First of all, Ms. Moskin, the name is Colton, not Justin. I know, it's easy to mix up – Justin Soelberg is in Idaho and Colton is in Utah, and they're practically the same according to the ever-truthful map drawn by Mr. Steinberg back in 1976, and despite the intrusion of Toys R Us and Mr. Disney into downtown Manhattan, the perspective hasn't changed much.

As your recent article on "Mormon cuisine" shows.

Colton Soelberg is the chef/owner of Communal in Provo. The other sources cited live in Louisiana and California and one never lived in Utah. The only authentic source besides Chef Soelberg is Julie Weiss, who writes a  blog about food storage with her sister in law Judi Moore called foodstoragemadeasy.com.

We have lots and lots of really good food writers and bloggers right here in Utah. Why not ask them about Mormon food? Why not explore the changing demographics of Utah a little bit?

It seems to me that this story was once again about exploiting a hoped-for weirdness about Utah, not actually looking at the food scene here.

I get this.

I'm from Texas and it only took a million years for New York journalists to realize that Texans didn't fry everything and that there is more than one kind of chile. You're welcome, Mr. Flay.

Still, I've just spent several weeks thinking hard about food in Utah for our annual Dining Awards, so this article made me sigh.

Say, has everyone tried the deep-fried Funeral Potatoes at the Garage?