Culinary Arts

Safeway is looking for the next great chef...fast

Forget Top Chef. Safeway's Next Chef Competition is looking for local talent, and there's not a moment to waste, since the deadline is March 7. So fire up your skillet (yes, that's an intrinsic part of the project) as you read the contest announcement:

Lon Symensma, chef of ChoLon, nabs a nod in Food & Wine magazine's "People's Best New Chef" competition

Last March, Food & Wine magazine introduced a "People's Best New Chef" competition to go along with its own yearly listage of the top ten best new chefs in the country, all of whom are introduced at the Aspen Food & Wine Classic in June. Max MacKissock, chef of the Squeaky Bean, was nominated as the ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Wine, pork and much more

​The wine will be flowing this week, at events ranging from Grand Junction's VinCO 2011 to the Pinot Posse Tag Team Winemaker Dinner. But there's more on Colorado's culinary plate this week: everything from workshops, to dry-sausage and hog-slaughtering events. Here's a taste:

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Tequila dinners, beer tastings and more

​Tomorrow's Rollin' Sushi workshop at the Seasoned Chef Cooking School is one of several culinary classes this week; other mouth-watering events include a tequila dinner at El Diablo and a beer-tasting fundraiser at the E Project. Here's a taste of what's to come:

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Festivals, classes and family-style dinners

​Want to stir things up in 2011? There are plenty of cooking classes, parties, special dinners and festivals to help you keep (or kill) whatever resolutions you've made. Here's a taste of what's on Colorado's culinary calendar:

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: A harvest of summer classes

A Flickr photo​This week, on top of the usual wine dinners and cooking classes, there are classes on preserving your summer harvest, the continuation of Empire Lounge & Restaurant's Jim & Julia Dinner Series, and much more. Here's a sampling of what's on the culinary calendar menu:

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Cooking classes, street food and dinners galore

A Flickr photo.​This week, both Terroir and Duo are cooking outside their kitchens for various dinners, Twisted Pine celebrates its birthday -- and much more, including classes and dinners for every palate. Here's a taste of what's ahead: Monday, July 12: The City of Aurora offers a kids' co ... More >>

Hush: this new dinner club is a secret

​It's funny to watch the evolution of a restaurant scene from the inside; to track, over time, how the pieces all come together. The first thing any burgeoning scene needs is a solid groundwork of excellent restaurants and pretty good restaurants. A few is not enough. There needs to be a cri ... More >>

Part two: Chef and Tell with Sean Kelly from LoHi SteakBar

Lori MidsonLoHi SteakBar exec chef Sean Kelly​This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Sean Kelly, exec chef of LoHi SteakBar. You can read part one of Midson's interview with Kelly here. Ten words to describe you: Husband, father, cook, dedicated, extreme, blessed, impossible, critic ... More >>

Tonight: Mastering the art of French cooking at the Kitchen Table Cooking School

Actress Meryl Streep as "Julia Child" in the new film, Julie and Julia​To celebrate the release of Julie & Julia, the new flick about beloved American chef Julia Child and Julie Powell, the tenacious food blogger who conquered all the recipes in Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the ... More >>

Chef and Tell: Matt Selby

Photo by Lori MidsonThe tattooed knuckles of Vesta Dipping Grill executive chef Matt Selby​During the Taste of the Nation, the July 19 charity event that Matt Selby chef-chaired, he turned to me and uttered one word: "Wow." He was awestruck by the size of the crowd, but also by something else: ... More >>

Oskar Blues gets a new chef

​Jason Rogers has signed on as head chef of Oskar Blues, where he's overseeing a complete kitchen renovation of the Oskar Blues Grill & Brew brewpub in Lyons, and will then run the kitchen at the soon-to-open Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids & Solids in Longmont. "The moment I met Jason I knew he ... More >>

Frasca dinner with Bodegas Muga wines

On Monday, May 11, Frasca Food & Wine, 1738 Pearl Street in Boulder, will offer a wine dinner with Steve Lewis of Giuliana Imports presenting the wines of Bodegas Muga. Master Sommelier Bobby Stuckey will be on hand, and chef/co-owner Lachlan Mackinnon Patterson will cook a four-course seasonal menu ... More >>

What's cooking? Events at cooking schools

What's cooking? Mise en Place Cooking School, at 1801 Wynkoop Street #175, is hosting the kick off of LiveWell Colorado's five-year plan to end obesity in Colorado today. At 9:30 a.m., Dr. Collins, the "Cooking Cardiologist," will offer a cooking demonstration, followed by speakers at 10 a.m. For mo ... More >>

Beard House Blues: One Colorado finalist

It was a rough year for Colorado chefs (and writers) in this year's James Beard awards.  The finalists were announced this morning -- and our white jackets just got spanked. A handful of Coloradans had made the semi-finalists list. Frank Bonanno (above) got tapped for Best Restaurateur. Yasmin ... More >>

Taste tests: Chocolate and the Yucatan

At 6:30 p.m. tonight, the Lab at Belmar kicks off the latest round of Taste Test, a series that "investigates the foods that we eat through a combination of history, science, anthropology and culinary arts," according to the Lab's Sarah Skeen. First up: "Taste Test: Chocolate," William Poole, found ... More >>

A Colorado culinary connection

Denver's food scene may not be as big as San Francisco's or New York's, but it isn't bad. In fact, it's the perfect match between intimacy and variety. And its size provides plenty of opportunities to get close not just to our restaurants, but to the specialty food shops around town.  Culinary Co ... More >>

Taste of Taste of the Nation

Show and Tell

Cut to the quick.

Quite a Ride

French Twist

French Twist

Fun With Molecular Gastronomy

A visit to Mr. Wizard.

O's Steak & Seafood

There’s a magician in this kitchen: Ian Kleinman, a real food wizard.

Group of One

Employees bail out of Nine75 and Ocean.

Pretty Ain't Enough

Pretty Ain't Enough

Green Acres

WaterCourse is a growing concern.

Gourmet Eats and Treats

Bite Me

Make a List

Food, Glorious Food

Denver chefs take a bite of the Big Apple.

Bite Me

Chef and Tell

Best Big Plates

L'Atelier

Bite Me

American Dreams

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The Write Stuff

The Answer Man

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Class Acts

Best Way to Get Your Smoke-Cooking Degree

Culinary Institute of Smoke-Cooking

Stop, Cook and Listen

Six months and $20,000 later, student chefs prepare the meal of a lifetime.

The Food Group

An innovative welfare-to-work program feeds the restaurant business.

Cut, Print, Eat

Chef pays homage to "Food in the Movies," and we don't mean popcorn and Junior Mints

Easy Does It

Chef Michael Degenhart brings a Zen-like clarity to Rue Cler's french cuisine.

Mouthing Off

A Stirring Experience

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Noel Cunningham

Mmm, Mmm, Good Guy

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