Fish head alert: Today is National Bouillabaise Day

If you’re bummed because you missed National Noodle Ring day last week, take heart: Today is National Bouillabaisse Day! Not that this classic French stew needs its own day to be validated, but if you’ve ever slurped a truly wonderful bouillabaisse, you know it’s hard to beat. According to the…

100 Favorite Dishes: Fries from Encore

As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com. Number 78: The Fries at Encore…

Guess where I’m eating?

Long before other Denver restaurants started offering pico de gallo — or naming themselves Pico De Gallo — this Mexican eatery was making fans with its “special” salsa. Among the fans eating there Sunday night: former mayor Wellington Webb and some of his extended family and, just a table away,…

Dietitian Suzanne Martin takes on holiday eating

Gravy boats are waiting to sail you away to the land of bigger pant sizes this holiday. But Denver dietitian Suzanne Martin, a registered nurse with a Ph.D., says you can still enjoy waist-busting pleasures responsibly, and has served up some tips on how to navigate the holiday table. But…

Raise a glass to two charitable efforts this week

The Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th Street, kicks off its “Will Drink Beer for Food” drive today. From now through December 20, when you order the Metro Care Ring special, the Wynkoop will donate $1 for each purchased draft beer, sampler tray and Rail Yard Ale sixpack to the charity…

Today: Christmas tea in Evergreen

At 11:30 a.m. today, the Hiwan Homestead Museum, 4208 South Timbervale Drive in Evergreen, will serve an elegant Christmas Tea in the historic log mansion complex that’s decorated for the holidays. Admission is $12 to $15; make a reservation at 720-497-7650. For information on dozens of culinary events around town,…

Today: Bring back real fruitcake

Help A Grande Finale Patisserie, 641 Main Street in Louisville, with its noble mission of resurrecting the reputation of fruitcake. At 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 12, the patisserie will host its annual Rally to Bring Back Real Fruitcake, complete with a march and samples of a real fruitcake –…

Cafe Society: Week in review

What you missed this week on Cafe Society while you were contemplating how you were going to sneak your way into Hush, the new “underground” supper club in Boulder that’ll be all exclusive and private and well, hush-hush: It’s not hush-hush that the (almost) iconic Cherry Creek Egg Shell is…

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…

Guess where I’m drinking?

Dear Mr. X, I’m admittedly smitten with your new cocktail lineup, but here’s the problem: I’ll drink one and want two, three, four more. And see, I’m normally toting my kid around with me, and since he’s only ten and incredibly impressionable, I have to either drink responsibly, which limits…

Sunflower Farmers Market keeps blooming

It’s rough out there. Stores and restaurants are shuttering their doors faster than it takes Colorado’s sunshine to melt the snow, and long-standing icons of the grocery store format (see Albertsons), have been forced to roll back locations everywhere, including Colorado. So it’s no surprise that Sunflower Farmers Market is…growing?…

The list: Top ten Larimer Square restaurants

Jason Sheehan just reviewed TAG and found lots to love at Troy Atherton Guard’s eponymous restaurant, including — but not limited to — the rice. Here are nine more Larimer Square restaurants we think deserve some props:…

Guess where I’m eating?

If you’re bound and determined to order the seafood soup that you’re ogling in the above snap, you could be out of luck. You won’t find it on any menu (ha! to all you Google cheaters), but you will hear it often recited as a special, usually by someone with…

Sugar High: Wystone’s African rooibos carrot cake

Tea and cake together is a no-brainer, but what about tea in cake? At Wystone’s World Tea Cafe, 7323 West Alaska Drive, it’s not just the cakes that are baked with a hit of tea leaves, but almost all their fare. From Lapsang Souchong smoked tea-infused chicken to black tea-roasted…

Gastro Gift Guide: Snow Day edition

Where else, but in Colorado, does the temperature fluctuate seventy degrees in three weeks. WTF? When your new space heater craps out because it’s been running for four days without a break, it’s too cold. When your nose hairs freeze to the point of breakage upon stepping outside, it’s too…

A busy weekend for KJ’s Coffee Bar

Kenny and Kristin Johnson, the owners of KJ’s Coffee Bar, have a date with the Denver Department of Excise and License at 1:30 p.m. today, a hearing where they’ll ask that their liquor license be changed to a cabaret license, so that they can present live music on a regular…