Tonight: Rocky Mountain Locavore Wine Dinner in Aurora

The locavore movement is all about enjoying local produce at the peak of freshness -- and tonight, you can get a taste of this growing movement at the City of Aurora's Rocky Mountain Locavore Wine Dinner. On the menu: stir-fried quinoa with Chinese sausage, braised winter greens, pork green chile...

By Amber Taufen

February 25, 2011

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The locavore movement is all about enjoying local produce at the peak of freshness -- and tonight, you can get a taste of this growing movement at the City of Aurora's Rocky Mountain Locavore Wine Dinner. On the menu: stir-fried quinoa with Chinese sausage, braised winter greens, pork green chile and winter squash stew, sunflower whole-wheat rolls and spiced apple compote with vanilla ice cream; they're all served with Colorado wines. Dinner runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Expo Recreation Center, 10955 East Exposition Avenue in Aurora. Admission is $49 for Aurora residents and $64 for the general public; call 303-326-8630 or go to www.auroragov.org/recreation for more information.

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Amber Taufen has been writing about people, places and things in Denver since 2005. She works as an editor, writer, and production and process guru out of her home office in the foothills.

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