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French Food and Cooking

  • Dining

    March 8, 2012
  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Round two with Tom Coohill, exec chef/owner of Coohills

    Tom Coohill Coohills 1400 Wewatta Street 303-623-5700 coohills.com This is part two of my interview with Tom Coohill, exec chef/owner of Coohills. Part one of my chat with Coohill appeared in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Hangawi in New York City has the most interesting ve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

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

    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 this space tomorrow. "This," confides Tom Coohill, "is too good to be on the menu. It's like buttah." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Wild Catch reopens tonight with a new chef and a new menu

    Lori Midson​Just got off the horn with Mandi Clement, who, along with her husband (and ex-Mizuna chef) Tony, are now consulting at Wild Catch, the former sustainable seafood restaurant that Daniel Kuhlman opened in August -- and subsequently shuttered -- several weeks ago when then-chef and c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Round two with Annabelle Forrestal: Matt Selby, markets and mussels

    Lori Midson​Annabelle Forrestal Vine Street Pub, Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery and Southern Sun www.mountainsunpub.com This is part two of my interview with Annabelle Forrestal, exec chef of Vine Street Pub in Denver and Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery and Southern Sun in Boulder. Part one of that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Reader: Why are all French restaurants described as temples?

    While some readers were splitting hairs over splitting plates, others were getting ready to welcome La Merise to Cherry Creek, where it will open on Wednesday in the former home of Argyll, at 2700 East Third Avenue. In a basement, if not necessarily a temple.

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Bastille Day: Five reasons to love the French

    Flickr photo by whologwhy​With DSK (Dominique Strauss-Kahn) and his did-he-didn't-he-rape-a-New-York-hotel-maid story all over both sides of the Atlantic, it's not a great time to be French. The guy once seen as a top contender in 2012 presidential election pool has now become a poster-child f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    What week is it? Your breakdown of obscure holidays, May 23 - 29

    The less sad times of Mr. Bojangles.​While it's true that holidays often provide convenient excuses to get wasted, their seedy underbelly is that they're usually ticker-tape-decorated cover-ups for communist propaganda -- take Christmas, for example, which is all about giving shit away. Philan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Chef and Tell, part two: Geoffrey Groditski on incompetent culinary school grads, pounds of butter and the whole hog

    Lori Midson​ Geoffrey Groditski The Fort 19192 Highway 8, Morrison 303-697-4771 www.thefort.com This is part one of my interview with Geoffrey Groditski, executive chef of The Fort. In part one of that interview, Groditski raps on his $40,000 mistake, raw bull's balls and how pine nuts ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2010

    Frank Bonanno opens Lou's Food Bar -- and we've got the first look

    Lori Midson​"Yeah, it's been stressful, and there was a point where I felt like I was going to throw up," confesses Frank Bonanno, who's clinging to a glass of red wine while sitting at the bar of Lou's Food Bar, his newest restaurant that opened last night at 1851 West 38th Avenue. "But now - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Coohill's will open next August in LoDo

    ​Four years ago, in 2006, Tom Coohill, the former Western regional chef and director of culinary standards for Levy Restaurants at the Pepsi Center, left the armpit that some people call Pittsburgh and moved to Denver. "My wife and I had a vision of moving out West -- we're both really outdo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Frank Bonanno, Alex Seidel, Jennifer Jasinski, Steve Ells and James Rugile among James Beard semifinalists

    Lori Midson Venue chef James Rugile ​Restaurant and chef semifinalists for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards were released this morning, which gives all the nominees exactly 32 days to chew on their success before the five finalists in each category are announced on Monday, March 22. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Part Two: Chef and Tell with James Mazzio

    Lori Midson ​This is part two of James Mazzio's Chef and Tell interview. To read part one, click here. What you'd like to see more of in Denver from a culinary standpoint: More chefs going out on their own and expressing their individual culinary talent rather than working for chain restaur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Jill's Restaurant in Boulder welcomes two new French chefs

    ​If a day at the spa, followed by a meal prepared by French chefs that finishes with a dessert tasting of four flavors of crème brulee -- Bailey's, chocolate truffle, pumpkin, and Tahitian vanilla bean -- sounds like something you might deserve after all of the holiday madness, then head up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Joel Stein on Thomas Keller and reality food shows

    Thomas Keller​ While having dinner recently, I overheard a woman trying to familiarize her dining companion with Jean-Georges Vongerichten. In an attempt to jog her memory, the friend asked, "What show is he on?" It's an interesting state of affairs, more obviously a sign of the times. In a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Julie Powell makes an appearance with the butcher of Marczyk Fine Foods

    ​Julie Powell, the former blogger who cooked every recipe from Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking and then turned her hits and misses into a book of her own, Julie & Julia, was meant to take the big stage tonight in Denver, but for whatever reason (low ticket sales?), that lectu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Julie Powell books a different Denver appearance

    ​Julie Powell, the author of Julie & Julia, canceled her big stage talk, but she's still coming to town: She's scheduled a last-minute event at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, December 10, at the LoDo Tattered Cover for her latest book. Here's what Tattered has to say: Powell "thought cooking her way thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Tonight: Foams, sous-vide, truffled waffles and Kendall Jackson wines at Restaurant 1515

    Foam​There are wine dinners...and there are wine dinners, like the one tonight at Restaurant 1515, Gene Tang's experimental restaurant at 1515 Market Street that's apparently the only restaurant in Colorado approved by the health department to legally practice sous-vide cooking.

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Part two: Chef and Tell with Frank Bonanno

    Frank Bonanno​This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Frank Bonanno, executive chef-owner of Osteria Marco, Mizuna, Luca d'Italia and Bones. You can read the first part of Midson's interview with Bonanno here. Culinary inspirations: My mother and my sister. When I was six, seven, may ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 13, 2009

    A conversation with John Broening, of Duo and Olivea

    Frank Bonanno​This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Frank Bonanno, executive chef-owner of Osteria Marco, Mizuna, Luca d'Italia and Bones. You can read the first part of Midson's interview with Bonanno here. Culinary inspirations: My mother and my sister. When I was six, seven, may ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    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 >>

  • Dining

    December 18, 2008

    Leaving France for America

    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 >>

  • Dining

    August 21, 2008

    Le Central: everyday French fare you could eat every day

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    French cooking, from A to Z at Z Cuisine A Cote

    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 >>

  • Dining

    March 13, 2008

    French 250

    Ooh, la la! This restaurant has me all haute and bothered!

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008

    French Twist

    Ooh, la la! This restaurant has me all haute and bothered!

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008

    French Twist

    Ooh, la la! This restaurant has me all haute and bothered!

  • Dining

    August 30, 2007

    Wazee Supper Club

    A LoDo tradition stays true to the hood.

  • Dining

    December 14, 2006

    Bistro Vendome

    French toast is in order.

  • Dining

    May 19, 2005

    Bite Me

    Beard House Rules

  • Dining

    May 12, 2005

    Bite Me

    Get a 'Cue

  • Dining

    January 20, 2005

    Bite Me

    Home Run

  • Dining

    December 9, 2004

    Waugghhh to Go

    Sam'l P. Arnold is still holding down The Fort.

  • Dining

    October 7, 2004

    History in the Making

    The collision of French and Vietnamese culinary traditions led to the perfection of Chez Thuy.

  • Dining

    February 19, 2004

    Bite Me

    Know Way

  • Dining

    February 27, 2003

    Bite Me

    Cold Comfort

  • Dining

    January 23, 2003

    Net Loss

    Roy's Cherry Creek is beginning to show its age.

  • Dining

    February 14, 2002

    Med Alert

    Nicois is full of truly wonderful food -- and not enough diners.

  • Dining

    November 8, 2001

    The Bite

    Feeding Your Flock

  • Dining

    May 31, 2001

    French Twist

    Tante Louise's Duy Pham is the real thing.

  • Dining

    May 3, 2001

    The Bite

    Wining and dining in Estes Park.

  • Dining

    November 30, 2000

    Ahoy, Denver!

    Two new seafood restaurants could each prove quite a catch.

  • Dining

    May 18, 2000

    Be There. Aloha.

    Roy's Cherry Creek brings the ohana spirit to Denver.

  • Dining

    October 28, 1999

    Mais, Oui

    French chefs are out there--if you know where to look.

  • Dining

    October 28, 1999

    Table for None

    La Brasserie Café makes a mess out of French-Swiss cuisine.

  • Dining

    November 26, 1998

    Stress for Excess

    La Brasserie Café makes a mess out of French-Swiss cuisine.

  • Dining

    October 23, 1997

    Mouthing Off

    La Brasserie Café makes a mess out of French-Swiss cuisine.

  • Dining

    December 20, 1995

    MOUTHING OFF

    La Brasserie Café makes a mess out of French-Swiss cuisine.

  • Dining

    May 3, 1995

    EAT AT MEL'S

    La Brasserie Café makes a mess out of French-Swiss cuisine.

  • Dining

    March 30, 1994

    MOUTHING OFF

    La Brasserie Café makes a mess out of French-Swiss cuisine.

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