Opinion | Calhoun: Wake-up Call

Make Anthony Bourdain eat his words!

Anthony Bourdain wasn't impressed with Denver when he came through town in 2002, touting A Cook's Tour. He'll be back for a talk at the Buell Theatre on November 18, and we've got a pair of tickets that we're giving to the reader who comes up with the best three-stop...
By Patricia CalhounNovember 12, 2009
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Anthony Bourdain wasn’t impressed with Denver when he came through town in 2002, touting A Cook’s Tour. He’ll be back for a talk at the Buell Theatre on November 18, and we’ve got a pair of tickets that we’re giving to the reader who comes up with the best three-stop culinary itinerary for Bourdain, one guaranteed to make him eat his words.

We’ve already received more than forty submissions, which you can read here — and then post your own answer in the comments section. Deadline for entering the contest: 5 p.m. today.

We’ll announce the winner tomorrow.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor emeritus of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She was editor-in-chief from 1977-2026. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame (probably for her bar tab). She’s received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists, and is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS12’s public affairs roundtable.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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