Fall 2007 Table of Contents
features
68 The New Chocolate
Food writer Virginia Rainey discovers a dark-chocolate renaissance and the Utah artisans who are transforming the cacao bean.
88 Meat
Author Rick Bass stalks the paradox of the hunter/environmentalist— and serves up his favorite hunting books.
96 Hustle and Snow
Mountain diva Kristen Ulmer swapped ski-industry hype for Zen calm—only to face the fame machine again. Writer and poet Melissa Bond talks with Ulmer about ambition and radical selflessness.
photo essay
77 POW
Renowned ski photographer Lee Cohen spreads his mad pow disease.
fiction
106 The Flag Fake Flip and Jailbreak Screen
Award-winning writer and Utah native Ron Carlson spins a story of flag football and poetry on the University of Utah campus.
119 Verse: Gifts
The Wasatch Journal sought poems about gifts for this holiday-season issue. Prize-winning poet and Utah State University professor Michael Sowder shares the present of parenthood.
148 Interview: Judith Freeman
The author of the Utah classic Chinchilla Farm undertakes a biography of a marriage. Her subject: Raymond Chandler—of The Big Sleep fame—and his love for a much older woman. Managing editor Dorothee Kocks met with Freeman at her Idaho retreat.
departments
22 Out of Bounds Playing His Own Tune
Park City Mayor Dana Williams helps ground a high-altitude town
By Jane Gendron • Photography by Stephen Zusy
28 Style & Structure A Tree House Grows in Sundance
New Yorker builds unlikely sanctuary for art and spirit
By Ann Wycoff • Photography by William Cole
36 Arts Painting Grace
Utah's Brian Kershisnik draws followers and fame
By Geoff Wichert
44 Film Out There ... Somewhere
Indie filmmaker Trent Harris goes beyond borders
By Jeremy Mathews
48 Speed Salt Fever
They're hot for speed on the Bonneville Salt Flats
By Michele Corriel
56 In the Elements Twenty-five Minutes to Live
Staying on top with the Utah Avalanche Center
By Andrew McLean • Photography by Matthew Turley
62 Well-Being Master Class
Utah yogi Charlotte Bell's new book
By Lara Rosenbaum
122 Moveable Type Stranger in Fiction
Gordon Campbell works a lifetime for overnight success
By Christy Karras
126 Green Utah Attitude and Action
Actors Scott and Kelley Wolf go green
By Ann Wycoff • Photography by John McCarthy
132 Green Utah Sustainable and Affordable
Architect Hank Louis's concrete inspiration
Story and photos by Linda C. Peer
138 Rhythm Art, Music, and Mad Science
Park City's David Weiner turns metal into melody and money
By Corinne Humphrey
142 Cuisine Stars, Starters, and Sashimi
350 Main's dining room with a view
By Virginia Rainey • Photography by John McCarthy
