Email Author Lori Midson

2012 Stories by Lori Midson

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  Trends without end, round four: Bread, breed and Twitter fatigue

  published Dec 31, 2012

  What will be the big culinary trends in 2013r As we prepare for a new year in gastronomy, we posed that question to dozens of people in the local food business, everyone from chefs and pastry magician... More >>

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  Trends without end, round three: Vegetables, spice and Scandinavia

  published Dec 28, 2012

  What will be the big culinary trends in 2013r As we prepare for a new year in gastronomy, we posed that question to dozens of people in the local food business, everyone from chefs and pastry magician... More >>

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  Trends without end, round two: Beer, beer cocktails and the whole beast

  published Dec 27, 2012

  What will be the big culinary trends in 2013r As we prepare for a new year in gastronomy, we posed that question to dozens of people in the local food business, everyone from chefs and pastry magician... More >>

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  Trends without end: chef predictions for 2013 include simplicity, more local greens and pot (maybe)

  published Dec 26, 2012

  What will be the big culinary trends in 2013r As we prepare for a new year in gastronomy, we posed that question to dozens of people in the local food business, everyone from chefs and pastry magician... More >>

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  Bryan Dayton and Steve Redzikowski of Oak at Fourteenth reflect on their one-year milestone following a fire that left the restaurant in ashes

  published Dec 26, 2012

  On March 9, 2011, Steve Redzikowski, co-owner and chef of Oak at Fourteenth, stood on the street in disbelief. The restaurant that he and his partner, Bryan Dayton, had opened four months prior in Bo... More >>

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  Trends without end: Dining insiders offer predictions for 2013

  published December 27, 2012

  What will be the big culinary trends in 2013? As we prepare for a new year in gastronomy, we posed that question to dozens of people in the... More >>

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  Olivea, one of Denver's top restaurants, is closing in mid-January

  published Dec 24, 2012

  After nearly four years on Seventeenth Avenue's Restaurant Row, Olivea, the intimate Mediterranean restaurant owned by husband-and-wife duo Stephanie Bonin and Keith Arnold, who also oversee Duo in H... More >>

• Recipe: Punch Bowl Social's punch makes a splash in Food & Wine magazine

  published Dec 21, 2012

  Apparently, the cocktail sphere is getting punched. Earlier this week, Food & Wine magazine pointed out, correctly, that prior to the popularity of the Manhattan, martini and mai tai, there was punch... More >>

• Guess where I'm eating fried rice...in the shape of a heartr

  published Dec 21, 2012

  Everyone and their brethren seemed to be celebrating the holidays at this culinary house of comedy, where the theatrics outshine the food. That said, there's absolutely nothing with what these dynami... More >>

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  Spuntino will undergo a remodel, expand its menu and pursue a full liquor license

  published Dec 21, 2012

  In early February, Spuntino, the Highland restaurant and dessert palace overseen by betrothed couple John Broening (he's the chef) and Yasmin Lozada-Hissom (she's the pastry chef) will close for a we... More >>

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  Our favorite local culinary gifts for foodniks: Spice set from the Savory Spice Shop

  published Dec 20, 2012

  All this week, I'm featuring my favorite culinary stocking stuffers and presents for the fervent foodnik, cook and restaurant fiend in your life, including the indulgent hot chocolate and salted car... More >>

• Guess where I'm eating...with a gingerbread houser

  published Dec 20, 2012

  No, I didn't eat the gingerbread house, which is created from graham crackers by the chef, who spent more than forty hours on this project...but, like me, I betcha he was drinking margaritas and snac... More >>

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  Round two with Daniel Ramirez, exec chef of Gaetano's

  published Dec 20, 2012

  Daniel Ramirez Gaetano's 3760 Tejon Street 303-455-9852 www.gaetanositalian.com/ Part one of my interview with Daniel Ramirez, exec chef of Gaetano's, ran yesterday; this is part two of our chat. ... More >>

• Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Stifado

  published Dec 19, 2012

  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 thei... More >>

• Guess where I'm eating a steakless burrito drowning in a pool of green chiler

  published Dec 19, 2012

  I like green chile as much as the next person -- probably more -- but this burrito, ordered with steak (non-existent), was swamped with the stuff, wasteful inches of it, and for all of the pomp and c... More >>

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  Daniel Ramirez, exec chef of Gaetano's, on chicken, checks and culinary schools

  published Dec 19, 2012

  Daniel Ramirez Gaetano's 3760 Tejon Street 303-455-9852 www.gaetanositalian.com/ This is part one of my interview with Daniel Ramirez, exec chef of Gaetano's; part two of our chat will run tomorr... More >>

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  Our favorite local culinary gifts for foodniks: EatDenver Dining Deck

  published Dec 18, 2012

  All this week, I'm featuring my favorite culinary stocking stuffers and presents for the fervent foodnik, cook and restaurant fiend in your life (yesterday's pick was the indulgent hot chocolate and s... More >>

• Guess where I'm drinking a hard-to-find Abyss Imperial Stoutr

  published Dec 18, 2012

  Never mind that the guy behind the bar, a self-described beer geek since 1995, had never heard of sour beers. Weird, but forgivable, particularly since he suggested I try The Abyss, an inky special r... More >>

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  Paul Reilly walks away from Cherokee on 12th Avenue -- but not Beast + Bottle

  published Dec 18, 2012

  Back in September, we spilled the very good news that Paul Reilly, the former chef of Encore, which closed early this spring, would open a new dining mecca called called Beast + Bottle, a restaurant,... More >>

• Guess where you're eatingr At an EatDenver restaurant if you're Denver Doughboy

  published Dec 17, 2012

  Cafe Society served up four Guess Wherer posts last week, zigzagging from a rich -- and rewarding -- bowl of Malaysian shrimp laksa from Phat Thai, to a healthy kale salad from True Food Kitchen, to ... More >>

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  Our favorite local culinary gifts of 2012: Spuntino's hot chocolate mix and salted caramel marshmallows

  published Dec 17, 2012

  All this week, I'll be featuring my favorite culinary stocking stuffers and presents for the fervent foodnik, cook and restaurant fiend in your life. These are all gifts that are available locally --... More >>

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  A fourth Jax Fish House will open in Glendale next spring

  published Dec 17, 2012

  Last Friday, we broke the news that Dave Query, the mastermind behind Big Red F, the Boulder-based restaurant group that already lays claim to eight restaurants in Boulder, Denver and Fort Collins, i... More >>

• Guess where I'm eating Malaysian shrimp laksar

  published Dec 14, 2012

  One of my all-time favorite street foods is Malaysian shrimp laksa, and here, at this playful noodle and curry house that doesn't play by the rules, the rich, thick coconut soup is perfumed with herb... More >>

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  Exclusive: Dave Query and Big Red F opening a brewery and chicken joint in Lafayette

  published Dec 14, 2012

  For the past several weeks, the brass from Big Red F -- owner and chef Dave Query, culinary director Jamey Fader and Brett Smith, the current exec chef of Zolo Grill -- have been on a chicken crawl, ... More >>

• Guess where I'm eating lamb with scallionsr

  published Dec 13, 2012

  The above dish -- sliced lamb with a garden of scallions -- hails from a Chinese restaurant with a lengthy menu (aren't they all that wayr), much of it Americanized, but if you dig a little deeper an... More >>