a very special evening because my dining partner was my friend and former roommate Lee Williams. In the early 1980s we shared a very cool bachelor pad high above the city on De Soto Street on Capitol...

Perched on a hill in Draper, with Cactus and Tropicals right next door, Vuz is a very impressive installation – similar, if not equal, in beauty to the glitzy bars and restaurants in the new hotels in Deer Valley and Park City. As you walk through this cavernous space it seems that no expense has be spared. Everywhere you look the creators of Vuz have detailed and customized the decor including the walls, floors, ceilings and a beautiful, round, open kitchen that is seen from every angle as are the expansive vistas of the Salt Lake Valley to the west. When I was able to shut my jaw again, I started really noticing what was going on.

By Rigo Summer has arrived and with it follows outdoor dinner parties. It’s time to enjoy all of the splendor that this season has to offer – plenty of sunshine, fresh and local ingredients to inspire us, as well as, refreshing drinks that will keep us spirited until after the sun has gone...

Driving up Emigration Canyon was such a trip into the past for me. When I was a little boy, my mother’s uncle Claude and aunt Mary had a cabin up there. It wasn’t the first time I checked out each little lane, wondering if that was the one we used to take to get to the small dwelling. I...

If you go to Tripadvisor.com and type in Salt Lake City, and then click on restaurants — the #1 place to eat is Meditrina.  Tucked away in a near-downtown neighborhood, Meditrina is housed in an old storefront sporting exposed brick walls and new flooring.  The ambiance,  packed with...