Martha Stewart

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is a bloody, funny comedy of mistaken first impressions

Miller Farms' Fall Harvest Festival is golden agritourism

J. Wohletz​Miller Farms definitely puts the "ag" in agritourism. For a nominal admission fee, I got to spend a day at a working farm, hitched a ride on a huge trailer filled with hay bales, learned that root vegetables don't always want to be unearthed, and took home seven large grocery bags ... More >>

Michael Hancock seeks national media attention: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

​ Appearing as a guest star on the lineup of upcoming reality TV shows might give new Denver mayor Michael Hancock the national media attention he craves...

Reader: No amount of Vicodin could persuade me to peep her show

​Like a rubber band stretched to its snapping point (or maybe a glass-top table that spontaneously explodes), Martha Stewart is one of pop cultures most weirdly volatile figures. We broke down five disturbing things about Stewart after another of her products erupted without provocation the ot ... More >>

Crafting queen, exploding table: Five disturbing things about Martha Stewart

The aftermath of the table explosion.​There's something inherently unsettling about a person as perfect-seeming as Martha Stewart, something steely and cold within that gaze of practiced affability that belies a certain underlying strain. You get the sense that, like all things tightly wound b ... More >>

Martha Stewart glass table explodes, and not for the first time (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Martha Stewart.​Martha Stewart drew blood on Father's Day. Or at least a glass patio tables marketed under the Martha Stewart Living brand did. According to Arvada's Nancy Passarella, she and her family were sitting down for a meal when the table shattered for no particular reason -- and they ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan's ad and other attention-grabbing antics from celebs under house arrest

Man, house arrest is rough.​House arrest isn't just for political prisoners, Pol Pot and Ponzi scheme artists anymore. In the last few years, many celebrities have had the pleasure of serving hard time in the comfort of their own cushy homes -- including Lindsay Lohan, who was placed under hou ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Strawberry rhubarb crisp

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. Rhubar ... More >>

Comics are king in our new release picks for May 3, 2011

​With Free Comic Book Day going down this Saturday, and it's clear comic book retailers and publishers want to put out some of their best this week in preparation for the inevitable high traffic that'll be going down at retailers across the nation today. Case in point, three of our five picks ... 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 >>

Home Sweet House

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 >>

Have Your Cake With Buddy Valastro

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 >>

Ron Ben-Israel dishes on his career, weddings and tomorrow's Park Meadows appearance

Brian Dorsey Studio, NYC​If you don't know who Ron Ben-Israel is, then we're going to make the wild guess that you aren't getting married anytime soon. Or didn't get married anytime in the recent past. Or don't follow celebrity weddings at all. Or never watch Wedding Central, the cable televis ... More >>

Cafe Option's Craig Dixon on women, Yelp-type restaurant reviews and his liver

Lori Midson Craig Dixon, executive chef of Cafe Options ​ Craig Dixon Cafe Options 1650 Curtis Street 303-573-0733 www.cafeoptions.com Craig Dixon, chef of Cafe Options, is struggling. I've just asked him what it's like to work in a kitchen staffed predominantly by females -- the restaurant ... More >>

Sugar High: Lollicakes

Liz KellermeyerRed Velvet and Chocolate Guinness Stout​Cynics may be predicting the end of the cupcake era, but the craze undeniably recognizes a dessert-goer's instinct toward the small, the cute and the adventurous. What may allow the cupcake to persevere in the face of detractors is its mut ... More >>

Sugar High: Eggnog and snickerdoodle cupcakes from Happy Cakes

Liz KellermeyerEgg Nog and Snickerdoodle cupcakes riff on old favorites​With the days of enjoying festive holiday flavors coming to an end, it would be a shame if you missed out on cupcake versions of a few classics: Eggnog and snickerdoodle. Happy Cakes Bakeshop in Highland is known for successf ... More >>

Ten celebrity chefs and the foods that should be thrown at them

​If you've never read Anthony Bourdain's infamous post on Michael Ruhlman's blog eviscerating Food Network stars and proposing theoretical Iron Chef matches, please do so now. It's one of the funniest bits of food writing out there. So when I read that Paula Deen got an accidental pork fac ... More >>

Note to Top Chef: Stop sucking

It's been three weeks since I wrote a word about this season's Top Chef on Bravo.  Know why?  Because it has been so boring and so contrived and so stupid that the episodes themselves were painful to watch -- making me less than excited about the notion of then rehashing them here. There w ... More >>

Martha Stewart comes to Stapleton, judges cupcakes

It's been three weeks since I wrote a word about this season's Top Chef on Bravo.  Know why?  Because it has been so boring and so contrived and so stupid that the episodes themselves were painful to watch -- making me less than excited about the notion of then rehashing them here. There w ... More >>

The Rocky Mountain News Poo-Poos on Martha Stewart

It's been three weeks since I wrote a word about this season's Top Chef on Bravo.  Know why?  Because it has been so boring and so contrived and so stupid that the episodes themselves were painful to watch -- making me less than excited about the notion of then rehashing them here. There w ... More >>

A Real Bitch-Hunt

Hillary Clinton's run has made it open season on powerful women.

Martha Stewart Comes Home to Stapleton

Hillary Clinton's run has made it open season on powerful women.

Martha Stewart Comes Home to Stapleton

Hillary Clinton's run has made it open season on powerful women.

Fadó Irish Pub & Restaurant

Pub grub.

Shaul in the Family

Pub grub.

Grape Expectations

Swill with the swells at the Denver wine fest.

Encore

Swill with the swells at the Denver wine fest.

Soft Serve

Newsical the musical is light, spoofy fare.

Gael Force

Let the St. Paddy's revelry begin -- early!

Dubya Loves Martha

Karen Finley doesn't beat around the Bush.

Party Patrol

How low can you go? All the way, with these fabulously tacky theme parties.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

How low can you go? All the way, with these fabulously tacky theme parties.

Space Suite

From inner space to the intergalactic, Wayne Shorter explores the deepest reaches of jazz.

Best Seafood Cookbook

Jax Fish House Book of Fish Dave Query and Jill Zeh Richter

New Found Glory

Sticks and Stones (MCA)

Bet on Black

The fast-paced MIIB looks like a sure summer crowd-pleaser.

Dead Bird Walking

Two turkeys will meet their fate.

Best Outdoor Patio -- Urban

Highlands Garden Cafe

The Bite

Stuff your stocking with cookbooks.

Holidaze

Unwrapping our annual roundup of musical season's greetings -- and beatings.

Scorpions/Berliner Philharmoniker

Moment of Glory (EMI)

Don't Cheer, Don't Tell

Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar! All for gay rights, stand up and holler!

Upon Closer Review

A look at a springtime bouquet of local releases.

Keeping the Pressure On

DJ Aztec has climbed to the top of Denver dance by doing things his way.

A Fine Swine

DJ Aztec has climbed to the top of Denver dance by doing things his way.

Letters

DJ Aztec has climbed to the top of Denver dance by doing things his way.

Culture: It's a Good Thing

DJ Aztec has climbed to the top of Denver dance by doing things his way.

Mouthing Off

DJ Aztec has climbed to the top of Denver dance by doing things his way.

Mouthing Off

DJ Aztec has climbed to the top of Denver dance by doing things his way.

A GRILL FROM THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD

DJ Aztec has climbed to the top of Denver dance by doing things his way.