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Jennifer Jasinski

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Frasca Food and Wine, Jennifer Jasinski, Jason Sheehan named James Beard Award finalists

    In February, the James Beard Foundation released the names of the chef, restaurateur and restaurant semi-finalists vying for a coveted spot as a James Beard finalist. And today, just minutes ago, the Foundation announced its 2012 finalists...and guess who's in it to win it?

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Alex Seidel, Jennifer Jasinski, Frank Bonanno, Mark Fischer, Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, Frasca Food and Wine and Peak Spirits all James Beard semi-finalists

    Jennifer Jasinski, chef/owner of Rioja, Bistro Vendome and Euclid Hall, is among the chosen few vying for a James Beard Foundation award.​The James Beard Foundation has just announced its crop of restaurant and chef semi-finalists vying for a coveted 2012 James Beard award, and several Denver ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2011

    Now We're Cooking

    Jennifer Jasinski, chef/owner of Rioja, Bistro Vendome and Euclid Hall, is among the chosen few vying for a James Beard Foundation award.​The James Beard Foundation has just announced its crop of restaurant and chef semi-finalists vying for a coveted 2012 James Beard award, and several Denver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Local star chefs Jennifer Jasinski and Max MacKissock tie the knot

    Last weekend, Jennifer Jasinski and Max MacKissock, two of Denver's best -- and most beloved -- chefs got hitched in California. Jasinski, who owns Euclid Hall, Bistro Vendome and Rioja, where she's the executive chef, and MacKissock, the exec chef of the Squeaky Bean, met several years ago, and the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    Kitchen Crusaders

    Last weekend, Jennifer Jasinski and Max MacKissock, two of Denver's best -- and most beloved -- chefs got hitched in California. Jasinski, who owns Euclid Hall, Bistro Vendome and Rioja, where she's the executive chef, and MacKissock, the exec chef of the Squeaky Bean, met several years ago, and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Pig porn from Cochon 555, aka the Super Bowl of Swine

    Lori MidsonCochon 555 chefs Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson, Kelly Liken, Alex Seidel, Frank Bonanno and Jennifer Jasinski ​ Lard, have mercy on my soul. To say that I pigged out this weekend is the understatement of the year, and if I was porky before, you should see me now. In fact, I'm fairly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Tyler Wiard, Jennifer Jasinski and Elise Wiggins have teamed up to create a new sandwich for a national chain

    ​Oh. My. God. We just heard that Tyler Wiard (Elway's Cherry Creek), Elise Wiggins (Panzano) and Jennifer Jasinski (Rioja, Bistro Vendome and Euclid Hall) are joining forces with a national "roast beef" sandwich chain to create a new sandwich that'll be called "The Big TyWigSki." "I'm looki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Tonight: Jennifer Jasinski unleashes a seven-course feast from her new cookbook, The Perfect Bite

    Lori Midson​ Last month Jennifer Jasinski, chef/owner of Rioja, Bistro Vendome and Euclid Hall, released her first cookbook, A Perfect Bite, a 186-page compendium of recipes from Rioja's' kitchen, accompanied by stunning photography and tips for the home cook. And tonight, at the Larimer Squ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    The perfect post-holiday gift: Jennifer Jasinski's The Perfect Bite

    Lori Midson​"I know! Can you believe it? We finally got the book through the doors!" That was elated response from Jennifer Jasinski, the chef/owner of Rioja, Euclid Hall and Bistro Vendôme, when I spoke with her late yesterday afternoon, two days after 5,000 copies of her Rioja cookbook, T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    More predictions, rants and raves from local chefs on the culinary trends of 2011

    Sustainably-farmed fish will be a big trend in 2011, say local chefs​Yesterday, several local chefs -- Michael Long (Aria and Opus); Eric Skokan (Black Cat); Brandon Biederman (Steuben's); Brad Rowell (Colt & Gray); and Troy Guard (TAG and TAG Raw Bar) -- dished on the culinary trends that wou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Deck the shelves with boughs of cookbooks: Local chefs sound off on their favorite culinary reads

    Lori Midson​Ah, Christmas: The season of giving, receiving, in-law spats, road range, parking lot clusterfucks, check-out line massacres and cookbooks and food books -- the ones that you hope will end up wrapped under the tree, right alongside the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Over the course of the ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 28, 2010

    Big love for Euclid Hall

    Lori Midson​Ah, Christmas: The season of giving, receiving, in-law spats, road range, parking lot clusterfucks, check-out line massacres and cookbooks and food books -- the ones that you hope will end up wrapped under the tree, right alongside the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Over the course of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Euclid Hall finds a niche in Denver dining

    Mark MangerThe Euclidean cheesesteak​Euclid Hall, 1317 14th Street, the third restaurant within one block for partners Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch, who also own Rioja and Bistro Vendome, was one of the hottest openings of the summer. The crowds packed into the beautifully refurbished s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Euclid Hall taps its own house beer from Steamworks Brewing today

    ​When the crew from Steamworks Brewing makes the trip north today for the Great American Beer Festival, they're have something extra on board for Denver. The Durango brewery is making a limited-edition proprietary beer just for Euclid Hall, the happening new beer-centric gastropub owned by La ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Business Week recommends Bistro Vendome as best place to eat near Invesco Field at Mile High

    ​After ESPN released a summary of health-code violations for stadiums around the country, it stands to reason that you might want to avoid food at the game altogether. At a loss for where to bulk up before the Broncos? Business Week has you covered. In its write-up of restaurants located near ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    A delicious food porn preview of Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen

    Lori Midson ​When Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen, Jennifer Jasinski's new late-night tavern, opens on Wednesday, August 4, Denver grubniks are going to drop to their knees in gratitude, especially if the food is anywhere near as fantastic as it was during a recent menu preview, at which Jasinksi, ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Part two: Cafe Options chef Craig Dixon extols butter, pounds the chicken breast and makes a surprising declaration about Denver

    Lori Midson Craig Dixon, executive chef of Cafe Options​ This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Cafe Options executive chef Craig Dixon. To read part one of that interview, click here. Favorite ingredient: Butter. Animal fat is where it's at. You can't fake butter. Humans have sur ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2010

    Manning the Grill

    Lori Midson Craig Dixon, executive chef of Cafe Options​ This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Cafe Options executive chef Craig Dixon. To read part one of that interview, click here. Favorite ingredient: Butter. Animal fat is where it's at. You can't fake butter. Humans have sur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Tonight: Women Cook! and raise funds for Work Options for Women

    ​It's one of the great culinary paradoxes: While most household-name chefs are men, in most households, women are the ones wearing the aprons. But the annual fundraiser for Work Options for Women -- a nonprofit enterprise that teaches impoverished women the skills they need to become gainfully ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2010

    Dining for a Difference

    ​It's one of the great culinary paradoxes: While most household-name chefs are men, in most households, women are the ones wearing the aprons. But the annual fundraiser for Work Options for Women -- a nonprofit enterprise that teaches impoverished women the skills they need to become gainfully ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    In the kitchen with Jennifer Jasinski, chef of Rioja and Bistro Vendome

    Northstar Media BooksJennifer Jasinski's black truffle potato salad​Jennifer Jasinksi, executive chef of Rioja and Bistro Vendome, and the subject of this week's Chef and Tell interview, recently wrote The Perfect Bite , a soon-to-be released cookbook chock-a-block with recipes from Rioja, inc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Chef and Tell with Jennifer Jasinski from Rioja and Bistro Vendome

    ​Jennifer Jasinski Executive chef/owner: Rioja and Bistro Vendome Unless you've been in self-imposed isolation or mandatory lockdown, you've no doubt heard the news: Jennifer Jasinski, executive chef/co-owner of Rioja and Bistro Vendôme, is just months away from opening Euclid Hall Bar and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    100 Favorite Dishes: Dungeness crab salad from Rioja

    Lori Midson ​ Best of Denver 2010 was released April 1, but Cafe Society is still counting down, in no particular order, our 100 favorite dishes. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Local restaurants step up to help out Haiti

    Left to right: Max Mackissock, Jennifer Jasinski, Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, John Broening, Alex Seidel, Blake Edmunds and Travis Vaughn​Two very different restaurant fundraisers this week bought a literal boatload of help for Haiti. First up: The $125-a-head, six-course meal at Rioja on Monday n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    The list: Top ten Larimer Square restaurants

    ​Jason Sheehan just reviewed TAG and found lots to love at Troy Atherton Guard's eponymous restaurant, including -- but not limited to -- the rice. Here are nine more Larimer Square restaurants we think deserve some props:

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Fuel fall with Rioja's new autumn menu

    Lori Midson Spinach veloute soup and chestnut soup with foie gras terrine from Rioja ​ Jennifer Jasinski, chef-owner of Rioja, 1431 Larimer Street, is renowned for both her use of local ingredients and seasonal menu changes. And her most recent iteration, a lovely autumn board of fall vegetables, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Jennifer Jasinski's shrimp sliders win by a shrimp at Hot Rocks Griller Challenge

    Lori Midson All the rain in Spain couldn't have dampened the spirits at last night's Hot Rocks Griller Challenge at Elway's Cherry Creek (2500 East First Avenue), a benefit for the Denver Heath Foundation that brought together eleven Denver chefs, chaperoned by Denver Bronco cheerleaders, who coer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Top Denver chefs play with fire for charity tonight at Elway's Cherry Creek

    Real food. Sharp utensils. Big fire. A good cause. And Denver's top chefs. That's what's on tap tonight, from 6 to 9 p.m., at Elway's Cherry Creek, 2500 East First Avenue, when eleven of the town's top cookers - Tyler Wiard (Elway's, Cherry Creek); Sean Yontz (Mezcal, Tambien and Sketch); Justin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Second chance for Rioja

    Chef Jennifer Jasinski at Rioja.Kurobuta pork belly, seared on the surface, rubbed with cardamom, properly rested so that it isn't wet with fat, and mounted atop a chunky mound of curry-spiced garbanzo bean puree, green like smashed peas, smooth as whipped potatoes. It's a singularly delicious plate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Denver's best female chefs wowed at Women Cook!

    See photos from the event at westword.com/slideshow. Last night, nearly 500 foodophiles packed the ballroom at Congregation Emanuel to lend their support for the fifth annual Women Cook!, Dining for a Difference, the largest silent auction and fundraiser of the year for Work Options for Women, a n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2009

    Chefs go up front today for Operation Frontline

    Chefs Up Front, a benefit for Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline, brings twenty top chefs to the Colorado Convention Center at 5:30 p.m. today, March 15. The participating restaurant/chef combos include Andrew Lubatty of Avenue Grill, Pete List of Beatrice & Woodsley, Sean Huggard of Black Pea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Bistro Vendome's Monday night Bistro Bites

    Denver Restaurant Week doesn't start until February 21, but many restaurants are already serving up special deals. Last month Bistro Vendome, the French restaurant at 1420 Larimer Street (in an absolutely lovely space off the Arcade), extended its Sunday night mussels and frites deal through Thursd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Bistro Vendome's mussel deal is no shell game

    Restaurants are outdoing themselves offering bargains this month, trying to bolster what's always a blah month. But it's going to be tough to beat the deal that Bistro Vendome, the charming French restaurant tucked into the back of Larimer Square, is offering in January: moules & frites for $9. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2008

    Early Bird Special: Jennifer Jasinski

    Restaurants are outdoing themselves offering bargains this month, trying to bolster what's always a blah month. But it's going to be tough to beat the deal that Bistro Vendome, the charming French restaurant tucked into the back of Larimer Square, is offering in January: moules & frites for $9. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2008

    The Westword.com Blog Shortcut, July 25 Edition

    Restaurants are outdoing themselves offering bargains this month, trying to bolster what's always a blah month. But it's going to be tough to beat the deal that Bistro Vendome, the charming French restaurant tucked into the back of Larimer Square, is offering in January: moules & frites for $9. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    Taste of Taste of the Nation

    Restaurants are outdoing themselves offering bargains this month, trying to bolster what's always a blah month. But it's going to be tough to beat the deal that Bistro Vendome, the charming French restaurant tucked into the back of Larimer Square, is offering in January: moules & frites for $9. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 24, 2008

    Wonder Women

    Restaurants are outdoing themselves offering bargains this month, trying to bolster what's always a blah month. But it's going to be tough to beat the deal that Bistro Vendome, the charming French restaurant tucked into the back of Larimer Square, is offering in January: moules & frites for $9. ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 14, 2008

    Sparrow Flies the Coop

    While Sparrow looks for a new home, Denver chefs head to New York City.

  • Dining

    August 24, 2006

    Ground Zero

    Bistro Vendome gets a new chef.

  • Dining

    May 11, 2006

    Art of the Kill

    Kevin Taylor rebuilds his empire.

  • Dining

    May 19, 2005

    Bite Me

    Beard House Rules

  • News

    May 19, 2005

    Food, Glorious Food

    Denver chefs take a bite of the Big Apple.

  • Dining

    May 5, 2005

    Bite Me

    Chef and Tell

  • Dining

    May 5, 2005

    A Real First

    Fans had no trouble finding Rioja; now it needs to find itself.

  • Food & Drink

    March 24, 2005

    Best Handmade Pasta

    Rioja

  • Dining

    December 23, 2004

    Bite Me

    Dear Santa...

  • Dining

    November 25, 2004

    Bite Me

    Red Alert

  • Food & Drink

    March 27, 2003

    Best Power Lunch

    Panzano

  • Food & Drink

    April 4, 2002

    Best Italian Restaurant

    Panzano

  • Dining

    November 15, 2001

    2nd Helping

    Return to Panzano

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