You might know Kris Carr from the hit TLC documentary Crazy Sexy Cancer; when she was diagnosed with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma — an extremely rare, and supposedly incurable, form of cancer — she transformed her life through diet and healthy living. She’ll be signing Crazy Sexy Diet, which she describes as…
New Belgium Brewing Co. is teaming up with Outside Magazine to take advantage of dog owners’ desires to take pictures of their dogs and eagerly share them with anyone who’s alive. Coinciding with the release of Mighty Arrow Pale Ale is a Facebook campaign through which friends of both the…
Diego’s Mexican Food and Cantina officially opened for business on Tuesday on the 16th Street Mall, and so far the place appears to be mighty popular — in part, no doubt, because the employees are passing out coupons for free full-sized chips and queso appetizers at the corner of 16th…
Taco Bell has been sued by Alabama-based law firm Beasley Allen, which claims the chain was using too little beef in its “beef.” And because this country loves meaty litigation, Taco Bell turned around and sued right back, claiming that not only was it proud of its meat sources, but…
No. 76: Maple and speck ice cream from Pizzeria Basta If the bowls of ice cream at Pizzeria Basta were bigger, we’d all be popping out of our pants, drunk on butterfat, and the tips of our nostrils would have frostbite from the nosedive, none of which would bother us…
Last night, the Denver episode of Drinking Made Easy premiered on HDNet; Govnr’s Park and the Woodcellar Bar and Grill, which were both featured, held watch parties to celebrate. And although everyone at the Woodcellar was in high spirits, there was no mention of the episode — and no airing…
Once a week, we head out for shake night, a ritual that my kid insists upon, and while — gasp! — I’m not a big ice cream groupie, I’ll be the first to admit that the blended shakes and malts at this neighborhood hang are pretty damn good; the fact…
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. The Super Bowl…
Eli Odell Highland Tap and Burger 2219 West 32nd Avenue 720-287-4493 www.highlandtapdenver.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Eli Odell, executive chef of Highland Tap and Burger. In part one of that interview, Odell dishes on what he learned from Matt Selby, and what might happen if…
“Let’s make sure we all understand what the rules are before we change them,” said Denver City Council president Chris Nevitt, after a council committee had been discussing the rules now regulating this city’s food trucks for over an hour. “Are you confident you know exactly what the rules are?”…
For over a decade, Little Anita’s — the Colorado outpost of a New Mexico group — was a go-to spot for vegetarians hungering for meat-free green chile. But sometime last year, the five Little Anita’s restaurants in the metro area started making both their red and green with beef stock…
Just weeks after opening Fleur Bistro as the head chef, Nate Boothe has joined the kitchen crew at Ocean Prime in Larimer Square, which just opened last week. Fleur co-owner Eva Esparza won’t discuss why Boothe moved on. “He didn’t say why he left,” she says. “He just said, ‘Thank…
Back in 1994, Udi Baron started a ready-to-eat sandwich business with his wife, Fern. Since then, and with the help of additional family members, that shop has spawned a bakery that supplies home pantries and restaurants, a catering company, a granola-maker, a national gluten-free line, a handful of cafes and…
Tucked inside a strip mall in the Ken Caryl region of Littleton, Pot of Pho is something of a suburban secret — but word is leaking out fast. The space (previously occupied by a Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli) is simple but cozy, with comfortable booths and art from the Provide-n-ce Gallery…
No. 77: Pig-snout tacos from Guadalajara Authentic Mexican Buffet First and foremost, Guadalajara Authentic Mexican Buffet, while being a buffet, is anything but monotonous. It is, in fact, a spectacular pageant of chafing dishes swelled with just about every Mexican dish under the blazing sun: barbacoa; menudo; posole, one with…
Gourmet food trucks were the biggest trend of 2010. But by the end of last year, a few of these enterprises had run into roadblocks set up by the city’s confusing rules and regulations; a couple of the trucks had ground to a halt entirely. To untangle some of the…
Burger business is big, and Burger King, shrine to the Whopper, is getting bigger…in length. The fast-food meat mecca, with grease-splattered locations all over the globe, is aiming to outsize its foot-long hot dog competition by conquering the world with inch after inch after inch of flame-broiled beef patties –…
Eli Odell Highland Tap and Burger 2219 West 32nd Avenue 720-287-4493 www.highlandtapdenver.com This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Eli Odell, executive chef of Highland Tap and Burger. Read part two of that interview, in which Odell dishes on hammering eighty pounds of wings and the Deadliest Chef…
After a reader tipped us off that the much-loved vegetarian chile at Little Anita’s is no longer vegetarian, we contacted Giselda Lopez, the store manager at the location at 6830 South Yosemite Street in Centennial, to get the scoop…
Numerous food trucks report running into roadblocks set up by confusing and sometimes contradictory rules; a Denver City Council committee will discuss those rules at a meeting at 1:30 p.m. today. In the meantime, fans are hopping on the bandwagon to support the biggest trend of 2010, in hopes that…
The great leap forward: Was it an early cook in France or China who first got the idea of using frog’s legs as food? For as long as Parisian chefs have been crisping up the amphibian’s extremities and dousing them in garlic and butter, cooks in Beijing have been stir-frying…
In the five years since its completion in 2005, the Beauvallon has swallowed up a lot of restaurants. The space at 975 Lincoln Street that now houses Japoix was originally occupied by Moda Ristorante and Lounge, which developer Jim Sullivan turned into nine75 just a year later. Sullivan ultimately sold…
