Cache Magazine

Craftsman’s work

Odell Bodrero spends his free time making knives, lamps, tables, tools

The Herald Journal

DECEMBER 16-22, 2011

CONTENTS

December 16-22, 2011

MUSIC

3 Bar J Wranglers perform two shows Saturday

THEATER

4 There’s one more week to see ‘12.25’

4 ‘White Christmas’ closes Saturday

MOVIES

7 ‘Sherlock Holmes’ gets three stars

MISC.

3 Ceramics classes begin in January

3 USU museum explores ancient Mayan beliefs

4 ‘Cats’ show rescheduled for April

COLUMN

10 Lael Gilbert shares gift ideas for the foodie you love

YOUR STUFF

11 See winter photos taken by three local women

BOOKS

13 See reviews and best sellers

CALENDAR

15 See what’s happening this week

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Photos by Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal

A hand-painted bar top tray and table made by local woodworker Odell Bodrero. On the cover: Bodrero is pictured with a few of his handcrafted knives.

FROM THE EDITOR

I

’m one of those people who takes pictures of her food. That’s normal, right?

I’m not talking about anything I cook because let’s face it, I eat cold cereal for breakfast every day and never know where the rest of my meals are going to come from.

But when I’m on vacation and I eat something famous like a steak and cheese sandwich from Pat’s in Philadelphia, or a cupcake from Magnolia Bakery in New York City, I’m going to document that. I also have pictures from Puka Dog in Kauai

and shakes and fries from In-N-Out before the franchise came to Utah.

There’s this place called Doughnut Plant in New York City where I took the picture above. That donut was filled with the tastiest, fluffiest coconut cream. So, I snapped this shot, developed it, and hung

it in my room for more than a year. It was supposed to remind me that life is sweet.

I do love food and love even more when memories are associated with it.

How often do we think of a vacation, event or party and stop to recall how good the chocolate cake was or how a hamburger was as big as someone’s face?

On page 10, Lael Gilbert offers advice for those shopping for foodies this Christmas. Her ideas range from gift cards to gadgets. She also recommends local products and merchandise, and suggests taking your foodie to a local restaurant. It’s perfect. If someone gives me something food-related this holiday season, I just may take a picture.

— Manette Newbold

Start the new year with session. Students in the adult classes at the Center! The class will choose what they Cache Valley Center for the most wish to create throughArts ceramics program will out the 10 weeks of classes. begin their winter classes Lab times are available. MinTuesday, Jan. 3. Classes are imum enrollment is six. offered for all ages and all All ceramic classes are skills. If you are looking held inside the Bullen Center for that special holiday gift, Ceramic Studio located at 43 consider giving that special S. Main in Logan. Children someone a CVCA gift cerand pre-teen/teen classes are tificate or a class enrollment. $71 for 5 weeks or $106 for Sign up for a 10-week class 10 weeks (includes $15 fee or register your child for a 5for 25 pounds of clay and firor 10-week session. For info ing). Adult classes are $151 or to register, visit CVCA for 10 weeks (includes $15 online at www.CacheArts.org. fee for 25 pounds of clay and Students ages 4 through firing). Ask about private les11 will learn about clay and sons or book a group ceramic create their own ceramic class at the Center. Call 435work using a variety of hand- 752-0026 for details. building techniques. All Registration is available students may try the potter’s online over the holidays, or wheel. Children younger than stop by the CVCA Ticket 5 must be accompanied by Office before heading to an adult. Students ages 10 class. The Ticket Office will through 19 will learn about be closed Saturday, Dec. 2, clay construction techniques through Jan. 2. On Jan. 3 the and choose what they most Ticket Office will be open wish to create with a strong from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. focus on wheel throwing.

Make all checks payable to The adult class is a 10-week CVCA.

– Lael Gilbert, page 10

PET OF THE WEEK

Available for adoption

Learn about Mayan beliefs at USU museum Learn about the lifestyle of ancient Maya through activities and displays at the next “Saturdays at the Museum” activity at Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Visitors can participate at various booths and learn about daily life in Mayan society. There are many activities planned. Visitors can learn to spell their names in Mayan hieroglyphs, learn about Mayan mathematics, play a Mayan

ball game called Pitz and taste Mayan Ka’Kau, one of the earliest forms of chocolate. Patrons will also learn about the famous Mayan calendar and how to read it, and will hear about the prophecy predicting the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012.

“It’s one thing to read about Mayan culture,” said Amanda Arthur, museum assistant. “But it brings a whole new understanding when you get hands-on experience, which is what we’re trying to achieve this

Saturday.”

Community members, as well as Utah State students, can visit the museum during its operating hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Funding for the Saturday events is provided by a grant from the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services. More information about the IMLS is available online at www. imls.gov.

The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the

USU campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, Room 252.

Admission is free. For Saturday activities, free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building.

For more information about this event, call museum staff at 435-797-7545 or visit the museum website, anthromuseum.usu.edu.

The Museum of Anthropology is part of the anthropology program at USU in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Pet: Tess From: Cache Humane Society Why she’s so lovable: Tess

is a sweet pup who was raised with cats and kids and likes both.

She is at the age where she is very energetic and craves direction and training. Tess has a sweet, gentle nature and requires a home filled with patience and lots of love. She is timid and nervous with strangers and new situations, but when she feels safe, she has a playful personality.

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, December 16, 2011

Ceramics classes about to begin

“An uninformed gift to a foodie spouse will lead to slightly embarrassing stories to your friends (and in the newspaper) for the next 10 years. So beware.”

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, December 16, 2011

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all mixed up Pickleville Playhouse’s “12.25” still in full swing This holiday season Pickleville Playhouse has been performing “12.25: A Merry Musical Comedy.” The show continues through Dec. 23 in the Eccles Conference Center in Logan. The play features the song/script/score writing talents of Cache Valley native T.J. Davis, and due to frequent off-the-cuff improv moments, every audience will experience a slightly different rendition of the show.

The play tells the story of Brandon Baxter who is in need of a miracle. With Christmas only a few hours away, Brandon struggles to explain to his young sons that Mr. Claus is lacking the means necessary to make his annual Christmas delivery.

“It’s OK, Dad,” 7-year-old Jack explains, “Santa doesn’t need money to buy toys. The elves make ‘em.”

After a tender heart-to-heart about the true meaning of Christmas, Brandon and the boys fall fast asleep. Suddenly Brandon awakens to find

Photo courtesy Bodie Brower

T.J. Davis performs in “12.25: A Merry Musical Comedy,” a play by local T.J. Davis.

his reality transformed into a magical new world where

holiday spirit abounds and Christmas dreams really can

come true.

The show offers sev-

eral original Christmas songs along with plenty traditional holiday favorites. Santa and his elves will also be available before and after each performance for children to visit with. A holiday buffet catered

by The Copper Mill is also available each night at 6.

This year’s talented cast includes Jordan Brown, Sharli King, Whitney Davis, Megan Bagley and T.J. Davis. The show is directed by Andrea Davis with choreography by Sharli King.

Purchase your tickets today at www.picklevilleplayhouse. com or by calling 435-7550968. Performances are at the Eccles Conference Center on campus at Utah State University in Logan. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. with doors opening at 7. Show-only ticket prices are $16 for adults and $12 for children 11 and younger.

Dinner and show prices are $32 and $21 respectively. Discounted pricing is available for company/office groups and parties of 25 people or more.

‘White Christmas’ closes Saturday ‘Cats’ rescheduled for April The last chances to see Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” are tonight at 7:30 and Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at The Old Barn Community Theatre.

In “White Christmas” Bob Wallace and Phil Davis are nightclub entertainers whose plans are altered when they meet singingsister act Betty and Judy.

The men follow the sisters to Vermont, only to discover the nearly-bankrupt lodge they were to perform at is owned by their former commanding general.

After discovering the general is in dire financial straits, the four entertainers secretly make plans to bail him out with a big musical show.

This heartwarming story, along with classic musical numbers such as “White Christmas,” is a perfect way to get into the holiday spirit.

For tickets visit www.oldbarn.org or call 435-458-BARN.

The Cache Valley Center for the Arts regrets to announce the national Broadway tour of “Cats” has been rescheduled to April 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. “Cats” was scheduled to perform twice in the Ellen Eccles Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 28, but has been forced to reschedule due to not filling other dates in the West in January.

The CVCA Ticket Office offered exchanges at no cost to current ticket holders through Thursday, Dec. 15. Sales have been reopened to the general public today. For refunds, please call the CVCA Ticket Office at 435-752-0026 or stop by the CVCA Ticket Office located at 43 S. Main St., Logan.

The Cache Valley Center for

the Arts presents 10 to 12 touring artists and companies each season.

Executive Director Wally Bloss said changes like this rarely happen, but it is one of the many risks presenters take when booking high-quality shows that may not otherwise come to Logan. Since the formation of CVCA, only one artist was forced to cancel.

“There have been a few other performances that have had to change their performance dates, but usually something works out.

We regret any inconvenience this may have caused,” said Bloss.

The CVCA Ticket Office is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, December 16, 2011

The Cache Valley Center for the Arts is proud to present the return of the Bar J Wranglers for their annual Christmas concert Saturday, Dec. 17, at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. This annual concert happens every year and is one of those events that will always sell out. If you have waited, there are only a few tickets left! Experience the spirit of the old west as the Bar J Wranglers take their holiday charm on the road.

Tickets for this performance can be purchased online at www.EllenEcclesTheatre.org or at the Cache Valley Center for the Arts Ticket Office in the Bullen Center at 43 S. Main.

“Every year the Bar J Wranglers pack the theatre for an event that has truly become a cherished Logan tradition,” said Wally Bloss, executive director for the Cache Valley Center for the Arts. “The Bar J Wranglers mix up their holiday concert with a little cowboy poetry, stellar musicianship, and a healthy dose of down-home ranch humor.”

These cowpokes have been performing annually at the Ellen Eccles Theatre for the last 11 years and many patrons mark their calendars well over six months out to get the best seats in the house. The group was formed in Jackson Hole, Wyo., in 1983 by Babe Humphrey and has been passed down to his sons, Scott and Bryan. They have performed nationwide with outstanding performers such as Roy Rogers, Randy Travis, Sons of the Pioneers and others.

During their off-season they entertain people of all ages with their splendid harmony, outrageous comedy and remarkable musicianship.

Throughout the summer months they entertain 700 guests seven nights a week at their acclaimed

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See Bar J Wranglers for a country Christmas

Bar J Chuckwagon in Jackson. Every evening at their cattle ranch they serve a ribstickin’, old-style, western meal with a side of some good old fashioned western hospitality. The five band members combine plain, old-fashioned hard work to create a true western classic. Saddle-up with some tickets and check out the Bar J Wranglers online at www. barjchuckwagon.com to find out more about their holiday gigs or make a reservation at the ranch. Their splendid harmonies have been captured on many albums and promotional DVD’s over the years. During their holiday concerts at the Ellen Eccles Theatre they will have a nice selection of merchandise if you are looking for a last minute gift for that special someone.

Tickets for this toe-tapping, side-splitting event are very limited. Visit the

CVCA Ticket Office or www.EllenEcclesTheatre.org for availability. On performance evenings, the CVCA Ticket Office opens one hour prior to the event. For

additional information call 435-752-0026. CVCA offers discounts when purchasing tickets for multiple shows, groups and children. No discounts will be available on

days-of-show.

The Ticket Office is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and one hour prior to all show times.

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movies

Reviews by The Associated Press

★ ‘New Year’s Eve’

Director // Garry Marshall Starring // Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher and more Rated // PG-13 for language, including some sexual references

★ ‘The Sitter’

Director // David Gordon Green Starring // Jonah Hill, Ari Graynor and Sam Rockwell Rated // R for crude and sexual humor, pervasive language, drug material and some violence Jonah Hill, world’s worst babysitter.

Must have sounded like such movie magic that director David Gordon Green and his team grabbed the first three brats they found on the street, shoved them in a minivan with Hill and started filming. As broad, dumb comedy goes, it’s not a bad idea to cast Hill as a chubby slacker roped into a hellish night

★ ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked’

Director // Mike Mitchell Starring // Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney Rated // G Puns like these would be unforgivable coming from a human. From high-pitched rodents, they prompt calls for an exterminator. It starts with the title: “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,” the third in the noxiously contemporary series of new Chipmunks

tending to a high-maintenance brood.

Yet other than Hill’s admirable work ethic trying to squeeze laughs out of this dismally underdeveloped scenario, the movie has nothing going for it, slogging from one rotten gag to the next. The movie’s also a serious racial offender, parading a gang of black actors around as hoods stealing cars, talking jive or looking for a fight. Hill plays an idler minding three annoying siblings (Max Records, Landry Bender and Kevin Hernandez), who tag along with him on a mirthless trek through Manhattan in search of the cocaine he needs to keep his sort-of girlfriend (Ari Graynor) happy.

To his credit, Hill tries to make this mess work, without success. Co-starring Sam Rockwell in a wretched role as a psychotic drug dealer. 81 minutes. films. Following 2009’s “Squeakquel,” “Chipwrecked,” as a title, is actually rather subtle and demure. This latest Chipmunks film, directed by Mike Mitchell (“Shrek Forever After”) is aimed at a slightly younger demographic than the prior movies. In “Chipwrecked,” the Chipmunks’ father figure, Dave Seville (Jason Lee, looking vaguely hostagelike), is taking his diminutive computergenerated friends on a vacation cruise en route to the Grammy-esque International Music Awards. If you haven’t followed the two earlier films, the Chipmunks, that 1950s novelty creation

by Ross Bagdasarian Sr., have been restyled as tiny pop stars who burst into song-and-dance routines like a sped-up, annoying version of “Glee.”

87 minutes.

This is the second in a remarkably shallow series of holiday-themed, celebritystuffed confections, following “Valentine’s Day.” Garry Marshall again directs a script

by Katherine Fugate that weaves together a dozen or so plotlines that crisscross a holiday prone to sentimentalizing. If there is some kind of world record for schmaltz, fantasy on screen, this is cynical, paintthis may have set it. Included here are first by-the-numbers entertainment, sold with kisses, midnight rendezvous, dying fathers, a gaggle of stars spread across its movie newborn babies, husbands at war and poster like a telethon lineup. Maybe the trapped strangers. It’s narcotic mawkishreally good stuff will come once they get ness, with notes played on heartstrings like to “Columbus Day,” or maybe, just maybe, a 12-string guitar. Though it’s pure, rosy “Ash Wednesday.” 117 minutes.

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★★★ ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’

Director // Guy Ritchie Starring // Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Jared Harris Rated // PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and some drug material

lain here. Holmes and Moriarty, like always, become entangled in a game of wits. They go at each other like championship boxers, yet all their significant blows are with minds, not fists.

Holmes and Watson soon stumble upon Moriarty’s master plan which could indeed have worldwide disastrous consequences.

From there on out it’s a wash of flashbacks, mental visions and action scenes until the credits role.

“A Game of Shadows” feels like a summer blockbuster. It’s a fastpaced ride with fights, guns and more explosions than you’ll be able to count. Ritchie’s directorial style bleeds into this film more than it did in the first one.

His action is frantic and may give people a headache trying to follow it. Unless Holmes is thinking in his head about the impending hand-to-hand duel he’s about to have, the action scenes are nigh incomprehensible.

This is the way of modern-day action movies. Quick cuts, even quicker camera movements and blurred action that’s almost impossible to get a handle on. Sure, it conveys the frantic nature of the scene but there’s rarely a point in

the fight scenes where Ritchie allows you to get your bearings and find out exactly where the characters are.

Much of this movie completely disregards any sort of geographical space. It’s impossible to know where the characters are at any

Action!

given moment relative to their surroundings because the editing and camera work are, at times, nauseating.

If you liked the first movie you’re sure to like this one, too. It’s slick, stylized and full of enough Robert Downey, Jr. to make it worth it. Its secrets are well-hidden and it’s entertaining to try and guess what objects or details are going to circle around into a flashback where Holmes pieces everything together, which he always does.

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After Guy Ritchie’s first “Sherlock Holmes” film it was clear that this wasn’t the Holmes we were used to. Yes, he was still manic and slightly off-kilter, but he was also an action star, a rugged presence on the screen who not only solved crimes with spectacular deductive and observation skills, but also beat the crap out of anyone who stood in his way. Still, he usually thought through each fight logically before it even happened, playing out the scene in his head before he made a move, but it was clear that this was a Holmes for a newer audience.

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ew materials meet ancient techniques when this Mendon woodworker and knifesmith takes ideas to his tiny workshop.

Multimedia artist Odell Bodrero makes a variety of things from knives, wooden tables and lamps to everyday tools including leather sheathes, walking sticks and napkin caddies.

After retiring six years ago, Bodrero says he can take time to express his artistic side and found a niche of handicraft that suits his talents perfectly.

His hand-crafted bar top trays with handles feature hand-painted flowers and his rustic end tables made from Box Elder Burrow have a natural, authentic look, sealed behind a glassy smooth finish.

He’s even dabbled in jewelry and lapidary — cutting and polishing precious stones.

Anything that catches the Logan native’s eye could find its way into one of his projects.

“Not much media is safe when I’m around,” he quips about picking up pieces of wood or deer antler while hiking in the mountains.

“Everything I do is one of a kind.”

Bodrero tried his hand at oil painting but said it didn’t fascinate him much. But he has a different set of skills acquired at a much earlier age.

“It goes way back to junior high school when I had a craft class,” he recalled. “My teacher took a shine to me and got me interested in all kinds of things: plastics, leather work and polishing glass. We made drinking glasses out of beer bottles by cutting them down and polishing them.”

The interest stuck but Bodrero’s career path required putting his artistic talent on hold. Now he’s retired from a 20-year career as a quality engineer for ATK Launch Systems in Promontory where he worked on the Space Shuttle’s solid rocket booster program.

“I didn’t have much chance to do any

of this until I retired,” he said. “I had other things going on in life.”

Inside his 150-square-foot workshop on Cobblestone Road south of Mendon are a small band saw, belt sanders, hand tools and a creative alternative to buying a costly lathe.

“I took the drill press and just laid it on its side,” he said.

The hands-on work is satisfying but Bodrero says what he enjoys most is the end result.

“I like to see what I’ve accomplished,” he added. “I pushed paper for 20 years and at the end of the day there was nothing to look at and say I completed something.

With this, there’s the project phase and completion and you can go up to it and put your hands on it.”

And it’s more than just a hobby.

Each project refines Bodrero’s skill and makes his art better.

“It fills my time and it’s always something I’ve been interested in,” he said. “It takes time and involves a lot of work and there are times when it gets frustrating. Things don’t always go exactly how you want them to.”

In the future Bodrero hopes to make his own steel for knives, but for now specializes in fitting them with new handles.

“People get attached to a particular blade but the handle’s gone,” he said. “So I go in and put a new handle on it. Usually they’re made of local hardwoods like birch or walnut.” Another small knife handle is made from elk antler. It sits inside a custom-made leather sheathe.

For now, Bodrero’s operation is still small. He builds on average four new pieces each year and sells his work at Logan’s Gardner’s Market, Winter Gift Market, church gatherings and through his shop directly.

“I haven’t looked for big profits,” he said. “For now it’s paying for itself and that’s about it.”

BY MATTHEW K. JENSEN

STEEL AND WOOD A CRAFTSMAN’S WORK

Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal

An elk antler handle, 44DA stainless steel knife with a solid brass guard. Crafted by Odell Bodrero.

Smaller photo above: A Damascus steel solid dagger with a Rocky Mountain Mahogony Sheath and a 440c stainless steel knife both crafted by Bodrero. Inset: A table made of box elder burrow and pine by Bodrero.

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ew materials meet ancient techniques when this Mendon woodworker and knifesmith takes ideas to his tiny workshop.

Multimedia artist Odell Bodrero makes a variety of things from knives, wooden tables and lamps to everyday tools including leather sheathes, walking sticks and napkin caddies.

After retiring six years ago, Bodrero says he can take time to express his artistic side and found a niche of handicraft that suits his talents perfectly.

His hand-crafted bar top trays with handles feature hand-painted flowers and his rustic end tables made from Box Elder Burrow have a natural, authentic look, sealed behind a glassy smooth finish.

He’s even dabbled in jewelry and lapidary — cutting and polishing precious stones.

Anything that catches the Logan native’s eye could find its way into one of his projects.

“Not much media is safe when I’m around,” he quips about picking up pieces of wood or deer antler while hiking in the mountains.

“Everything I do is one of a kind.”

Bodrero tried his hand at oil painting but said it didn’t fascinate him much. But he has a different set of skills acquired at a much earlier age.

“It goes way back to junior high school when I had a craft class,” he recalled. “My teacher took a shine to me and got me interested in all kinds of things: plastics, leather work and polishing glass. We made drinking glasses out of beer bottles by cutting them down and polishing them.”

The interest stuck but Bodrero’s career path required putting his artistic talent on hold. Now he’s retired from a 20-year career as a quality engineer for ATK Launch Systems in Promontory where he worked on the Space Shuttle’s solid rocket booster program.

“I didn’t have much chance to do any

of this until I retired,” he said. “I had other things going on in life.”

Inside his 150-square-foot workshop on Cobblestone Road south of Mendon are a small band saw, belt sanders, hand tools and a creative alternative to buying a costly lathe.

“I took the drill press and just laid it on its side,” he said.

The hands-on work is satisfying but Bodrero says what he enjoys most is the end result.

“I like to see what I’ve accomplished,” he added. “I pushed paper for 20 years and at the end of the day there was nothing to look at and say I completed something.

With this, there’s the project phase and completion and you can go up to it and put your hands on it.”

And it’s more than just a hobby.

Each project refines Bodrero’s skill and makes his art better.

“It fills my time and it’s always something I’ve been interested in,” he said. “It takes time and involves a lot of work and there are times when it gets frustrating. Things don’t always go exactly how you want them to.”

In the future Bodrero hopes to make his own steel for knives, but for now specializes in fitting them with new handles.

“People get attached to a particular blade but the handle’s gone,” he said. “So I go in and put a new handle on it. Usually they’re made of local hardwoods like birch or walnut.” Another small knife handle is made from elk antler. It sits inside a custom-made leather sheathe.

For now, Bodrero’s operation is still small. He builds on average four new pieces each year and sells his work at Logan’s Gardner’s Market, Winter Gift Market, church gatherings and through his shop directly.

“I haven’t looked for big profits,” he said. “For now it’s paying for itself and that’s about it.”

BY MATTHEW K. JENSEN

STEEL AND WOOD A CRAFTSMAN’S WORK

Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal

An elk antler handle, 44DA stainless steel knife with a solid brass guard. Crafted by Odell Bodrero.

Smaller photo above: A Damascus steel solid dagger with a Rocky Mountain Mahogony Sheath and a 440c stainless steel knife both crafted by Bodrero. Inset: A table made of box elder burrow and pine by Bodrero.

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, December 16, 2011

“Perhaps You’ve Wondered Too”

By Shiloah Kline When the rain has stopped its storming and the world is sweet and new, I find a puddle on the sidewalk, a pool of green and blue.

I find myself just staring at this enchanted pixie sea in this thoughtful trance I wonder what the other side might be.

A puddle can’t be flipped over and inspected like a pancake so no one can really know what’s there no sure conclusions can we make.

It could be some old porthole to the deep world of woe, where sirens ne’er cease singing where all lost sailors go.

Or maybe it’s the skylight to a world way down below where gnomes all mine for vanished gold where queer watery trees grow.

Perhaps there is a world that is very turned around where grass grows on the cloudy blue and sky pools on the ground.

Or maybe it is someone who is very much like me looking through the puddle, wondering, what the other side might be.

The first Christmas my husband and I spent together he gave me an ice fishing pole. I cried, and not for joy. I hate being cold. I hate it to the bottom of my fleece-lined soul. Did my husband expect me to sit in the middle of a frozen wasteland for hours staring at a watery hole in the ice with no space heater, no physical exertion to allow the blood to return to my core? Just sitting in the middle of the frigid, bonechilling Cache Valley winter? Didn’t he know the woman he married?

Should we have gotten married at all?

Ten years later, things in the spousal giftgiving department have improved dramatically.

Case in point, the year he gave me a 500-page book about pie. I love that man.

My point is that an uninformed gift to a foodie spouse will lead to slightly embarrassing sto-

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foodie loved one. Or, if you are the foodie, highlight the pertinent information and leave it in an obvious place for your uninformed loved one to find. I find that subtlety is overrated.

Local cuisine

A foodie is happiest, you may have noticed, when he or she is consuming food. Consider giving her a gift certificate to one of our great

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ries to your friends (and in the newspaper) for the next 10 years. So beware.

But I’m here to help. Our community is awash in culinary richness. Below are gift ideas for your

restaurants. She will love getting to spend an evening with you and food (unless she plans on a solo trip so she can go twice; in that case, she’ll love just the food).

I love Jack’s Wood Fire Oven, a relaxed dining room with menu items like a crusty pizza with fresh pesto, tomatoes, local Varzi Salami, Asiago cheese and cilantro. Other sweet spots to fit any budget are La Tormenta with their spicy and generous relish tray, the charming historic dining room at The Bluebird, Sweetly Divine and their stunning and refined pastries, Le Nonne with mouthwatering handmade gnocchi in a bubbly, cheesy white sauce, and Hamilton’s with juicy steaks.

There are many others ... choose a restaurant that is locally owned, where the food is made on-site (hint, not McDonalds), where you and your foodie will feel comfortable.

Check tourcachevalley. com for more ideas.

Local products

When you buy local products, you are buying quality, getting a sense of the place where you live, supporting your neighbors, and saving the environment. Plus, it is tasty. Rockhill Creamery

cheeses, for instance, are handmade using whole, raw milk from the farm’s herd of six Brown Swiss cows. You can get their Gouda, Edam, Gruyere, Feta or Tomme in gift bags on their website and pick them up at the farm to save on shipping costs, or buy them at Gossner’s.

Or Butcher’s Bunches, a local company, offers Blueberry Kisses, a softset jam of blueberries with nutmeg, lime juice and Amano Chocolate. I can imagine being happy with that on my toast. Let your foodie loved one sample something new from a local hot spot like Cox Honeyland, Crumb Brothers Artisan Bread, Rockhill Creamery or Weeks Berries. Most local companies have websites, or if time is short, you can buy products on site.

Check their websites for information.

Merchandise

Despite my animosity toward puns in store names, I have spent a good chunk of my children’s inheritance at Love To Cook at Kitchen Kneads. There is always See FOODIE on 12

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tasty peeks into the lives of the great foodies of our times. Some I have really enjoyed include “Chocolat,” a novel by JoAnne Harris (as good as the movie), the compelling, funny and obsessive essays of Jeffrey Steingarten in “The Man Who Ate Everything,” or a wonderful food story folded into a tender autobiography by former New York Times food critic Ruth Reichl in “Comfort Me with Apples.”

Continued from 10 some tool to upgrade, gadget to try, or cute accessory to ... look cute in my kitchen.

If you are going to get your foodie an expensive kitchen tool, communicate well.

Sacrifice surprise for an understanding of exactly what they want or need. I guarantee he or she would rather be excited about what is in that package than to unwrap a blender that doesn’t have enough power, or a costly pressure canner he knows he will never use.

If your foodie is still working on the basics, consider a really good chef’s knife, a set of nesting bowls or a quality pan. If you know he has all the basics, try something more exotic ... a Dutch oven or a crepe pan.

Books

Call me old fashioned, but I still read books with pages. I spend hours perusing well-crafted cookbooks, considering new recipes, absorbing ideas, gawking at colorful food photos and reading the back story of any cuisine. Don’t grab any old book off the store shelf though. I’ve been disappointed by recipes that seem cut and pasted from the Internet without testing or review, accompanied by stock photos that convey no information. If you need help picking a good cookbook, use the reviews from websites like Amazon. They’ll give you a good idea of

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Brandon Saunders makes a pie crust during a class at Kitchen Kneads on Nov. 3, 2009.

If you have foodies on your Christmas list, signing them up for a class may be a good way to go.

how other foodies have valued them.

Don’t limit your perusal to the cook-

book shelves. There are other books that offer

Love to Cook at Kitchen Kneads (groan) also offers classes.

Spanish tapas, winter comfort food, knife skills ... they have a variety of classes at a variety of prices. Don’t expect a meal. You gen-

erally get just a taste.

But you will often get to experience some interesting and unfamiliar food or technique and learn some new skills to bring home with you. Classes are held at their snug demonstration kitchen in the store.

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In her revealing and perceptive memoir, actress Diane Keaton recalls the bittersweet love affair that’s dominated her life. Not with Woody Allen or Warren Beatty or Al Pacino — with her own artistic ambitions.

Diane Hall wanted so much to be a performer when she was growing up in Santa Ana, Calif. It took time — years, in fact — for her to realize that life wasn’t what it seemed to be in movies and on TV shows. It still didn’t seem real when she found herself an Oscar winner for “Annie Hall,” on Warren Beatty’s arm, and meeting remarkable people. She worried that she was in over her head in more ways than one.

“You’re a movie star,” Beatty advised her. “That’s

what you wanted. You got it.

Now deal with it.”

“Then Again” is about Keaton dealing with it — the fame, the family, the future and her ongoing need to be creative. It’s refreshing to hear someone with her enviable success acknowledge she has found it all a bit disorienting and, at times, unsatisfying.

A much larger presence in her life than the men she loved and lost — larger than Woody or Warren or Al — was her mother. Throughout the book, Keaton contrasts her story with Dorothy Hall’s, told through her late mother’s journals and other writings.

Having raised four children and toughed out a strained marriage, Dorothy found herself battling depression in middle age and beyond. She had no better answers to life’s challenges than did her suc-

binged and purged.

Keaton writes about their lives with a warmth and richness that matches her public persona. Her book isn’t filled with details about movies like “The Godfather” and “Reds.”

One of her best and bravest performances, in “Looking for Mr. Goodbar,” is ignored, and she offers fleeting if telling observations about her

new york times best sellers cessful daughter.

“Bogged down by the same dilemmas, Mom and I shared a fear of failure, a concern for what others think, demeaning comparisons, and low selfesteem.” To cope, Dorothy tried to pep herself up with daily bromides; her daughter

Book dictates huge, fictional disaster

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The master of the alternate history novel delivers a terrifying future of the United States that seems within the realm of possibility in “Supervolcano: Eruption.”

Yellowstone National Park draws millions each year to see its bubbling pots and spouting geysers. Yellowstone’s caldera, a broad, craterlike basin of a volcano, formed by an explosion or by the collapse of the cone, has erupted several times since the North American continent drifted over the hot spot.

A volcanic eruption of the region in modern day would have the potential to create a more devastating impact than Krakatoa and Mount St. Helens combined. Survivors

would have to deal with the aftermath of a barren, ash-covered landscape over a major portion of the United States.

Colin Ferguson is a Los Angeles police officer. His

fellow artists and former loves.

“Then Again” is like one of her quirky, lovable, eyecatching outfits, put together with a little of this and a bit of that, striving for a look that roughly follows the norm before throwing in something unexpected. In other words, it’s unique — and just right for Diane Keaton.

wife has left him for a younger man, and he finds himself alienated from his children.

He meets a young geologist named Kelly who is studying Yellowstone. She fears the park is a powder keg that is about to explode. Others ignore her data, but soon everyone realizes she’s right.

Turtledove is known for taking an event from the past and twisting the outcome, such as the South winning the Civil War. This time he creates an alternate future with the slow and devastating results of a disaster that will hopefully never occur.

The story abruptly ends, leading the way for what appears to be a trilogy. Unfortunately, it’s going to take two more years to see how everything turns out.

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION 1. “The Drop,” by Michael Connelly 2. “11/22/63,” by Stephen King 3. “Explosive Eighteen,” by Janet Evanovich 4. “The Litigators,” by John Grisham 5. “Kill Alex Cross,” by James Patterson COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION 1. “Steve Jobs,” by Walter Isaacson 2. “Killing Lincoln,” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 3. “Heaven is for Real,” by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent 4. “Being George Washington,” by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe 5. “Unbroken,” by Laura Hillenbrand HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Drop,” by Michael Connelly 2. “11/22/63,” by Stephen King 3. “Explosive Eighteen,” by Janet Evanovich 4. “The Litigators,” by John Grisham 5. “Kill Alex Cross,” by James Patterson HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. “Steve Jobs,” by Walter Isaacson 2. “Killing Lincoln,” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 3. “Being George Washington,” by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe 4. “Unbroken,” by Laura Hillenbrand 5. “Jack Kennedy,” by Chris Matthews Paperback Advice & Misc.

1. “The Five Love Languages,” by Gary Chapman 2. “What to Expect When You’re Expecting,” by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel 3. “The Happiness Project,” by Gretchen Rubin 4. “Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease,” by Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. 5. “Eat to Live,” by Joel Fuhrman Keep your reading list updated at www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

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By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Cosa Nostra 6. Let the cat out of the bag 10. Dress with a flare 15. Door fixture 19. Appropriate 20. Scintilla 21. Kind of cabinet 22. 1917 American car 23. Cut out upon detection of foul odors?

27. Blackguard 28. End of a warning 29. Surgical cutting of bone 30. Haphazardly 33. Hobbles 35. It’s cut and dried 36. ___ publica 37. Up to one’s ears 40. Vacation spot 41. Disobeyed a zoo sign?

42. Being forced to bathe in a lake?

50. Ice cream thickener 51. Compass points 52. X rating?

53. Skip 56. Middle Eastern tree 58. Unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity 59. Separated flax fibers with a comb 62. Time piece?

64. Anatomical networker 67. Opposed, in Dogpatch 68. ___ of Tiflis, Christian saint 69. Lose one’s fame due to a hygiene problem?

74. Be bedridden 76. Off 77. Give an edge to 78. Suffix with pamphlet 79. It’s formed by two straight lines 82. Clock standard: Abbr.

85. North American snake

89. Color wheel display 90. “Star-Spangled Banner” preposition 91. Cat call 93. Chinese dynasty 94. Sensed that one’s deodorant stopped working?

99. Bad-mouth 100. Nav. rank 101. Kind of pen 102. Second degree?

105. ___ el Amarna, Egypt 106. Not upright 108. Some speech sounds 112. Clerics, at times 115. Most fairylike 118. Ovine utterance 119. Prompt evil thoughts?

123. Incredible one?

124. Less welcoming 125. Finito 126. Abdul ___ (linebacker) 127. Amazon ___ 128. Bad impressions?

129. Lambaste 130. Foils Down 1. Hand movement in Hindu religious dancing 2. Assoc. of nations 3. Old-fashioned 4. Pique condition?

5. 30-day mo.

6. Frame used for burials 7. Mother ___ 8. The least bit 9. Some viol players 10. Will Smith title role 11. Floor coverings 12. Squid’s squirts 13. “Me, ___!”

14. Sets of nine 15. “And ___ thou slain the Jabberwock?”

16. Can’t take 17. Viscous matter

18. Diarist Samuel 24. Act of hauling 25. Adagio and allegro 26. Gentile 31. Cook’s item 32. Control 34. Temple to the gods 38. Party animal?

39. Snag site 41. Pertaining to a stoup 42. “That’s a laugh!”

43. Link or leak follower 44. It often has sliding doors 45. Isaac or Howard 46. New Zealand parrot 47. More itty-bitty 48. ___-fated 49. Where “Otello” premiered 54. Cotillion V.I.P. 55. Old Tokyo 57. Most desiccate 60. Special effects: (abbr.)

61. Honey bunch?

63. Celebes buffalo 65. LAN 66. ___ big to fail 69. What “yo mama” is 70. Relative 71. Metal bars 72. Launch 73. Medium settings?

74. Pertinent 75. Worldwide workers’ grp.

80. Classic opener 81. Pacific ring 83. “Mad” and “Time” 84. Tussock 86. Vital force of Chinese medicine 87. Donkey’s years 88. Toupee, slangily 91. Gives false information 92. Simple shelter 95. Third tonsil 96. “Sounds of ___” 97. Bowie’s weapon 98. LAX info

102. Coffee order 103. German mistress 104. Not for minors 105. 20-20, e.g.

106. Source of strength 107. Austrian province whose capital is Innsbruck 109. Put up with 110. “Tootsie” Oscar winner 111. “Land ___!”

113. Acts as the interlocutor 114. Scout leader?

116. Sicilian mount 117. ___ cell 120. Mins. and mins.

121. Wolf or devil preceder 122. Trump

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Cache Valley Figure Skating Club presents “Winter Wonderland.” Skaters will perform holiday favorites at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at the George S. Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 East, North Logan. Admission is free but the club is requesting cans of food for the third annual Cache Valley Credit Union Holiday Food Drive. Canned foods will be donated to the Cache Community Food Pantry. Visit www. cvfscutah.org for more information or phone 435-787-2288.

Viewers Like You will perform ska/rock music with Whilmington and The Wide Awakes on Friday, Dec. 16, at 8 p.m. at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

The Utah Avalanche Center in Logan will be offering a Backcountry 101 class Friday, Dec. 16, and Saturday, Dec. 17. Backcountry 101 is designed for those new to the backcountry and those wanting a ground-up refresher. Heavy on practical, usable skills and local information, this is a great place to start building your avalanche skills. You will leave this class understanding the basics of safely traveling in avalanche terrain and sporting a great foundation for learning more.

Please call 757-2794 or go to www.utahavalanchecenter.org/ education for more info or to register. Cost is $110 with a discount available for students.

Pianist Kevin Kula, violinist Mami Lyon, vocalist Jennifer Birchell and saxophonist Jeff Lyon, from the group Music that Heals the Soul, will perform their own arrangements to many of your favorite Christmas songs at a benefit concert for Cache Humane Society on Friday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. The concert is sold out and will be at the Dansante building, 59 S. 100 West, Logan. The

performance will also feature the group’s brand new original compositions which have been aired on the radio in both the U.S. and Canada.

On Dec. 16 Cache Valley Mall shoppers can earn $10 GGP Shop Etc. gift cards (while supplies last) when they spend $100 or more in mall purchases. There will also be giveaways for shoppers.

Izaak Alexander will perform alternative/folk music at Caffe Ibis on Friday, Dec. 16, from 4:45 to 6:45 p.m.

Hardware Ranch WMA will be open for the winter elk viewing season Dec. 16 through Feb. 27. Hours of operation are Fridays and Mondays from noon to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Hardware Ranch WMA is located 18 miles east of Hyrum in Blacksmith Fork Canyon.

Jazz duo J&L Jazz will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza.

These are fantastic musicians who play a nice variety of familiar tunes ranging from old standards to modern jazz.

Tyler Whitesides will be doing a book signing at Hastings from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16. Whitesides is a local author who wrote “Janitors.”

SATURDAY Singer/songwriters Tyson Oswald and Brett Matthews will return to Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza Saturday, Dec. 17. Tyson will perform at 6 p.m. and Matt will follow at 7. Pier 49 Pizza is located at 99 E. 1200 South.

Celebrate winter wildlife watching and winter habitats at Hardware Ranch WMA at the annual Elk Festival on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fun, free, family

activities including fish printing, habitat ornaments, backyard birding and more will be available. Sleigh rides to view the elk are $5 for ages 9 and older and $3 for ages 3 through 5.

All other activities will be free.

Directions and details can be found at hardwareranch.com.

Call 753-6206 for more info or email Marni at marnilee@ utah.gov.

With plenty of wonderful window displays, Christmas lights, the Parade of Gingerbread Homes, and this year, horse drawn carriage rides every Saturday in December, Logan Downtown is the place to be. Starting at 2 p.m., carriage rides will take guests on an old-fashioned carriage ride looping around the Logan Tabernacle and the Logan Temple.

The entire loop takes about 15 minutes. Cost is $4 for children and students, $7 for adults and $25 for a family or group; the carriage seats four adults and two children comfortably. To make reservations call 435640-8808. Tickets can also be purchased at the staging area at 50 N. 100 East.

The Cache Humane Society will be at Petsmart taking Santa pictures with your pet Saturday, Dec. 17, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

False Witness will perform metal music with Tr3ason and Frontline on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 8 p.m. at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

The next Loaves & Fishes Community Meal will be Saturday, Dec. 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 178 W. Center, Logan. This month’s meal, which is free to the public, will be holiday-themed with a roast beef and turkey dinner, festive holiday music and gifts for everyone. This non-denominational event is for the whole community. For questions call 435-752-0871.

Caffe Ibis will hold open mic poetry with Quaid Peterson and friends Saturday, Dec. 17, from 4:45 to 6:45 p.m.

T-shirts, calendars, reminder bands and Christmas cards from Cache Humane Society will be on sale at the Cache Valley Mall on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donations for the products will help Cache Valley’s homeless animals this Christmas.

A Den Chief Conference will be held Saturday, Dec. 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the LDS 22nd Ward and 3rd Ward building, 640 N. 200 East, Smithfield. Cost is $15 and includes the Den Chief handbook, or $10 if the Scout brings his own Den Chief handbook. To pre-register call Dale Bright at 258-2908. The conference is for Den Chiefs and Boy Scouts interested in becoming Den Chiefs. There will be classes on games, puzzles, crafts, helping Den leaders and working with cubs.

SUNDAY Guitarist extraordinaire, Kris Krompel, will perform Sunday, Dec. 18, from noon to 2 p.m. at Caffe Ibis.

Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Elizabeth Matthews Camp will be held Monday, Dec. 19, at 1:30 p.m. at the Copper Mill Restaurant, 55 S. Main, Logan. Hostess is Madeline Barlow with Ruth Ann Lewis giving the lesson, “A Pioneer Christmas.” Carolyn Wyatt will present the artifacts lesson. Please bring $5 for donation to a Christmas charity.

Celebrate the holidays in traditional English style with a service of lessons from scripture and a choir singing Christmas carols Sunday, Dec. 18, from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 85 E. 100 North, Logan.

MONDAY Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will hold an art project activity Monday, Dec. 19, at 4 p.m.

Jerry Joseph and Steve Drizos Duo featuring Patrick Kenny will perform acoustic blues/rock music on Monday, Dec. 19, at 8 p.m. at Why Sound. Cost is $12.

The Smithfield Summit Camp DUP will hold their meeting and Christmas social Monday, Dec. 19, at 12:30 p.m. at the Smithfield Senior Citizen Center. A luncheon will be served. Visitors are welcome.

The DUP Preston Camp will meet Monday, Dec. 19, at Sizzler at l p.m. for their meeting.

TUESDAY On Tuesday, Dec. 20, OPTIONS for Independence will have dinner and then enjoy the Christmas lights at Willard Bay. Transportation is $2 and dinner prices will vary.

Call Mandie at 435-753-5353 for more information or to schedule a ride.

WEDNESDAY Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will hold volunteer orientation Dec. 21 at 6 p.m.

These gatherings are set up to allow individuals who are looking to help us get information about providing activities and trips for people with disabilities. Please RSVP at 435713-0288.

THURSDAY Clogging for Seniors is held at the Cache County Senior Center, 240 N. 100 East, Logan, on Thursdays from 9:15 to 10 a.m. Denise is the instructor. All levels of cloggers (even beginners) are invited.

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