Willy Wonka

Fred Durst on joining Cash Money and being the same guy with his hat backwards from 1999

More than fifteen years after the release of Three Dolla Bill, Y'all, Limp Bizkit is back with a brand new album, Stampede of the Disco Elephants, on the Cash Money imprint. In advance of the band's return to Denver in support of that album this weekend, we caught up with Fred Durst yesterday as he ... More >>

Ian Kleinman plans a second doughnut pop-up later this month at Bittersweet

For a few days late last summer, Ian Kleinman, Denver's Willy Wonka double -- and the founder of the Inventing Room, a catering company that centers around magical, mystical, molecular marvels -- took over the dining room at Table 6, where he morphed the rusticated space into a doughnut paradise, di ... More >>

Liquid porn: Sean Kenyon showcases his new Squeaky Bean cocktails

Sean Kenyon isn't the kind of guy to shy away from the spotlight -- or the liquor cabinet. The Denver-based cocktail kingpin (or bartender, as he prefers) has been slinging drinks for 26 years, and he's incredibly good at it, racking up contest titles and accolades around the world, sitting on the b ... More >>

Ernie Cline, author of Ready Player One, is giving away a DeLorean -- but he's keeping his

At the end of his book tour, Ernie Cline, author of New York Times-bestseller Ready Player One, will give away a 1981 DeLorean, complete with its own Flux Capacitor, to one lucky reader/gamer. The prize is a nod to Back to the Future, the flick that helped lay the groundwork for his novel, as well a ... More >>

Biker Jim on where he'd eat if had only 24 hours in Denver

This is part two of our interview with Biker Jim, chef-owner of Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs. Read part one of the Biker Jim interview. Jim Pittenger Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs 2148 Larimer Street 303-550-8231 www.bikerjimsdogs.com What you'd like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a culinary stand ... More >>

Photos: Ian Kleinman's spectacular molecular pop-up dinner at Studio F

You have six more nights to behold the wizardry of Ian Kleinman, the molecular genius behind the Inventing Room -- the Willy Wonka of Denver who's currently on center stage at Studio F, the culinary event space and cooking school that James Mazzio unleashed a few months ago to give himself, along wi ... More >>

Win a golden ticket to molecular magician Ian Kleinman's pop-up dinners at Studio F

Ian Kleinman lives in a Willy Wonka world. He's the mad scientist, the crazy culinary genius who long ago ditched traditional cooking methods to concentrate on molecular gastronomy, for which he's now known nationwide. And starting this Friday, you can win a golden ticket to a pop-up dinner that wi ... More >>

Charlie's Ice Cream Social will soon serve soft-serve on West 44th Avenue

Matt and Rosemary Lopez have owned Taza de Cafe on 44th Avenue for six years, where they've hawked a variety of coffee-based treats -- including a horchatte, a latte made with horchata. Two years ago, they started thinking about adding another business to their portfolio, and they began looking arou ... More >>

The top thirty food porn pics from the Fancy Food Show

Seventeen meals in four days, excluding bakery stops; 26 miles of walking (give or take), plus an additional 4.3 miles of exhibition halls clustered with more than 80,000 specialty foods and beverages from nearly forty countries. Artisan cheeses and charcuterie; beans that don't make you fart; bac ... More >>

Medical marijuana edibles review: Edi-Pure offers THC-twist on classic treats

Edi-Pure has infused classic treats and sweets with the soothing medicine of cannabis, allowing patients to escalate in relief with taste buds begging for more of their delicious and discrete morsels. This week, I dipped back into my childhood of nabbing a few candies from the local candy store with ... More >>

Help out Denver native AnnaSophia Robb with a vote in the Teen Choice Awards

She would vote for you.​Alright, so we didn't like Soul Surfer that much. But they can't all be gems, and when it comes to elevating fellow Denverites into the echelons of dumb awards, we're always willing to help a brother out -- so take, if you will, a moment from your busy day and cast a vo ... More >>

Round two with Trattoria Stella's Valentino Ujkic

Lori Midson​ Valentino Ujkic Trattoria Stella 3201 East Colfax Avenue 303-320-8635 http://trattoriastella.squarespace.com This is part two of my interview with Valentino Ujkic , executive chef of Trattroria Stella. Part one of that interview ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: K ... More >>

The DAM's Blink! exhibit is a great way to get the kids out of your face on Spring Break

"With out you, this would not have been necessary."​Walking into the Denver Art Museum's current Blink! exhibit is kind of like walking into Willie Wonka's chocolate factory (except far less dangerous to children with slack morals): There's just a whole lot going on, and you really have no ide ... More >>

Our Commercial Culture: Batchelors Super Noodles

Cash, Money, Noodles​Our world is full of advertising. Everywhere we look, it's buy this; feel like that. That's a given. We've come to expect it -- maybe even enjoy it sometimes as a subtle reminder that we're not alone. "Other people want excellent bleaching power from their laundry detergen ... More >>

Reader: Is the Squeaky Bean's green chile a culinary adventure or a Willy Wonka stunt?

​ Some people thought this refashioned green chile looked delicious. Others, like WFK, did not: I can't believe i am the first one to say that... this is the absolute worst and unappealing looking dishes i have ever seen. Is this Willy Wonka's take on a 5th grade birthday party? Please tell m ... More >>

Guess where you're eating? At an EatDenver restaurant, if you're Dany

Last week Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, featuring everything from a big buffalo burger at Walk-In Burgers, to the refashioned green chile from Squeaky Bean that one reader compared to a Willy Wonka birthday party plate, to a delicious piece of pie. For correctly identi ... More >>

Denver street food: The best meals-on-wheels of 2010

Lori MidsonPanang curry from Liang's Thai Food​The first mobile food vendor on wheels was launched nearly 150 years ago, in 1872, when a Rhode Island native called Walter Scott trotted his horse-drawn freight wagon, stocked with sandwiches, hard-boiled eggs, coffee and pies around the town of ... More >>

Top five fictional book foods that we wish were real

​Remember how fascinating it was when Violet Beauregarde morphed into a balloon-sized blueberry after chewing some of Willy Wonka's not-yet-quite-right chewing gum? Or how you wanted to live in Chewandswallow, the town featured in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, where the wind blew in hambu ... More >>

Sugar feed: You could be $500 richer in candy if you've got the winning Enstrom's Almond Toffee Contest recipe

​Grand Junction isn't what you'd call a culinary food capital, but the mountain town does have at least one claim to fame: Enstrom's Almond Toffee, the Colorado toffee company that will celebrate 50 years of sugar rushes later this fall with a confection of fanfare. In the meantime, Colorado' ... More >>

Chef and Tell with molecular gastronomist Ian Kleinman

Lori Midson Molecular magician Ian Kleinman at Steele Elementary School ​"Anything I can possibly dream up is now doable, because I'm able to really play around with food," says Ian Kleinman, Denver's answer to Alton Brown, the wacky culinary scientist (and only food personality worth watching ... More >>

And presenting Ian Kleinman as Willy Wonka...

​I heard this week from Ian Kleinman -- our own personal Mr. Wizard, the man who brought molecular gastronomy to Westminster and blew the heads clean off almost everyone who was lucky enough to walk through the doors of O's Steak and Seafood when he was running his molecular gastronomy tastin ... More >>

Al Hood releases new CD, stakes claim as Denver's busiest jazz musician

Al Hood has a very crowded agenda. The trumpeter teaches fulltime at the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music in addition to contributing to a slew of ensembles, including the Denver Brass and the Ken Walker Jazz Sextet. Somehow, though, he also found time to record a new CD entitled Just ... More >>

Parisian at Brasserie Felix

Geek in the Galley

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Brendan Fraser falls into a deep, deep hole at the Center of the Earth.

The Candy Man

Winter Wonderland

Jump-start the Christmas spirit at WinterWorld.

The Revolution Will Be Televised Part Two: The Future Is Now

Last Night: Polyphonic Spree and Rooney at The Gothic Theatre

Zombie Vision

Rob Zombie's Michael Myers is beyond redemption. And that's a good thing.

Jay Cutler Makes a Pass

Hipster douchebag humor columnist tries to get close to the Broncos.

How far would you go for a Violet Crumble candy bar?

How far would you go for a Violet Crumble candy bar?

Mustache Ride

In the latest WarioWare, you can pick your friend's nose.

The Sweetest Thing

Get Down With Dave

Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party.

Edward Scissorhands

Landmark’s Esquire Theater

Blessed Are the Buttmunches

Crass Action

Inside the dirtiest joke ever told is a nugget of unadulterated joy.

Bad News

One more awful remake strikes out.

Off Limits

Neighborhood Watch

Chocolate Kisses

Thanks to Depp and Burton, Willy Wonka just got weirder.

Fantasy Land

At Frasca, all foodie dreams come true.

Best Special-Events Menu

Opus Restaurant

Lard Almighty

There's a lot to love at Juanita's.

Best Secret Denver Celebrity

Denise Nickerson

Candy From the Heart

Lasse Hallström offers up refreshingly warm Chocolat.

Nina Gordon

Tonight and the Rest of My Life (Warner Bros.)

The Essex Green / Kincaid

The Essex Green
Everything Is Green
(Kindercore)

Kincaid
Kincaid Plays Super Hawaii
(Kindercore)

Plugged In

Just in time for Lollapalooza, a list of the albums you need to understand electronica.