Dessert Recipes

The Kitchen Denver whips up the Chocolate Nemesis -- and you can, too

Don't let the name mislead you: The Chocolate Nemesis may soon be your new best friend. The "oldie but goody" dessert that won fans at The Kitchen in Boulder has now been imported to The Kitchen Denver, and is winning hearts (and stomachs) across town. The flourless chocolate cake, accompanied by c ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: lemon pound cake

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 their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. It's a good day to stay home... ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Thumbprint cookies with a trio of jams

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 their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Thumbprint jam cookies -- also ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Chocolate bundt cake

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 their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Despite the fact that Valentine ... More >>

Ginger cookies for a holiday dessert on Meatless Monday

If you're looking for something to bring to the office for the holidays -- and you work with people who don't eat animal products -- these vegan ginger cookies are a quick, easy solution. Softer than gingersnaps but with a similar bite imparted by the distinctive root, they're a great balance betwee ... More >>

Really baked goods: Making medical marijuana-infused foods at home for yourself

There's no shortage of manufacturers creating medical marijuana edibles, but sometimes the best medicated food comes out of your own kitchen. To help get you cooking, I've compiled some basic formulas for making infused oil, butter and tinctures, and also collected a few recipes from people in the l ... More >>

Wild Eggs celebrates one year in Denver with a bow to the King, revamped menu

Elvis Presley Week begins today and runs through Saturday, August 18. And Wild Eggs -- the Kentucky-based breakfast and lunch chain that expanded into Denver last August, putting a store at 300 East Alameda Avenue -- is honoring his memory and its birthday with a week-long special on "The King Woul ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Devil's food cake with chocolate buttercream icing

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 their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. For this week's devil's food ca ... More >>

Willie G's caters to the classes and the masses

Stoner MacGyver marijuana review: High Times cannabis cookbook

Now and then, companies send us medical marijuana-related products ranging from vaporizers to board games. We showcase them in our quasi-regular product review section, Stoner MacGyver. The latest? The Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook.

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Zabaglione

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 their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Pinch pie, says Barb, is what ... More >>

Milk and cookies with Lefthand's nitro stout and some Chocolove

I had a case of the munchies the other day and knew from experience that chocolate chip cookies would cure it. An old neighbor and I used to get "safe" on a fairly regular basis (for more on safety, follow my man William Breathes) and as cliche as it sounds, the chocolate chip cookies he'd randomly ... More >>

Marijuana edibles: Make your holiday feast a green treat

​The holiday season is a time of giving, kindness, harmony and joy - or at least, that's what it should be. But these days, the true essence of the holidays seems to be overwhelmed by crazy amounts of traffic, ridiculous lines at stores, people beating each other over toys, dwindling bank acco ... More >>

Gingerbread cookies with Crooked Stave Wild Wild Brett Orange, a collaborative effort

Brian Grant ​I've never been interested in baking, mainly because it's such a regimented process -- and that doesn't appeal to my nature (beer bread is an exception to this rule, not surprisingly). Unlike the carefree cooking method of chopping, tossing together and seasoning various combinati ... More >>

Vegan carrot cake for a fancy dessert on Meatless Monday

​​No one's saying you have to go meatless just because it's Monday -- but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we're offering an animal-free recipe. If you tried the banana-walnut muffin or the chocolate-chip cookie recipes, then you already know that all the hype about ve ... More >>

Recipe: apple cider doughnuts

​If you try to tempt me with anything fried, I'm pretty much going to enjoy it no matter what it is -- except for doughnuts, which are frequently disappointing. Too often undercooked, over-glazed, floppy or dry, the truly exceptional doughnut is hard to come by. But when a doughnut is good, it ... More >>

Vegan chocolate-chip cookies for dessert on Meatless Monday

​​​No one's saying you have to go meatless just because it's Monday -- but as an incentive to join the growing Meatless Monday movement, we're featuring an animal-free recipe each week. Using the words "vegan" and "dessert" in the same sentence inevitably makes some people shudder. These ... More >>

Beer-infused tiramisu, with Left Hand's Wake Up Dead, a dessert for non-dessert lovers

I'm not a huge fan of dessert. Growing up in a somewhat sugar-free household, I never developed much of a sweet tooth. Moreover, I find the course itself tends to be unnecessarily lavish, like a double encore at an otherwise amazing show. Alas, there are exceptions to every rule, and tiramisu is one ... More >>

In the kitchen with Doug Anderson: Hi*Rise shortbread cookies

​In this week's Chef and Tell interview with Doug Anderson, the chief baker and owner of Hi*Rise, he talks about everything from his mother's epic cinnamon rolls to baking bagels at Moe's in Boulder, where he churned out more than 300-dozen bagels a day -- just for the University of Colorado. ... More >>

The only thing bittersweet about Bittersweet is that you'll have to leave

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Wooden Spoon Cafe is as sweet as its treats

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Goat's milk ice cream, rhubarb compote and Upslope Brown Ale will cool you down

Philip Poston​When I moved to Boulder almost six years ago, I was a virgin to the organic, local and crunchy West Coast vibe that wafts over the Rocky Mountains. Being from the much less breezy South, I grew up eating very well, but was not at all familiar with the pleasure of doing so conscio ... More >>

I was a human dessert tray and it was BDSM-licious

​Plump, ripe strawberries with their tips dipped in dark, silky melted chocolate are pretty sexy. Placing them gently, one by one, onto the warm, supple flesh of a naked woman is even sexier. And being that woman, in a roomful of people who not only understand why I would do this but suppor ... More >>

Five ways to drink your dinner: cooking with vodka

​I spent the past weekend preparing for summertime fun and frolic, and that means just one thing: Vodka. Vodka not just in my glass, but vodka in my food. Summer is a great time to brown-bag both a beverage and a meal, and these libation-licious dishes are some of my favorite ways to consume ... More >>

Elana Amsterdam releases Gluten-Free Cupcakes

Marble cupcakes with vegan chocolate frosting.​Elana Amsterdam had been baking healthy, high-protein desserts since the early '90s -- and then in 1998, she was diagnosed with celiac disease. One thing seemed to lead to another, and the delicious result is the local author's latest work, Gluten ... More >>

Recipe: Spring-themed carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting -- and Peeps!

Elissa Roesch​We've got a roster of gatherings this weekend that includes baby showers, birthday parties and Easter. Charged with bringing something to each, we contemplated just phoning in a beverage pairing -- until an urge to get into the kitchen overcame us. So instead, we baked carrot c ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Anise seed cookies

​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 their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. This week's recipe is n ... More >>

Cantina Laredo hosts a preview of tomorrow's tequila dinner

​Cantina Laredo hosted a dinner and cooking class at the Centennial restaurant, 6851 South Gaylord Street, on November 8, to present new menu offerings and offer a preview of the first Jose Cuervo Tequila Dinner on Thursday, November 11. General manager Joann Harwell and executive chef Ed Le ... More >>

Chef and Tell with the Lobby's Charley Sinden: corn sprouts, his favorite pizza and that offal thing

Lori Midson ​ Charley Sinden The Lobby 2121 Arapahoe Street 303-997-9911 www.thelobbydenver.com This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Charley Sinden, exec chef of the Lobby. See what Sinden has to say about roach coaches, liver and the Domino's cheese pizza delivery in the first s ... More >>

Rudi's rolls out new gluten-free bread at Root Down dinner

Root Down's Harvest Week cantaloupe & tomato gazpacho served with a grilled cheese sandwich on Rudi's gluten-free bread.​If you're not familiar with Rudi's Organic Bakery, a Boulder-based bread company, then you should really make its acquaintance -- particularly if you are gluten-intolerant. ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Cherry chocolate sauce

​ 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 their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. Barb and Pete were in ... More >>

Part two: Avenue Grill's Andrew Lubatty on hip-hop, kitchen doohickeys and Matty Selby

Lori MidsonAvenue Grill executive chef Andrew Lubatty​ Andrew Lubatty The Avenue Grill 630 East 17th Avenue 303-861-2820 www.avenuegrill.com This is part two of Andrew Lubatty's Chef and Tell interview. To read part one of that interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: When I was fourte ... More >>

Chill with Patty's Chile Beer Granita

​The May/June issue of Draft features a recipe for Patty's Chile Beer Granita, made with the Wynkoop Brewing Company's chile beer. I've always been a fan of the microbrew, which original Wynkoop brewer and partner Russell Schehrer invited me to try one morning. (The Westword office was once ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb: Pinch pie

Marisa McClellanPinch pie​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 their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. ... More >>

Beer cupcakes and beer milkshakes from Sam Adams and Breckenridge Brewery

​Chocolate porters, JuJu Ginger, raspberry ales. They all pair well with desserts. But what do you do if you want to go beyond the pairing and actually infuse include beers as an ingredient in you dessert? Boston's Samuel Adams is trying to make it easy on people with a recipe it released in ... More >>

In the kitchen with Jeff Osaka, chef of twelve

Lori Midson​Jeff Osaka, chef/owner of twelve, and the center of this week's compelling Chef and Tell interview, changes his menu monthly, hence the restaurant's name. The January board trumpets foie gras and pork belly, Colorado lamb and a vegetarian paella and several sugar-laced finales, inc ... More >>

What's cooking: Sugar and spice and everything nice

Barb Macfarlane​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 their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast.. This w ... More >>

What's cooking: Pete Marczyk makes chocolate chunk pecan pie

Chocolate pecan pie​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 their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. Last ... More >>

What's cooking: Pete Marczyk gets stuffed

​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 their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. Last month, Pete and Ba ... More >>

Ted's Montana Grill goes nutty for apple crisp

​ You know it's fall when the Nutty Apple Crisp returns to the Ted's Montana Grill menu -- and this year, corporate chef Chris Raucci is sharing the secrets of the dessert. "Our guests can't wait for Nutty Apple Crisp to return each year," he says. "We receive letters and emails from people ... More >>

Sweet Tooth

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Bite Me

Act Natural

A Family Affair

John's serves up a very tasty slice of life.

Stop, Cook and Listen

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

The Bite

Stuff your stocking with cookbooks.

The Bite

Seeing Red

Food Fetishes

Sweet surrender.

Pastafarians

Is Cherry Creek big enough for both Modena and Piatti?