Nuts and Edible Seeds

Udi's on Colfax offering a special Passover menu this week

Passover began yesterday, and Udi's Pizza Cafe & Bar, 2550 East Colfax Avenue, is honoring the holiday with a special Passover menu. The latest addition to the Udi's chain will offer the four-course menu through Saturday, March 30. Keep reading for a look at the selection. See also: - Photos: Udi's ... More >>

True Food Kitchen is good...and good for you

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Hot damn! Central Bistro & Bar redefines what a neighborhood restaurant can be

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Really baked goods: Making medical marijuana-infused foods at home for yourself

There's no shortage of manufacturers creating medical marijuana edibles, but sometimes the best medicated food comes out of your own kitchen. To help get you cooking, I've compiled some basic formulas for making infused oil, butter and tinctures, and also collected a few recipes from people in the l ... More >>

Vegan pancakes for a fast and delicious breakfast on Meatless Monday

No one's saying you have to go meatless just because it's Monday -- but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we're offering an animal-free recipe. Have you ever met a pancake naysayer -- someone who claims not to like pancakes? We think those people have been subjected to one too m ... More >>

Vegan Caesar salad for a substantial serving of greens on Meatless Monday

No one's saying you have to go meatless just because it's Monday -- but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we're offering an animal-free recipe. Caesar salad is a popular way to get your fix of leafy greens, and no wonder; the roughage is deliciously crisp, creamy, garlicky and b ... More >>

Steel-cut oatmeal with almonds and jam for an easy breakfast on Meatless Monday

No one's saying you have to go meatless just because it's Monday -- but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we're offering an animal-free recipe. You may think that you hate oatmeal, but if you've only eaten that instant abomination, then you should really give steel-cut oats a tr ... More >>

MMJ review: Twirling Hippy confections taste great but only provide an average high

What started with the sharing of green treats in the tailgate parking lots of concerts has quickly grown into one of Colorado's most delectable marijuana edible companies. The Cheesecake Lady, aka Jessica LeRoux, has made her name in the ganja world with the magnificent morsels she creates in her ki ... More >>

With delicious food, Linger gives new life to a former mortuary space

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Eat more chikin -- and more oatmeal

​In an obvious but well-timed bid to compete with other chain restaurants' efforts to provide more calorie-cutting offerings, Chick-fil-A, the prominent purveyors of fried chicken sammies to willing masses of mall-walkers, is now serving oatmeal. As of this past Monday, the current menu is li ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Early summer salad

​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. "It's June, which means ... More >>

What week is it? A breakdown of everything you could be celebrating, March 21 - 27

A damn sight more interesting than trees.​It's now officially spring, and with it today comes Earth Day, the day when we thank nature for not being so goddamned cold for the next few months by planting a tree and then getting into our cars, guzzling cash-crop coffee out of Styrofoam containers ... More >>

Top five side dishes that could use a makeover

It's not us, it's you ​ Restaurants owned and managed by smart people know that diners are interested in the main attraction: the steaks, the chickens, the fish, the enchiladas, even the sandwiches. But although customers don't necessarily get up and do the hustle when they think about what si ... More >>

Udi's Supper Club serves up (vegan) manna from heaven

​Udi's Pizza Cafe Bar has created something amazing with its monthly Udi's Supper Club -- a multi-course, family-style vegan feast of absurd proportions held on the last Monday of every month, with 10 percent of the proceeds benefitting a different charity each time. Udi's Supper Club works l ... More >>

Tonight: Hard Apple Cider Dinner at Terroir

​Terroir, 246 Main Street in Longmont, will be full of the flavor of fall tonight when it hosts a Hard Apple Cider Dinner, with five courses (regular or vegetarian) and four hard apple cider pairings created by Dick Dunn of Talisman Farms. Here's the menu:

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Tuna and goat cheese-stuffed Piquillo peppers

​ 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. Throughout the rest ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb: Steamed green beans and zucchini with goat cheese and roasted walnuts

​ 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. "I love a cold bean s ... More >>

The Fort looks to the classics for its new spring menu

​Tired of rattlesnake? Just had elk last week? You're in luck. The Fort, 19192 Highway 8 in Morrison, has added a handful of new menu items to supplement its upscale, game-intensive Old West fare. Chef Geoffrey Groditski says he sought inspiration for the six new dishes from two sources: Fo ... More >>

Lance Barto, exec chef of Strings, makes Moroccan flat bread

A Flickr photo​Lance Barto, executive chef of Strings, 1700 Humboldt Street, is always playing with his menu, as are most chefs this time of year when the freshness of springtime calls for new ingredients and new dishes. He's just added kesra, a traditional Moroccan flat bread, to his spring ... More >>

Sugar High: Bear Claw at Buffalo Doughboy Bakery

Liz KellermeyerRawr!​We swung by Buffalo Doughboy Bakery, which just won our Best of Denver Best Bakery award, early Thursday morning to see what was on offer. The pastry case overflowed with fat danishes and hefty croissants, making it hard to decide what would best accompany that morning cup ... More >>

Vert Kitchen is no white-bread sandwich joint

What's cooking: Pete Marczyk makes chocolate chunk pecan pie

Chocolate pecan pie​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. Last ... More >>

What's Cooking? Dip into Gorgonzola to start Thanksgiving feast

​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. Last month, Pete and B ... More >>

Ted's Montana Grill goes nutty for apple crisp

​ You know it's fall when the Nutty Apple Crisp returns to the Ted's Montana Grill menu -- and this year, corporate chef Chris Raucci is sharing the secrets of the dessert. "Our guests can't wait for Nutty Apple Crisp to return each year," he says. "We receive letters and emails from people ... More >>

Milking It: LiveActive Nut Harvest Crunch

LiveActive Nut Harvest Crunch Post Rating: Two-and-a-half spoons out of four Cereal descripton: Considering that I tend to prefer cereals with cartoon mascots, it's no surprise that the look of this stuff struck me as pretty scary. After all, the rough-hewn, light brown flakes are jumbled togeth ... More >>

Thanasi Foods thinks BIGS with bacon

Thanasi Foods LLC, a Boulder-based company,makes such unPC-sounding branded food products as Stubb's and Jim Beam beef jerkys.In March, markets will start stocking its latest creation: BIGS, larger-than-average sunflower seeds (hence the name) with the flavors of Vlasic pickles, Frank's RedHot sauc ... More >>

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