Email Author Lori Midson

2009 Stories by Lori Midson

• High-roller alert: Tickets for Aspen Food & Wine Classic on sale now

  published Dec 21, 2009

  No time like now, just four days before Christmas, for those of you blessed with holiday bonuses to blow some of that wad on tickets to the annual Aspen Food & Wine Classic, one of the biggest culinar... More >>

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  100 Favorite Dishes: Sausage, ham and egg biscuit from Table 6

  published Dec 21, 2009

  As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.Number 73: Sausage, ha... More >>

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  Cafe Society: Week in review

  published Dec 19, 2009

  What you may have missed this week while you were reacting with horror and disbelief over news that restaurant critic Jason Sheehan is leaving Westword and the Mile High City to slosh through puddles ... More >>

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  One Denver chef's really unfunny prank doesn't pan out so well

  published Dec 18, 2009

  This week, a certain Denver chef (who will remain anonymous, at least for the time being) thought that he'd have some good 'ol fun at the expense of another Denver chef (who will also remain anonymous... More >>

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  100 Favorite Dishes: Posole from Tarasco's New Latino Cuisine

  published Dec 18, 2009

  As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.Number 74: Posole from... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Dec 18, 2009

  Fresh beets, however maligned by the people who swear they taste like dirt, are one of my favorite vegetables, especially this time of year. Their dramatic stained hues -- yellow, purple, red, gold --... More >>

• It's true: Kathy Lee Gifford is a wine idiot

  published Dec 17, 2009

  Yesterday morning, Bobby Stuckey, the wine director at Boulder's Frasca Food And Wine, gifted himself to the Today show for a full four minutes to talk about some of the best wines to give as presents... More >>

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  Chef and Tell part two: Bob Blair of Fuel Cafe

  published Dec 17, 2009

  This is part two of my interview with Bob Blair, executive chef/owner of Fuel Cafe. To read part one of this interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: I was the second-oldest of eight kids, so w... More >>

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  100 Favorite Dishes: Chile relleno burrito from El Taco de Mexico

  published Dec 16, 2009

  As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.Number 76: Chile rellen... More >>

• What's Cooking: Slow Food Rocky Mountain region guv Matt Jones takes us tailgating with ceviche

  published Dec 16, 2009

  Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of the... More >>

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  Chef and Tell: Bob Blair of Fuel Cafe

  published Dec 16, 2009

  There are some chefs who insist on being called, well, "Chef," and then there are other kitchen wizards, like Bob Blair, who roll their eyes, shake their heads and politely ask that you don't address ... More >>

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  Frasca's Bobby Stuckey goes cork-to-cork with Kathie Lee on Today

  published Dec 16, 2009

  You gotta give Bobby Stuckey props. Anyone who's willing to endure the clownish theatrics of Kathie Lee Gifford, co-bubble head host of NBC's Today show, deserves his day in the spotlight, which is ex... More >>

• The new Cielito Lindo is turning out tacos, tortas and tostadas in north Denver

  published Dec 15, 2009

  For those of you wondering where to grab some grub around 44th and Tejon, you're in luck. Open less than a month, Cielito Lindo, a stucco storefront at 4401 Tejon Street, is pushing Mexican eats and t... More >>

• Things are getting saucy in Denver

  published Dec 15, 2009

  Perhaps the third time's a charm. That's what Isaac Torres is betting on when he and his father, Raul, open Saucy at 2200 Market Street in the space that formerly held Otto's Grill (for a nanosecond) ... More >>

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  100 Favorite Dishes: Shanghai-style dumplings from Chopsticks China Bistro

  published Dec 15, 2009

  As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com. Number 77: Soup dumpl... More >>

• Fill up on free flatbread today from Jamba Juice

  published Dec 15, 2009

  Beginning at 11:30 a.m. today, all metro area Jamba Juice locations are doling out free food, specifically the national chain's California flatbreads. The four "great-tasting" (we'll decide that) "gui... More >>

• Guess where I'm drinkingr

  published Dec 14, 2009

  Bacon. Really, that's all you need to know about this knockout cocktail that's a new creation from one of Denver best cocktologists (thanks to Nancy Levine for coining that word). Shaken with Stranhan... More >>

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  You know things are jacked up when Guy Fieri hits the NYT best-seller list

  published Dec 14, 2009

  Whether or not this is a shockingly discouraging testament to the page turners of America or Guy Fieri threatening to jam his back-ass headwords sunglasses down the throats of anyone who doesn't purch... More >>

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  It's now a trifecta for Toshi and Yasu: Den Deli opens on South Pearl Street

  published Dec 14, 2009

  It's still getting its sea legs, but Den Deli and Seafood Market, the third in a mini empire of chow houses from Toshi and Yasu Kizaki, the two brothers who also run Sushi Den (1487 South Pearl) and I... More >>

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  Cafe Society: Week in review

  published Dec 11, 2009

  What you missed this week on Cafe Society while you were contemplating how you were going to sneak your way into Hush, the new "underground" supper club in Boulder that'll be all exclusive and private... More >>

• Guess where I'm drinkingr

  published Dec 11, 2009

  Dear Mr. X, I'm admittedly smitten with your new cocktail lineup, but here's the problem: I'll drink one and want two, three, four more. And see, I'm normally toting my kid around with me, and since... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Dec 11, 2009

  If you're bound and determined to order the seafood soup that you're ogling in the above snap, you could be out of luck. You won't find it on any menu (ha! to all you Google cheaters), but you will he... More >>

• Hot head alert: KJ Gourmet Foods launches its pepperspread with a party to benefit Food Bank of the Rockies

  published Dec 11, 2009

  KJ Gourmet Foods, a Brighton-based food company, is all hot and bothered -- but it has absolutely nothing to do with today's beautifully balmy temperature. See, they've just released their Hot Heads P... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Dec 10, 2009

  According to those in the know, a certain food personality that recently whizzed through town stopped in for a bite to eat at the joint where the above pic was snapped. No word on what he digested, bu... More >>

• Julie Powell makes an appearance with the butcher of Marczyk Fine Foods

  published Dec 10, 2009

  Julie Powell, the former blogger who cooked every recipe from Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking and then turned her hits and misses into a book of her own, Julie & Julia, was meant to ... More >>