The documentary What’s Organic About Organic? is being screened at various places around the metro area, including the Mercury Cafe tonight. I caught the film at the Nomad last night, at an event that was a Boulder local-food orgy: surprisingly good turnip green pesto on baguette and duck confit salad…
Every so often, when the mood hits, I get a fetish for fajitas. But while these were passable, they were nowhere near perfect. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a…
More than 900 oysters arrived at the Cheeky Monk yesterday on an overnight flight from the Oregon coast — all of them destined to be consumed with Rogue beers. That comes out to a dozen each for the 75 people who bought tickets to the sold-out Colorado Beer Week event…
Macaroni and cheese is one of our ultimate comfort foods, a dish quintessential to our youth, since most parents — even the ones who didn’t know how to cook anything that didn’t come from a box — could whip up a batch of the stuff for a play date. And…
Many of the bigger craft breweries across the country overhaul their image every three or four years, adding beers to the lineup, changing their look or their labels. But time moves a little slower in Idaho Springs. “We are doing a whole image revamp,” says Steve Indrehus, the head brewer…
Curses collide! No sooner does the Best of Denver hit the street every year than, almost inevitably, one of our picks meets with disaster. This year, the apparent victim is our Best Breakfast Under $2 — which we gave to Gordo Loco, a burrito/burger joint that opened early this year…
Grub Street New York, the blog that’s the online voice of New York Magazine, just rounded up 101 favorite pastas across the country, posting photos of ravioli, tagliatelle, orzo and rigatoni in a pasta porn slideshow (and before you get cranky with us, “porn” was Grub Street’s word). And in…
The ground may be dusted with white powder, but a little snow isn’t enough to put the breaks on the ten street food trucks and carts that will feed mouths on the Auraria Campus beginning at 10 a.m. as part of Innovation Day, an event hosted by Metro State’s Center…
This is part two of my interview with Luke Mewbourn, executive chef of Table Mountain Inn Grill & Cantina. In part one of that interview, Mewbourn harps on foie gras and Lady Gaga and hails the righteousness of Jim’s Burger Haven. Luke Mewbourn Table Mountain Inn Grill & Cantina 1310…
For decades, Westword readers have voted for McDonald’s as the spot where you can find the Best French Fries. That’s just one of the many reasons why the annual Best of Denver issues always emphasize our editorial picks. Another reason: The readers generally pick Taco Bell for Best Taco. Democracy…
At 7 p.m. tonight, the Mercury Cafe, 2199 California Street, will host a screening of What’s Organic About Organic, co-sponsored by Grant Family Farms. A $10 suspected donation will support filmmaker Shelley Rogers, who will be on hand to talk about the documentary that delves into the debates that arise…
City, O’ City, 206 East 13th Avenue, will host a Boozenfud “It’s Firkin” Dinner, with four Great Divide beers served in eight firkins, alongside a paired menu. The event starts at 5 p.m.; for more info call 303-831-6443 or go to cityocitydenver.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around…
We’re hedonists here at Café Society, and there are few things we love more than fried food. So we eat fries all over the city, delighting in both the pure form — tubers fried crispy and expertly salted — and the fancy kind that feature special dippers or smother the…
When I stopped by Patzcuaro’s a few weeks ago to review it for this week’s Second Helping, I sampled its house margarita to see how it stacked up against El Camino’s version, which we named Best House Margarita in our Best of Denver 2011 issue…
When Boulder-based advertising firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky set began constructing a marketing campaign to sell more carrots, its creative team studied consumers’ “carrot habits,” and learned all about the importance of crunch and snackability. The team wanted to reach “savvy snackers,” explains Tiffany Rolfe, the firm’s vice president and…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. Easter, as you…
In an ideal world, we’d all cook seasonally and locally, procuring our ingredients from farmers’ markets — and when we dined out, we’d eat only at local, independently owned restaurants. But this isn’t Shangri-La, it’s the real world — and in the real world, convenience sometimes takes priority. That’s where…
Early last month, the Sundance Channel unleashed news that it would begin airing a new series this summer with Burgundy-born Ludo Lefebvre, the classically trained French chef who resides (when he’s not living out of a suitcase) in Los Angeles and travels across the sweeping American landscape with his wife…
After having my cholesterol checked — and getting a surprising thumbs up from the doc — I celebrated as anyone who has low cholesterol would: with a steak and butter-soaked baked potato. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s…
Barley, water, hops and yeast. They are the four basics of beer — unless, of course, you’re gluten-intolerant. Then barley is off the table. Which makes it hard to drink beer. In the past few years, however, a couple of companies across the country have begun making gluten-free beer, including…
Luke Mewbourn Table Mountain Inn Grill & Cantina 1310 Washington Avenue, Golden 303-216-8040 www.tablemountaininn.com This is part one of my interview with Luke Mewbourn, executive chef of Table Mountain Inn Grill & Cantina. Part two of this interview will run tomorrow. Denver native Luke Mewbourn has defied the odds, racking…
Is the concept of students bringing lunch from home dying a hideous death — just like live social interaction and Gilbert Gottfried’s career? At Little Village Academy on Chicago’s west side, students are not allowed to bring lunches from home unless they have a medical excuse, so they have two…
