Two weeks until Christmas and you’re far from ready. But that’s no reason to start shopping now — not when you can instead drink whiskey in a basement for a good cause or indulge in a four-course, tap-room dinner. Read on for more details about booze with benefits. See also:…

Remember the days when times were simple — and so was the beer? It is easy to reminisce about those times when we look around and see our economy crumbling and our government and world in turmoil. But we can’t say the same for beer. The once boring and typically…

Frasca Food & Wine will host its seventh annual White Truffle and Barolo Dinner that will feature five courses paired with wines from Barolo, Italy. The food, prepared by chef/owner Lachlan Mackinnon and guest chef Ryan Hardy (formerly of the Little Nell in Aspen) will showcase white truffles, which are…

Brunch is the most amusing meal of the weekend, but it also has a higher calling. The mid-morning meal was invented by English writer Guy Beringer with one purpose: to cure a hangover. (People really knew how to party in the late 1800s). Since its invention, brunch has gotten another…

The season of giving is here, presenting us with opportunities to help others at the same time we remember our family and friends. A can’t-miss event in more ways than one is the annual holiday fair hosted by the Women’s Bean Project at the Women’s Bean Project headquarters. The project…

What better way to celebrate the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition than a big booze battle? Head to TAG Burger Bar at 6:30 p.m. tonight for a fight of epic alcoholic proportions during Beer vs. Wine, when Infinite Monkey Theorem and Prost Brewing will battle it out to see…

January 16, 1919: a day filled with sorrows — and nothing to drown them in. Congress had just passed the Eighteenth Amendment, outlawing alcohol in hopes of ridding the land of drunkards, mental illness and poverty. But the Prohibition plan rallied for by rural Protestants and the Anti-Saloon League backfired,…

According to an annual survey by the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative, over 11,167 people in Denver are homeless, with a whopping 43 percent of them women and 85 percent of that total reporting an income of less than $800 per month. The Denver Voice, a grassroots newspaper created by the…

You’ve made a dent in those Thanksgiving leftovers — it’s time to get out and about again and enjoy the wine and beer battles, cooking lessons, vegan dinners and more on this week’s culinary calendar. For starters, tonight the various filmmakers and artists involved with the Bolder Life Festival will…

You need an eye-opener this morning, don’t you? All of the Colorado McDonald’s locations will be giving any customer a free, small McCafe coffee today, in honor of Black Friday. You can get a cup of Mickey D’s specialty brewed coffee made with 100 percent Arabica beans at a drive-thru…

Thanksgiving Eve — or Black Wednesday, as college kids like to call it — is a day designed for building those hangovers you’ll suffer through tomorrow while dealing with nosy relatives and a plate full of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy. But before you get totally sloshed, you can dine…

Exercise may be the last thing on your mind as you look up recipes and write shopping lists longer than your last relationship — but what if we told you there was beer involved? Running for Brews is a social running club for enthusiasts of both aerobics and ales. The…

Take a break from all those trips to the grocery store and other Thanksgiving preparations with some culinary diversions this week. Start your holiday celebrations early at Jazz@Jack’s during tonight’s happy hour, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., with $4 house wine and $4 snacks. Fortified, you can jump into a…

If you didn’t get enough Beaujolais Nouveau at last night’s Beaujolais Festival, you have another chance to get your pink drink on at Beaujolais Nouveau 2013: A Night of Wine and Celebration presented by the Merchants of West Washington Park. Have a grand time sipping this short-lived French wine (from…

If you are a wine lover, you know that this month comes bearing gifts in the form of Beaujolais Nouveau. This most popular vin de primeur originates with Gamay grapes produced in the Beaujolais region of France that are then fermented for only six to eight weeks prior to bottling…

Everyone seems to go gaga over desserts this time of year. According to the American Pie Council, 90 percent of Americans agree that a slice of pie represents one of life’s simple pleasures. That’s not the only fascinating fact coming from this group. For example, one in five Americans have…

Need inspiration for Thanksgiving? Head to the holiday tasting fair at Lucky’s Market from 4 to 7 p.m. today. You can sample some of the sweet and savory tastes of the traditional Thanksgiving meal, including turkey (pre-orders available), gravy, stuffing, side dishes, Organic Valley Eggnog, Lucky’s Bakehouse pies and more!…

What’s for dinner tonight? Pizza. You might as well eat it for lunch, too. Because today all 25 of the Anthony’s Pizza & Pasta locations will donate 25 percent of their sales to flood victims in the Longmont community. So by eating good New York-style pizza, you’ll be doing good…

Tonight’s Here & There Progressive Wine Dinner is two dinners in one. Beast + Bottle and Table 6 are teaming up for a meal that features four courses, each paired with a specialty wine from Penner-Ash Wine Cellars. One pair of courses will be served at Beast + Bottle, and…

The Lowry Beer Garden is hosting a Thanksgiving Food Drive to support the Denver Children’s Home through Monday, November 25. Donate five non-perishable food items at the restaurant and as a thank you, you’ll get 15 percent off your total check. In addition to helping the Denver Children’s Home, the…