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Don Vito Goes Down the Hard Way

The Bite

Wining and dining in Estes Park.

Bite Me

Many Happy Returns

Bite Me

Something to Chew On

In anticipation of the Top Chef finale

I swore a few weeks ago that I wasn't going to write another word about Bravo's Top Chef until it stopped sucking. Until they stopped breaking the action every thirty seconds with completely inappropriate product placements (Diet Dr. Pepper cookoff!), until Fabio and Stefan stopped giving the ... More >>

Elway's Downtown is seriously lacking in fun

I swore a few weeks ago that I wasn't going to write another word about Bravo's Top Chef until it stopped sucking. Until they stopped breaking the action every thirty seconds with completely inappropriate product placements (Diet Dr. Pepper cookoff!), until Fabio and Stefan stopped giving the ... More >>

Starting From Scratch

The Johnson & Wales recipe for success includes a fresh-baked sports program.

Party On

Let the good times -- and the good food -- roll at Lucile's.

The Creole Thing

Cajun food is addictive. Broussard's dining room is not.

Distant Replay

Expect the anniversary of 9/11 to bring out the media's worst.

Mouthing Off

Expect the anniversary of 9/11 to bring out the media's worst.

Mouthing Off

Expect the anniversary of 9/11 to bring out the media's worst.

Chef and Tell: John Broening

John Broening​"We'll have head cheese at Olivéa on Friday -- I expect to see you there," summoned the e-mail. The note - short and to the point -- was from John Broening, the executive chef at Duo and Olivéa: the former a restaurant in Highland with a field-to-plate, seasonal approach to foo ... More >>

A conversation with John Broening, of Duo and Olivea

John Broening​"We'll have head cheese at Olivéa on Friday -- I expect to see you there," summoned the e-mail. The note - short and to the point -- was from John Broening, the executive chef at Duo and Olivéa: the former a restaurant in Highland with a field-to-plate, seasonal approach to foo ... More >>

Macy's and Food Bank of the Rockies aim to feed 10 million

​ September is Hunger Action Month, and department store giant Macy's is partnering with Feeding America and food banks across the country to fight hunger here at home. Macy's will launch its "Come Together" awareness and fundraising campaign, which aims to feed 10 million people suffering fr ... More >>

How does Michelle Obama's garden grow? Find out on Iron Chef America

Photo: Courtesy of Getty Images​First, Michelle Obama caught the attention of carrot stalkers when she corralled a group of Washington, D.C., schoolkids to help her garden grow on the White House's South Lawn; she also pimped her garden on Sesame Street. Then Spike Mendelsohn, burger wizard, forme ... More >>

Rats! The top five ways to cook rodents, Food TV-style

​For food news in 2009, it's hard to beat this rat's tale: The Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here put an Italian chef and a British actor in the Outback, where they saw dinner scurrying by. They pounced on the rat, ate it -- and were promptly charged with cruelty to ani ... More >>

Top ten T-shirts to give you food for thought

T-shirts, like tattoos, tell you a lot about a person's passions and prejudices, likes and dislikes. They, like tatts, have become an overt form of self-expression -- a bumper sticker for the body -- that lets people know if you're a fan of the Rolling Stones or the rolling pin. But while concert te ... More >>

Ted's Montana Grill "Secret Ingredient Showdown" wants you!

​From now until May 30, Ted's Montana Grill is challenging all at-home chefs to compete in the Secret Ingredient Showdown. The contest involves coming up with recipes for any one of four secret ingredients. Bison was the first, and Ted's just revealed Anaheim peppers as the second. Using tho ... More >>

Only in America

Brooks Smokehouse Bar-B-Que is pleased to meat you.

Oak Tavern's Jeremy Roosa plays with sharp knives, ballyhoos the virtues of acidity, boohoos iceberg lettuce and sings the praises of the spatula

Lori Midson Jeremy Roosa, exec chef of the Oak Tavern ​Jeremy Roosa Oak Tavern 1414 Market Street 303-888-0655 www.oaktaverndenver.com "I dress like a clown, I play with food, fire and sharp knives, and they pay me. Does it get any more fun than that?" asks Jeremy Roosa. The executive chef o ... More >>

How Mario Batali was won: the rhetoric behind Meatless Monday

​About a month ago, if you'll recall, I raked my former idol, Mario Batali, over the coals for jumping on the bandwagon of the cute veggie campaign, Meatless Monday. And in the aftermath, as was only fair, I was chastised for my pigheadedness (no pun intended). But as my comments about anima ... More >>

Meatless Monday picks up Wolfgang Puck

​When Chris Elam, program director at Meatless Monday, told us his side of the veggie-movement story, he hinted that a national chef would soon be signing on to the cause. We mused that Emeril Lagasse, Tom Colicchio, and Wolfgang Puck were very much in play.

Part two: Chef and Tell with Second Home's Jeff Bolton

Lori Midson Second Home Kitchen Bar executive chef Jeff Bolton​ This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Second Home Kitchen Bar chef Jeff Bolton. To read part one of that Q&A, click here Rules of conduct in your kitchen: Have fun, don't screw around when it's business time, and ... More >>

Part two: Chef and Tell with Roberto Diaz from Mezcal

Lori Midson​ Roberto Diaz Mezcal 3230 East Colfax Avenue 303-322-5219 www.mezcalcolorado.com This is part two of Lori Midson's Q&A with Roberto Diaz, executive chef of Mezcal. To read part one of that interview, click here. What you'd like to see more of in Denver from a culinary standpoint ... More >>

Chef and Tell, part two: Table 6 exec chef Scott Parker on girl-on-girl topless bacon cookery

Lori Midson​ Scott Parker Table 6 601 Corona Street 303-831-8800 www.table6denver.com This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Table 6 exec chef Scott Parker. In case you missed it, part one of Parker's interview ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: I have two kids, so w ... More >>

Top five foods we're sick of finding truffles in

They deserve so much better.​ Truffles are the rock stars of the edible universe. They smell like pungent earth, sweaty sex and crushed garlic. A mere shaving of truffle atop a bowl of hot buttered pasta is enough to evoke primal passion and raw emotion in the most stoic of human beings. So ... More >>

The Palm's Marco Ramirez on new food strategies, his boner and how to cook the perfect steak

Lori Midson​ Marco Ramirez The Palm 1672 Lawrence Street 303-825-7256 www.thepalm.com This is part two of my interview with Marco Ramirez, executive chef of The Palm. In part one of that interview, Ramirez talks about life in a crazy-busy kitchen, the flood that almost drowned it, and how ha ... More >>

The Cherry Cricket's Antonio Gorjoux on the day he nearly got fired, eating cow-eye tacos, and the secrets behind the Cricket burger

Lori Midson​ Antonio Gorjoux Cherry Cricket 2641 East Second Avenue 303-322-7666 www.cherrycricket.com This is part one of my Chef and Tell interview with Antonio Gorjoux, kitchen manager of the Cherry Cricket. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. "Chef is a big wor ... More >>

Biker Jim gets his first food truck -- and has plans to go national

Biker Jim now has two hot dog carts, a brick-and-mortar and a new food truck that will go national.​The text from Biker Jim simply read: "Tired. Taking a nap." The sultan of sausages and high-priest of hot dogs had just returned from a food truck show in Las Vegas, where he pimped frankfurters ... More >>

Round two with Amos Watts, exec chef of Jax Fish House-Denver

Lori Midson​ Amos Watts Jax Fish House Denver 1539 17th Street 303-292-5767 www.jaxfishhousedenver.com This is part two of my interview with Amos Watts, exec chef of Jax Fish House-Denver. Part one of my interview with Watts ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Next in Chicago. I ... More >>

Tickets now on sale for the 30th anniversary of the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen

Lori Midson​O come, all ye faithful, to one of the biggest culinary red carpets rides in the country: the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen. If you've been really, really nice this year and you've got a high roller in your circle of family and friends, then you might as well ask for the BIg One: a ... More >>