Cuisine

Passion project

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Has yogurt ever made you reevaluate your life plans? It did for Koel Thomae. She was enjoying a trip back home in Australia after spending...

Mr. Sake knows a thing or two about spicy tuna

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You’ve heard it here before and you’re about to hear it again: Go to your nearest strip mall and check out the restaurants. Ten...

Local bar serves up Packer pride, Wisconsin fare

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The stretch of Highway 93 between Boulder and Golden offers little in the way of civilization...

Taste of the Week: Casarecce and Fra Diavolo @ Pastaficio and...

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Easy-to-serve convenience foods have gotten a bad reputation over the years, and yours truly has certainly been a vocal proponent of scratch-cooking and not...

Westbound & Down Brewing Company

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Westbound & Down Brewing Company, the Idaho Springs-based brewery that was dubbed the Great American Beer Festival’s 2019 midsized brewpub of the year, is...

Would you like some wine with that burger?

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Burgers are a thing nowadays, and a new spot, Boulder’s Drakes Haus, has jumped firmly into the fray, identifying itself as the “Home of the Merlot Burger.” Drakes also sports a logo spotlighting what one presumes is its namesake’s visage, a bespectacled and ...

No exotic cow parts here

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Pica’s Mexican Taqueria is the latest local entry in the mid-priced, fast-casual taco and burrito arena. Not a large chain or a strictly one-location operation, it nevertheless manages to dish out satisfying and surprisingly tasty-for-the-price Mexican specialties. ...

Flagstaff House’s Chris Royster on rapid success, fine dining and spoons

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How did Chris Royster go from dropping out of high school at 16 to being the chef de cuisine at Flagstaff House, a Chopped...

Try this week: Sea scallops, crispy broccoli and more

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Seared Sea Scallops Urban Farmer, 1659 Wazee St., Denver, urbanfarmerrestaurant.com After a risque show at Lannie’s Clocktower, or perhaps before you head to one of Larimer Square’s ultra0-hip...

Canned good

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I’ve seen some of the best palates of my generation dimmed by bottle after bottle of tasteless and vastly overpriced supermarket spaghetti sauce. This...

Tour de brew: Oskar Blues Grill & Brew

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Do we have everything we could possibly want from Oskar Blues?” the waitress asks the table. She means it too.  These days, things are a...

Will it grill?

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Cucumbers are not the first thing you think of when choosing something to grill. Neither is butter or watermelon or bread.    Would they even...