Wolfgang Puck

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Early Bird's Kristen Cofrades offers cooking tips for students...and you

In a recent interview on Esquire.com, Wolfgang Puck commented on chefs' well-roundedness -- or surprising lack thereof. "You have many anxious chefs who know how to cook twenty recipes really well, but they don't have a good foundation for other things," he said. Kristen Cofrades, who, along with he ... More >>

Early Bird Restaurant: A taste of this week's review

After watching Top Chef this season, I have a new theory on why chefs don't like brunch. Maybe it's not, as many restaurateurs suggest, because the meal is a disruption to the kitchen's regular routine. Instead, could it be that they're secretly afraid of cranking out omelets as brown and dry as the ... More >>

Thomas Salamunovich, exec chef of Larkspur (and Larkburger) on the "Pussy Posse" and farm-to-table fatigue

Thomas Salamunovich Larkspur 478 Vail Valley Drive, Vail 970-754-8050 www.larkspurvail.com Larkburger www.larkburger.com This is part one of my interview with Thomas Salamunovich, exec chef of Larkspur and Larkburger, Part two of our chat will be posted here tomorrow. "Food wasn't a big deal in my ... More >>

Five reasons why the foie gras ban in California is super-stupid

Starting July 1, California will enforce a ban on foie gras -- delicious, delicious, fatty goose/duck liver -- and while PETA is thrilled, chefs are pissed. Why the ban on these tasty liver-lobes? Gavage, or forced tube-feeding off the animals, is seen as cruel and inhumane. But neither side in this ... More >>

Jenna Johansen, former exec chef of Dish, in Edwards, goes Around the World in 80 Plates on Bravo TV's new chef reality show

Jenna Johansen, the former exec chef -- and still part-owner -- of Dish restaurant, in Edwards (she's now in Denver, engaged to Il Mondo Vecchio sausage king Mark DeNittis, who's involved with a new project, Salumeria Cansano in Wash Park), is strutting her culinary prowess on a new Bravo TV show, A ... More >>

Reader: Phat Thai's goat curry is fu*king delicious, and so is Mark Fischer

Does anyone remember Wolfgang Puck's place in Cherry Creek? Not after they've had a bite of the goat curry at Phat Thai, the restaurant that Mark Fischer opened in December in that same spot at 2900 East Second Avenue. The goat curry rates a spot on our list of 100 Favorite Dishes. But Fischer is a ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Goat curry from Phat Thai

No. 41: Goat curry from Phat Thai

Chef Tom Coohill on food snobs, foie gras, fishy fish and food bloggers

Tom Coohill Coohills 1400 Wewatta Street 303-623-5700 coohills.com This is part one of my interview with Tom Coohill, exec chef/owner of Coohills. Part two of my chat with Coohill will appear in this space tomorrow. "This," confides Tom Coohill, "is too good to be on the menu. It's like buttah." ... More >>

January is Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month -- but can anyone really do it?

Shredding it on the bunny hill, or something.​"First time?" the guy behind the Loveland rental stand asked as he installed the gadget that would hook my boots on to the board. I don't think he ended the question with "dude," but with his slouched over 'tude, I wanted to hear "dude" or "gnarl ... More >>

Round two with Scott Yosten, exec chef of Steakhouse 10

Lori Midson​ Scott Yosten Steakhouse 10 3516 South Elati Street 303-789-0911 www.steakhouse10.com This is part two of my interview with Scott Yosten, exec chef of Steakhouse 10. Part one of my interview with Yosten ran in this space yesterday. Favorite food city: Chicago. The ethnic borough ... More >>

Oscars 2011: Live-blogging the self-congratulatory golden phallus ceremonies

They've been doing this for EIGHTY-THREE years?!?​ There are a lot of things more important than watching and liveblogging the 2011 Academy Awards - but none of them are things we have to do today. Look for our recap after the show!

Happy Groundhog Day! Now let's stop repeating these things on menus

Stop it. Seriously.​Groundhog Day may be officially devoted to celebrating a rodent that allegedly has some sort of ability to predict the onset of spring (and we think he's wrong, because despite Phil not seeing his shadow this morning, it's negative degrees outside and very much still winter ... More >>

Best places for Grab-and-Go at DIA

Courtesy Denver International AirportWhat's the best grab-and-go option on Concourse B?​This week, we're dishing up tips on how to eat at DIA during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. Yesterday, we brought you breakfast spots. Today, we bring you something else. If you're one of the ... More >>

Monsters and meatballs at YesPleaseMore "Test Market" Foodie Call

​On Saturday night, YesPleaseMore, an organization that spreads the love for Colorado artistic endeavors through pop-up retail stores and events, descended on the Denver Pavilions for "Test Market," a collaborative production featuring a bevy of creative projects from around Denver, including ... More >>

Jeff Osaka's talents in the kitchen add up to a sublime experience at twelve

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Eating my words about Wolfgang Puck alums

Wolfgang Puck's alums prove me wrong​A few weeks ago, when I reviewed Euclid Hall, I wrote that I'd noticed a certain shortcoming common to chefs who'd trained under Wolfgang Puck. "They're excellent cooks with mastery of technique," I mused, "but they're not innovative chefs." Plenty of read ... More >>

Big love for Euclid Hall

Meatless Monday picks up Wolfgang Puck

​When Chris Elam, program director at Meatless Monday, told us his side of the veggie-movement story, he hinted that a national chef would soon be signing on to the cause. We mused that Emeril Lagasse, Tom Colicchio, and Wolfgang Puck were very much in play.

Jerry Frangas: City Council District 1 showdown, part 6

Jerry Frangas​Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues -- and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig w ... More >>

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 >>

Chef and Tell part two: Max Mackissock from Squeaky Bean

Max Mackissock​This is part two of my interview with Max Mackissock, executive chef of Squeaky Bean. To read part one of this interview, click here. Proudest moment as a chef: One of the best parts about being a chef is watching people enjoy our hard work -- our food -- every day. That's alw ... 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 >>

Party today at Denver Pavilions

​It's been a long, rough ride for many of the shops at Denver Pavilions, with some high-profile restaurant disasters, including the Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe space on the still-empty bridge, which replaced the disastrous Cafe Odyssey, where diners got to eat at Machu Pichu (yum). But through it ... More >>

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