Ben Starr

The Ultimate Food Geek

Tag: hot spring

  • I am Indiana Jones…er Colorado Jones, at least

    While most of you have discovered my blog because of cooking, I was a travel writer long before anyone called me “chef.”  Because I have an insatiable thirst for adventure. One of my favorite places in all the world is a little town in Colorado called Glenwood Springs, perched at the west end of a…

  • Burning Man 2013, The Pilgrimage: Part 3

    So as you know, I’ve been back from Burning Man for nearly a week, but my travel schedule during that time got so hectic I had to stop blogging.  I came home to a broken air conditioner, miscellaneous plumbing crises, and a catering event, so I’m JUST now starting to come up for air and…

  • Utah Series: Midway and the Heber Valley, part 1

    Utah is like an entire continent in one state.  Never, in all my travels around the world, have I discovered a place so dramatically varied in climate and geology in such a comparatively small space.  And while I tend to focus on wilderness spots in my Utah writings…(and Utah has no shortage of wilderness)…in this…

  • Utah Series: Hot Springs

    Those who follow my blog regularly know how obsessed I am with natural hot springs.  They never cease to amaze me.  The fact that toasty warm water seeps up from beneath the ground and provides us with a natural jacuzzi just blows my mind over and over. In this special series where I’m highlighting my…