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No phone calls please. CATALYST is proud to be a part of these fine civic efforts: Millcreek Wellness Blue 1550 East 3300 South Skies www.millcreekwellness.com INITIATIVE 4 Kent Christensen ON THE COVER “Jutland” Jutland, 2008 over a nation whose appetite for sugar is Your Sanctuary In The City Oil on linen never sated. 36 x 36 in / 92 x 92 cm Christensen’s paintings examine person- Q Courtesy of Eleven Fine Art. al, emotional and psychological associa- NNEW SSTONES www.elevenfineart.com tions with food, as well as re-contextual- ize the power of food imagery in art AND CCRYSTALS ent Christensen’s oil paintings of through the ages. The subjects have sweets and other culinary delights been arranged in specific ways that ref- Kinvestigate cultural and erence modern and classical personal associations with art. Jutland (2007) associates food, as well as the tradition of traditional landscape with an still-life painting. Christensen oversized icecream, creating was born to a Mormon family an atmosphere strongly remi- that adhered to strict prohibi- niscent of surrealist René tions against such vices as Magritte’s works. Likewise, smoking and drinking. In their Green Jell-O (2006) brings to place, Mormons often indulge mind minimalist sculpture à la in sugar – an indulgence so Donald Judd. Personal and zealous that the artist argues spiritual icons are sometimes that sugar is “Mormon heroin”. included or hidden in the pic- Christensen’s paintings function as both tures, creating food totems that evoke a celebration and satire of this “Mormon sense of ritual and intimacy. u folly” for sweets. 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Artist/biologist/gardener Fred AMY BRUNVAND Montague offers solutions to Honoring the art of Utah’s invisible some of our most troubling communities—thanks to the federal environmental problems—in stimulus package, Utah’s 33-year- the form of a gardening book. old Folk Arts Program endures. 14 WORMS IN THE CLOSET MIRIAM CARD 22 THE ALCHEMICAL KITCHEN A quick and easy guide to ver- REBECCA BRENNER miculture—the art of getting Pick a pickle: Vinegar preserves worms to take care of your more than just surplus cucumbers. kitchen compost. 26 CATALYST CAFE: CHEF PROFILE 18 GREEN BEAT EMILY MOROZ PAX RASMUSSEN Cake and quiche without compro- Casual carpools, rebate mise: roasting mainstay Salt Lake roundup, riding the rails, car- Roasting Company is more than bon countdown and more. just coffee. 24 AGAINST THE GRAIN MIRIAM CARD 29 CATALYST CALENDAR OF EVENTS A local storeowner has her fin- DANA IGO, EMILY MOROZ gers in a lot of pies...gluten-free 33 OBSTACLE OR EXCUSE? pies! 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