The Sauvignon blanc was chilled, the chocolate-Nutella fondue was hot, and the filet mignon crostini appetizers were disappearing faster than free parking spots downtown — and all for a good cause. Last night, Marlowe’s hosted Wine and Food From Around the World, a fundraiser for the Denver Voice, the newspaper…

After being rescheduled thanks to yet another Jackson Street substation outage, the “Scrumptious Holiday Appetizers” workshop finally took place last night at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Instructor Susan Evans of Chrysalis Herbs taught students to create a simple, scrumptious baked Brie, and advised them to “always toast your nuts.”…

The McRib sandwich will be ripped from our hands, and our hearts, on December 5, cruelly taken away by the McDonald’s corporation. Here is a poem I wrote to express my grief:…

Golden-era crooner and conservative-values icon Pat Boone has officially entered the meat market — launching Pat Boone’s All-American Meats, his branded line of mail-order steaks. According to a recent release from Pat Boone All-American Meats, his U.S.-raised beef is “part of his effort to spark an all-American revival — a…

So the holidays are coming to a close, the stock of leftover ham is depleted, and you’re determined to get back to the normal, everyday routine of work, cleaning the hors d’oeuvre smears off the davenport, and paying off the mountain of credit card bills left in the wake of…

Holiday gatherings with the family are not always known for their spirit of congeniality, and if your family doesn’t resemble a tranquil Currier & Ives lithograph in the first place, inevitably at least one relative will pull a hurty-dur, either on purpose or not, and say something at the dinner…

LiveWell Colorado sponsored a nine-week after-school culinary program with three Denver high schools that culminated in the winning team from Martin Luther King Jr. Early College taking home first place at the competition last Friday. The all-female team took the prize with its own healthy school-lunch meal: Parmesan- and herb-crusted…

It was lights out for Thursday night’s “Scrumptious Holiday Appetizers” cooking class at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street. The event was canceled because of yet another issue with the Xcel substation at 1310 Jackson Street, the same substation that exploded back in June, and then went down again…

Coffee at The Point opened for business this week, with the full beverage, food and dessert menu available to Crossroads Theater patrons next door and anyone else who needs a kidney-punch of espresso made with Denver’s own Novo coffee. Owners Ryan Cobbins, his wife Maggie and brother Donovan have morphed…

The grand opening of Wyland’s Ocean Blue restaurant/gallery in the Shops at Northfield Stapleton appeared to be a swimming success, with artist Wyland (he doesn’t use his first name, Robert) himself in attendance last night, cutting the ribbon, plugging his gallery of artwork and flagrantly sipping at his own branded…

Since Glenn Beck’s recent marketing genius includes plugging a kit of 3,792 freeze-dried gourmet entrees for the bargain price of $9,599.99 via foodinsurance.com (don’t sweat it, middle-classers, there’s a layaway plan for this), he and his fellow Tea Party patriots can rest easy when he’s elected overlord of the Northern…