There's quite a smorgasbord of food-related fun tonight.
"Taste Test: Random Encounters in the History & Science of Food" returns to the Lab at Belmar, 404 South Upham in Lakewood, at 6 p.m. today, March 12, when the focus will be on...sugar. Keegan Gerhard, pastry chef, Food Network host,owner of D Bar Desserts, at 1475 East 17th Avenue, and Westword cover boy (shown here with wife Lisa Bailey) will do some sweet-talking with Stephen Mihm, professor of history at the University of Georgia. Fo
Put a little sprinkle in your step this Saturday, May 23, when D Bar Desserts, the magnificent bakery, sugar shack and savory foods shop at 1475 East 17th Avenue, celebrates its first anniversary with free cupcakes -- just one of the attention-grabbers at the food-porn patisserie that chef (and Food Network Challenge host) Keegan Gerhard and his wife and pastry chef, Lisa Bailey, opened last year. (Westword restaurant critic Jason Sheehan raved about it here.) Here's the deal: Come in anytime be
Earlier in the week, I put forth the question: When all the traditional choices have been burned through, where is the best place to bring your mom when she comes to town?
I got a lot of great answers. Potager, the Berkshire, Solera and Strings (no), Duo (I would've gone to Olivea first) and Tables and Table 6 (she's been) and Twelve (a bit too involved for her tastes, I think). There were adventurous choices (Lao Wang Noodle House) and not-so-adventurous ones (Highlands Garden cafe)
Lori MidsonStaff from Vesta Dipping Grill and Steuben'sYesterday afternoon, Denver's best chefs rolled out the culinary red carpet and rubbed tongs with smitten admirers and other do-gooders who showed up in droves at Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation, a charity event that benefits anti-hunger organizations in Colorado and across the nation. The celebration was chef-chaired by Steuben's and Vesta Dipping Grill kitchen magician Matt Selby, who, with a lot of help from a lot of friends, pul
When Olivea opened in May at 719 East 17th Avenue, it immediately earned a spot among the top ten restaurants on 17th Avenue, which has become a real restaurant row. Below, nine more places to brake for food along 17th.
