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2012 Stories by Lori Midson

• Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Oven-fried potato chips and Super Bowl onion dip

  published Feb 01, 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 >>

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  Chef Tom Coohill on food snobs, foie gras, fishy fish and food bloggers

  published Feb 01, 2012

  Tom Coohill Coohills 1400 Wewatta Street 303-623-5700 coohills.com This is part one of my interview with Tom Coohill, exec chef/owner of Coohills. Part two of my chat with Coohill will appear in th... More >>

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  Larimer Associates will open the Lowry Beer Garden in the new Hangar project

  published Jan 31, 2012

  Joe Vostrejs and his Larimer Associates partners traversed across the country to check out America's beer gardens before they came back to Denver to build their own -- and what they found, admits Vost... More >>

• Bring it! Trader Joe's product watch: Jalapeno blue cornbread mix

  published Jan 31, 2012

  As we anticipate the arrival of Colorado's first Trader Joe's, the California-based grocer with a cult-like following that's allegedly building its first Colorado store somewhere in Boulder's Twenty N... More >>

• Guess where I'm drinkingr

  published Jan 31, 2012

  "We've been playing around quite a bit with our cocktail program -- and definitely improving it," says the bartender who poured me the rye and Fernet mix in the above snap, a delicious, potent cocktai... More >>

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  Diners and industry peeps: Win $52.80 for your best Denver Restaurant Week tips

  published Jan 30, 2012

  We're just four weeks away from the city's biggest food bonanza: Denver Restaurant Week, which is really a two-week feast of grubbing at nearly 300 restaurants in the Mile High City, all of which will... More >>

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  100 Favorite Dishes: Sobrebarriga from La Cocina de Paula

  published Jan 30, 2012

  No. 43: Sobrebarriga from La Cocina de PaulaWhen Paula Contreras comes to your table, she'll likely encourage you to order a Colombian dish. "You can get Mexican food all over Denver," she says, but ... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Jan 30, 2012

  Everyone has their guilty food pleasure. Mine is a loaded baked potato, which I'll eat just about anywhere, but here, the baked spuds, speckled with salt, are a cut above. Can you guess where I'm ea... More >>

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  National food critics dish out tweets on their Denver meals

  published Jan 30, 2012

  Some of the biggest and boldest national names in food criticism descended on Denver over the weekend to check our city's culinary scene. Why, you askr Let's just say that they were doing research for... More >>

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  Photos: Six dazzling Super Bowl meat stadiums

  published Jan 30, 2012

  Holy Super Bowl! Someone in the football universe obviously takes his deli platter damn seriously, as evidenced by this snap, a dazzling stadium display of cold cuts, crudites, chips and cheese square... More >>

• Guess where you're eatingr At an EatDenver restaurant, if you're Bbert

  published Jan 30, 2012

  Cafe Society served up five Guess wherer contests last week, ranging from a still unidentified bucket of beer at a biker bar to a plate of worthy flour tortillas and salsa at Margs Taco Bistro to a ch... More >>

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  100 Favorite Dishes: Chimayo-chile flank steak and posole from the Village Cork

  published Jan 27, 2012

  No. 44: Chimayo-chile flank steak and posole at Village CorkThe Village Cork isn't your typical wine bar, and its chef, Samir Mohammad, is anything but plebeian. But his kitchen, positioned squarely... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Jan 27, 2012

  I'm not much of a fan of flour tortillas -- I'll order corn 99 percent of the time -- but the flour tortillas here, at this joint that makes and presses their own, have given me pause for thought. C... More >>

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  No Reservations crew spotted in Denver -- but no Anthony Bourdain

  published Jan 27, 2012

  Two years ago, Anthony Bourdain dropped in on Denver, where he waxed rhapsodic about the blood sausage at Mizuna and wrapped his jaws around wieners at Biker Jim's, the footage of which was nicely pac... More >>

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  Frank Bonanno asks: "Is it my fault somebody stunk up the bathroomr"

  published Jan 27, 2012

  Frank Bonanno is one of the most successful chefs and restaurateurs in Denver, presiding over a commonwealth of food temples (and one speakeasy) that, for the most part, generate positive reviews and ... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Jan 26, 2012

  If you're looking to chase away the chill, it's worth making the pilgrimage to this wiener joint that just introduced its first chili dog -- and will soon celebrate its sixth anniversary. Can you gu... More >>

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  Round two with Hunter Pritchett, exec chef of Luca d'Italia

  published Jan 26, 2012

  Hunter Pritchett Luca d'Italia 711 Grant Street 303-832-6600 www.lucadenver.com This is part two of my interview with Hunter Pritchett, exec chef of Luca d'Italia. Part one of my chat with Pritche... More >>

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  TAG|RAW BAR plans to expand -- both its size and menu

  published Jan 26, 2012

  TAG|RAW BAR, Troy Guard's house of (mostly) raw foodstuffs that are good for your body and soul, is one of the city's most petite restaurants, but by the start of Denver Restaurant Week(s), Guard and ... More >>

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  100 Favorite Dishes: Pasta puttanesca from Sketch

  published Jan 25, 2012

  No. 45: Pasta puttanesca from SketchJust a few months ago, Brian Laird, the former longtime executive chef of Barolo Grill, was flipping burgers at Rockbar, and the introduction of those burgers, fo... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Can you guess where I'm eatingr Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week's Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool -- and every Monday, we select one luc... More >>

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  Hunter Pritchett, exec chef of Luca d'Italia, on bum piss and fried fish

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Hunter Pritchett Luca d'Italia 711 Grant Street 303-832-6600 www.lucadenver.com This is part one of my interview with Hunter Pritchett, exec chef of Luca d'Italia. Part two of my chat with Pritche... More >>

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  100 Favorite Dishes: Xiao Long Bao from Lao Wang Noodle House

  published Jan 24, 2012

  No. 46: Xiao Long Bao from Lao Wang Noodle HouseIt doesn't matter the time of day, or the day of the week. Every day that Lao Wang Noodle House is open (it's shuttered on Monday) is a day to thank t... More >>

• A big expansion (and maybe breakfast) is in the works for Hooked on Colfax

  published Jan 24, 2012

  Hooked on Colfax, the eclectic, buzzy java joint at 3213 East Colfax, is planning a big expansion, one that will double its square footage and seating capacity, which is busting at the seams, says bar... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Jan 24, 2012

  Denver lays claim to several noteworthy Middle Eastern restaurants, but there are plenty of flops, too, including the place where the above snap was flashed. Achingly slow service, a server whose voca... More >>

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  Pasquini's plants its newest pizzeria in Cherry Creek

  published Jan 23, 2012

  It wasn't long ago that I demoted Cherry Creek to a culinary wasteland -- or something like that -- but as soon as the words slipped from my fly trap, I had to eat them. Over the past few months, Cher... More >>