“Ohhhh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is sooooo delightful!”… And so are home-made marshmallows melting into a cup of super hot chocolate. Dip the tip of your nose in some meltingly sweet marshmallow cream on these cold Denver nights. Don’t bother ordering those spendy hand-crafted ones from overpriced specialty stores when you [...]
Would you like to earn brownie points with Santa? Maybe you just like brownies, or cookies… or peppermint bark! Are their foodies on your Christmas gift list that never have enough cookbooks? If you’ve said yes to any of the above, there are two terrific cookbooks to help you out. These cookbooks are special because [...]
Whenever I see Brussels sprouts on the menu, I cringe. But for some reason they are a holiday favorite. No one has ever cooked a sprout I’ve enjoyed eating. Why do people insist on serving them? It reminds me of being a child and seeing something disgusting on your plate that your parents insist you [...]
Cheesecake! That is one dessert I’ve never had a problem swallowing. For some people it happens with bananas, for others it might be mashed potatoes. But for me, it’s pumpkin pie. I confess to having a bit of a gag reflex when I try to bite into a piece, which is too bad since I love [...]
Lemon meringue pie should never be used as a weapon, don’t you agree? This wedge of sunshine, with its charred marshmallowy dome on a sweetly soured lemon curd, shouldn’t be a symbolic wedge between a child, his father, and a step-mother. But that’s what Toast is—a movie about the trials of a child infatuated by [...]
One of my rewards in the middle of the day is a Starbucks drive-thru for a grande, nonfat, nowhip mocha (NFNWM). I’ll even meet friends, or make my first Match.com rendez-vous at a Starbucks. While I still love her, I’m a bit bored with the green mermaid, and it’s time to discover new coffee houses, [...]
Frosty mornings are here. Beautiful, but deadly, crystals cling to the purple and boxwood basil in my garden. After just one morning, the scars are visible. Brown, lifeless and shriveled leaves darken the north sides of these fragile herbs. Winter is inevitable, and so is my garden’s demise. But that doesn’t mean the end of [...]
We are talking about cucumbers, here—Armenian Yard Longs, in fact. The name suggests something quite more than a mouthful; and, indeed, they are. One of these monster cucumbers could feed an entire family. My garden has had its failures this year, but one of its successes was producing these ribbed cucumber beauties. One cucumber would have [...]
Four Colorado chefs went head-to-head in a competition requiring them to pair Italy’s famous Allegrini Palazzo della Torre wine with a signature dish. The chefs competed in front of an audience and a panel of judges at the Mise En Place Cooking School in Denver’s historical LoDo District. Four teams of chefs came prepared with ‘mise en [...]
Brunella Gualerzi’s Radicchio and Gorgonzola Capellettoni INGREDIENTS FOR 4-6 PEOPLE FOR THE PASTA DOUGH 1.75 Cups All purpose flour 3 Large eggs FOR THE FILLING 12 Oz Radicchio, about 1 large head 2.5 Oz Pancetta 2 TBSP Unsalted butter 1 Small onion 2.5 Oz Gorgonzola cheese 4 Oz Grated parmigiano or grana cheese 1 Oz [...]
Denver food trucks are HOT. Some are really hot—so hot they look like fire beathing beasts. Want a wood-fired pizza? No problem—just stand back a bit as the folks inside sweat it out rotating pizzas in their built-in, flame-spewing oven. Professional restaurants would be envious of these kitted out taste-delivering tin cans. Not only are [...]
It’s nearly the end of corn season. The stalks have been stripped but there are a few fresh ears still available in the stores. Here are some ideas for enjoying the last of the harvest: Smoked Sweet Corn Soup – Chef Kevin Taylor Curried Corn Ice Cream Denver Botanic Garden’s Corn Maze Junior League of [...]
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