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How a small farm in Utah’s Rush Valley got noticed by a James Beard-nominated chef.

The Fat of the Lamb

Anyone living within a three-mile radius of Manoli’s (402 Harvey Milk Blvd.) probably knows when Chef Manoli Katsanevas is hosting one of the restaurant’s spit-roasted lamb dinners. The intoxicating aromas of the slowly heated meat, spiked with a bit of salt and oregano, tend to waft their way into every nook and cranny of the neighborhoods around Liberty Park.

The spit-roasting and meal preparation happens right on Manoli’s front porch, with the attendees of these infrequent spring and summer events treated to Katsanevas holding court over a gorgeous lamb, glistening on the spit, that will…

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