Food: Interviews & Features
![Tommy Nguyen & The Pearl: The Best of Growing Up](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BZD05627tommy-nguyen-the-pearl-1024x683.jpg)
Tommy Nguyen & The Pearl: The Best of Growing Up
With years of experience and hard work under his belt, Nguyen is now co-owner and head chef of one of SLC’s newest 21+ restaurants, The Pearl. … read more
![SLC Chow: Local, Plant-Based Meal Kits](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/405-ED-SLC-CHOW-9283-1024x731.jpg)
SLC Chow: Local, Plant-Based Meal Kits
After inspiration from her friends, Rachel Smith took the leap to create her meal-kit delivery service, SLC Chow, which uses local ingredients for vegan meals. … read more
![Vegan BBQ, Kurdish Catering and Charcuterie – Oh My!](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/405-Instagram-Chefs-WEB-1024x568.jpg)
Vegan BBQ, Kurdish Catering and Charcuterie – Oh My!
From charcuterie boards to vegan BBQ to home-cooked Kurdish food, Blatch’s Backyard BBQ, Naz Foodies and Harvest and Honey Co. offer the best of themselves. … read more
![Return to the Earth at The Kinlands](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/405-ED-THE-KINLANDS-9-1024x683.jpg)
Return to the Earth at The Kinlands
The Kinlands infuses intention into every stalk of corn, bed linen, animal encounter and workshop, cultivating a thoughtful relationship with the earth. … read more
![Free The Fridges: Salt Lake Community Fridges](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Rose-Park-Fridge-4-1024x678.jpg)
Free The Fridges: Salt Lake Community Fridges
Salt Lake Community Fridges, an offshoot of Salt Lake Mutual Aid, is one of many organizations helping address food insecurity and food-related systemic issues. … read more
![Vegan Daddy Meats: Salt Lake City’s First “Plant Butcher”](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG-3074-1024x767.jpg)
Vegan Daddy Meats: Salt Lake City’s First “Plant Butcher”
With over 16 different products for take-out or make at home, Vegan Daddy Meats is providing an experience to non-meat eaters that they may have been missing. … read more
![Woodbine Food Hall & Rooftop Bar](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/405-ED-WOODBINE-FOOD-HALL0522-1024x681.jpg)
Woodbine Food Hall & Rooftop Bar
The brand new Woodbine Food Hall & Rooftop Bar lives adjacent to Salt Lake’s downtown, yet far enough away to give a quiet and quaint atmosphere. … read more
![Veggie Scraps: Composting with Earthie Crunchie](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-SLUG-ED-Earthie-Crunchie-BARKIPLE-300-7954-1024x683.jpg)
Veggie Scraps: Composting with Earthie Crunchie
Earthie Crunchie is a solution for the waste-conscious Salt Laker who wants to keep their food waste out of the landfill but doesn’t have space to compost it. … read more
![Prime Corn: Craft Lake City Craft Food](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/wendy-juarez-from-prime-corn-1-1024x683.webp)
Prime Corn: Craft Lake City Craft Food
Wendy Juarez pays homage to the colorful, Pre-Columbian diet of her ancestors through her creations of “Pre-Hispanic Vegetarian Food” at Prime Corn. … read more
![Petra’s Backstubchen: Craft Lake City Craft Food](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/petra-vigil-petras-backstubchen-1-1024x683.webp)
Petra’s Backstubchen: Craft Lake City Craft Food
Petra Vigil brings the “old world” to Utah with her many traditional and quintessential German-baked goods at Petra’s Backstubchen. … read more