Food & Drink

The biggest misconception about a vegetarian diet is probably that it consists of salad, salad and more salad. And although these Veggie Girl posts have showcased the wide range of dishes available to vegetarians, the truth is that when you stop eating meat, your tastebuds can change — and you…

Over the years, there have been a number of people who’ve made an impression on me with regard to food. One of them is my old boss, close friend and head brewer at Great Divide Brewing, Taylor Rees. Back in the day, he’d painfully watch me throw away my hard-earned…

Did you hear what happened to the Energizer Bunny? He got arrested for assault and battery. Despite the fact that this week is all about turkey, the eye-rolling Thumper jokes were running rampant at this bar that serves a hearty rabbit cassoulet. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…

Having just put down a three-pound peanut-butter-bacon cheeseburger, my hands still covered in peanut butter, I stared at just less than a pound of fries, amazed at how much I hated the curly bastards and how slowly I was consuming them…

It’s been a wild ride for Wild Catch, the new fishhouse that saw its chef/partner and most of its staff (above) walk out this weekend, leaving the place high and dry. Justin Brunson, an owner of Masterpiece Deli who joined with Taste owner Daniel Kulhman on the restaurant, told Lori…

So I’ll be in town for the weekend,” Jeff told me. “Pick a restaurant.” It should have been a simple task — there are dozens of joints in this town that would work well for a collegial catch-up — but Jeff is one of my oldest friends. And though food…

“Literally, I’d never heard of any of these charges until I read your story,” says Daniel Kuhlman, the owner of Wild Catch, which abruptly shuttered on Saturday, when co-owner/chef Justin Brunson, along with his staff, walked out the door following a meeting the day before between Brunson and Kuhlman that…

Rob and I had been talking about Wild Catch since it opened this summer, our anticipation building with every friend we ran into who raved about the place. “The food’s damn near perfect,” one promised. “Best restaurant in Denver right now,” said another. We were waiting. Or, more specifically, I…

When Peter Roper was a program manager in the environmental center at the University of Colorado, Boulder, he spent a lot time working on bikes. “He developed a lot of amazing programs up there related to bicycles,” explains Jessica Caouette, his business partner and lifelong friend. “He created the bike…

District Meats, insists Charlie Palmer, is not a steakhouse. It is, however, a meat-centric fortress of flesh, where, says Palmer, a New York-based chef and restaurateur who’s unleashed an empire of restaurants across the country, “people can explore different and unusual cuts of meat — pork, beef and lamb –…

Woof. You know the world has gone to the dogs when there’s nearly as many hounds as there are patrons, which was the scene the other night at this lively beer-centric venue. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s…

At a release party this weekend for the Denver County Fair’s cookbook, Andrew Novick, the fair’s new entertainment director (who hosted the X-Treme Pancake Breakfast at the inaugural fair last summer), served up his own creation: Thanksgiving on a Stick. In case you missed the party, the book is available…

No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. Seitan is a wheat protein with a meatier texture than some of its meat-replacement cousins (such as tofu); it’s also absorbent, so…

“This is not how I wanted it to go down,” admits Justin Brunson. But he had a premonition it would. Several weeks ago, Brunson, the sandwich earl behind Masterpiece Deli and the opening executive chef/co-owner of Wild Catch, the sustainable seafood restaurant that he opened in late August with partner…

Cafe Society served up five Guess where contests last week, ranging from the bread at Coohills, which just opened at the start of the month, to a sandwich at the Porch, to craft-brewed beer and a cone of fries. For correctly identifying them as coming from Mannekin Frites, Jill5009 wins…

In honor of Steak ‘n Shake finally opening an outpost in metro Denver, Laura Shunk revisited her list of Denver’s best hamburgers, and added a few more to come up with “Denver’s ten best burgers.” And predictably, some critics pounded this list flatter than a patty at My Brother’s Bar:…