Chef Aaron “Joe” Hicks has an arsenal of nicknames he doles out to customers. This became clear during our visit to Joe’s Café in Orem last Friday afternoon. The restaurateur isn’t lacking in charm, and he kept a packed restaurant satisfied with a slew of one-liners, and nicknames like ...

What’s the greatest thing since sliced bread?Cookie dough. God bless the woman (Ruth Wakefield) who invented the American chocolate chip cookie, because then our childhoods — and adult lives — were graced with spoonfuls of dough before baking. This is assuming the oven gets utilized.The ...

I’ve contemplated far too frequently lately what my favorite food really is, fluctuating regularly between pizza, mozzarella sticks and cheeseburgers (yes, I know I’m classless).Though I have a strong appreciation for other, more glamorous types of food, I like my favorites to be easily ...

In our opinion, you should just make pecan pie, but hey, see for yourself.

Are you as traditional as pumpkin pie or zesty like cranberry sauce?

There’s a particular kind of awkward experience I’m sure we’ve all had: asking someone if they’re new here, only to find out they’ve been around <em>way</em> longer than you have.That’s where I found myself last week while visiting Sweet’s Hawaiian ...