Chili is many things to many people, as shown by the great recipes that have been mailed in, e-mailed and posted since I wrote my own recipe two weeks ago. At the moment, we are trying to decide which recipes sound the most delicious, but in the meantime, here is…
Denver is a lush when it comes to beer, but that doesn’t mean the city’s been cut off. The producers of the Denver International Wine Festival & Competition for the past six years plans to hold a Denver International Beer Competition this May, followed by a June dinner that will…
The annual Snowmass Chili Pepper Brew Fest in June attracts some of the best chili cooks in the state to an International Chili Society-sanctioned cook-off. It also attracts beer geeks looking to sample some of the best brews made in Colorado. So you would think that Twisted Pine Brewing Company’s…
Last Friday, I won the 5th Annual Celebrity Chili Cook-Off, hosted by the Denver Press Club, and benefitting the Women’s Bean Project. It was a sweet and spicy victory for a guy who’s been making red chili for a dozen years with little recognition. You can read about my adventure,…
It’s cold in Antarctica. How cold? The temperature at the bottom of the world can drop to -100 degrees during the long, dark winter when the sun says goodbye for six months, leaving behind only a few hearty souls — and a bunch of penguins — to hold down the…
Everyone has a recipe for chili. Lady Bird Johnson’s recipe called for two to six generous dashes of liquid hot sauce. Kenny Rogers uses tomato paste and finely chopped jalapeños. Bobby Flay adds dark beer and semi-sweet chocolate, habaneros and toasted cumin. Chili is a dish that can be thrown…
Beer hasn’t always been delivered by truck. In the early 1900s, it took a horse and carriage to get Denver’s suds from the brewery to the bar. Although the tradition died after prohibition, the Wynkoop Brewing Company plans to bring it back. “I’ve got a horseman, two horses and an…
The organizers of hushDenver hit another grand slam on Saturday night at their third dinner party – this time with kitchen magic by current and former Root Down chefs Erin Boyle, Victor Mena, Brent Buxton, Samm Sherman and Samuel Martinez. I’m not a food critic – thank god, for the…
The weather is warming up, but it will be chili – very chili – inside the Denver Press Club tonight when a couple dozen members of the media put down their pens and pick up ladles for a chili cook-off benefiting the Women’s Bean Project. The 5th Annual Celebrity Chili…
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery’s locations across the country are holding their annual fundraiser this week to raise money for fire departments and related charities. Although the Louisville-based chain typically allows each of its restaurants to brew their own beers, all of them used the same recipe for Fire Chief…
With 1,500 craft breweries across the country making tens of thousands of different beers every year, it’s getting hard to come up with new names. So Twisted Pine Brewing in Boulder is asking for help by running a contest on Twitter and Facebook soliciting the perfect moniker for a vanilla-oaked…
If you tipped a microbrew in 2009, then you did your part for the craft brewing industry. If you tipped more than one – and you know who you are – then you helped contribute to a record year that saw both production and sales figures grow. Craft brewers sold…
U.S. Agriculture Secretary marked National School Breakfast Week today by donning a hair net at a public school in Washington, D.C. and shoveling oatmeal onto trays. Not really. But he did call “for increased participation in the School Breakfast Program and advancing the health and nutrition of our nation’s children.”…
Oblio’s Pizzeria owner Tommy Gilhooly and his family have been tooling around Park Hill – and the surrounding neighborhoods – in their two tricked-out golf carts for years. They go on excursions to City Park, attend charity functions, lend out the carts for community events – even deliver the occasional…
Think it’s too late to get a seat at the table tonight at one of the 281 restaurants celebrating Denver Restaurant Week? Think again. As of 5:15 p.m., there were prime time spots (6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) still available all over town, according to opentable.com. Here’s some of what…
Denver lost Hysteria — its women-friendly, sex-positive, non-toxic-educating, GLBT-welcoming sex-toy shop in February. But a new store with the same philosophy, albeit from Minnesota, plans to open soon, just in time to fill that void. The Smitten Kitten pioneered the idea of brightly-lit, women-friendly sex shops seven years ago, says…
Oskar Blues Brewery will roll out its latest canned beer tomorrow, the Gubna Imperial IPA, an uncommon brew made with rye malt and only one kind of hops. I had a pint of it at the Tasty Weasel, the brewery’s Longmont tasting room, a couple of weeks ago, and discovered…
Colorado wasn’t able to claim its second consecutive Beerdrinker of the Year title on Saturday at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th Street, but at least we lost to a qualified candidate from the well deserving state of Alaska. Retired Navy officer and current college administrator Bill Howell took home…
The Vine Street Pub, which is celebrating the last few days of its annual Stout Month, is an unusual place to get a beer. Unusual because of the high highs and low lows. It offers one of the most delicious lineups of homemade brews on tap in any brewpub in…
Fame — if not fortune — and free beer for life at the Wynkoop Brewing Company are only two of the honors bestowed annually upon the person who survives a grueling judging process to become Beerdrinker of the Year. The victor is also awarded free clothing, a gift certificate and…
Think it’s too late to get a seat at the table tonight at one of the 281 restaurants celebrating Denver Restaurant Week? Think again. As of 5 p.m., there were prime time spots (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.) still available all over town, according to opentable.com. Here’s some of what we…
American beer may be better than what they brew in Europe, but we have a long way to go when it comes to the culture of beer drinking. Exhibit A: On Thursday, the British government – yes, the government – introduced a shatterproof pint glass that it requisitioned in an…
