Food & Drink

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Okay, what the heck is in the water in Arizona? (Not that there is much water in Arizona.) First a Scottsdale restaurant offers an Easter meal with an entire rabbit menu, then it does a Christmas dinner featuring reindeer. And now a Tucson joint is serving up an extreme taco…

Despite atrocious directions from Mapquest and my car’s worthless GPS navigation system, which sent me stalking the streets by the stockyards — nowhere near my destination — I wanted my last dinner before heading off to the Fancy Food Show in San Francisco to be anything but fancy, so I…

At its most basic level, the iChef is an oven for the culinarily challenged. The high-tech gadget comes equipped with a picture-enhanced autobake system: select a photo of a dish, and the oven does the rest at the proper temperature. That feature works with some commonly made foods and a…

Developers Diversity Realty has long had its eye on aging Tamarac Square, which it plans to raze and replace with brand-new condos and retail space. In order to execute that project, though, it had to contend with the handful of businesses that somehow had survived in Tamarac, and still had…

Rachel Kesley WaterCourse Foods 837 East 17th Avenue 303-832-7313 www.watercoursefoods.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Rachel Kesley, executive chef of WaterCourse Foods. In part one of that interview, which ran in this space yesterday, Kesley dishes on produce-driven menus, vegetarianism and her fascination with figs. Rules…

“I’m looking at it across the street,” says Joe Vostrejs, COO of Larimer Associates, gazing through his office window at Ocean Prime, the restaurant in the old Z Gallerie space. “They’re ready.” Not long after restaurateur Cameron Mitchell took on this prime spot on the corner of Larimer Square, he…

Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…

Lori Midson’s Chef and Tell interview with Rachel Kesley of Watercourse Foods is already inspiring plenty of meaty comments, including this joke: Q: What beverage goes best with a vegetarian meal? A: Flat beer. But the comment that really captures the spirit of Chef and Tell comes from Diner:…

A couple of months ago, Bayleaf traded in its digs at 850 Pearl Street in Boulder for a move up the mall, relocating to a larger spot at 1222 Pearl. That left the market’s old storefront vacant, and opened up an opportunity for another purveyor to move in. Turns out,…

White Fence Farm, that Lakewood hot spot for good ‘ol Southern cooking and family entertainment, is closed until February 1 for its annual cleaning and to let the staff take vacations. Open since 1973, White Fence is an always an adventure into agriculture with its kid-friendly atmosphere, petting zoo, gift…

I may eat just about every meal at a restaurant, but I rarely return to the same spots unless I’m doing a review. This is partly because of job-related time constraints and partly my own gastronomic distraction: There are just too many restaurants to explore in Denver to warrant returning…

It’s a new year, which means new menu items at Rooster & Moon, the coffee pub that’s become one of the Golden Triangle’s best places to snag a snack and some joe. For breakfast (available all day), Rooster & Moon serves up City Bakery pastries, Mame’s breakfast burritos (the vegetarian…

“Denver chose us,” claims Cameron Mitchell, the president and founder of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, which includes Ocean Prime, the two-tiered steak and seafood supper club that opens Thursday on Larimer Square, in the former Z Gallery space at 1465 Larimer Street. “We want to build two to three restaurants each…

The Frasca Food & Wine expansion into two new concepts has been a trying experience for everyone involved, largely because of a specially built Italian oven that was slated to anchor the project. The first oven, shipped in pieces, was held up in Customs before it was eventually destroyed. The…

No. 80: Larb nua from Taste of Thailand. Taste of Thailand chef/owner Noy Farrell, who has been turning out Thai food since 1994 from the kitchen confines of her faithfully crowded restaurant across the street from Swedish Hospital, grows vegetables, berries, herbs and various varieties of garlic from her own…

Rachel Kesley WaterCourse Foods 837 East 17th Avenue 303-832-7313 www.watercoursefoods.com This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Rachel Kesley, executive chef of WaterCourse Foods. In part two of that interview, Kesley dishes on umeboshi vinegar, the traveling food cart and eating a buzz button. The best advice from…