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No. 47: Croque Madame from Pierre Michel Organic French Bakery Cafe…

It’s no secret that I’m a charcuterie slut, and this plate, a relatively new addition to the menu, has become one of my favorites for pigging out. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts…

Lawrence Dai watched Julie & Julia for the first time one year ago today. Then he watched it again every single day for a year. And, of course, in Life 2.0 fashion, he decided to blog about it. Since November 29, 2010, Dai has racked up over 1,000 followers on…

For obvious reasons, the Denver Broncos are unexpectedly fun to watch this year — but unfortunately, the beers available at Sports Authority Field are decidedly less so to drink. We may live in the Napa Valley of beer, but the Mile High Stadium crew definitely fumbled the brews available there…

I’d been following the group of six recent college grads since they’d first walked into Thai Street Food Restaurant, talking about how they wanted to fuel up for a night of drinking. I’d tried to distract myself by studying the watercolor paintings crammed onto one wall and the gilded tapestry…

When Deluxe Burger, Dylan Moore’s shrine to beef in a bun, shuttered a few months ago, several local chefs and restaurateurs eyed the East Colfax quarters, located directly next door to Mod Livin’, the retro furniture store owned by Jill Warner, who’s also the landlord of the restaurant space. But…

I had a perfectly lovely Thanksgiving with my dysfunctional family, but it was nothing like the pre-Thanksgiving feast that Jorel Pierce, the executive chef of Euclid Hall, and his sous, Josh Prater, prepared last Wednesday for a 9News segment. Pierce, along with 9News meteorologist Becky Ditchfield and Sky 9 reporter…

All season, gangs of predominantly twentysomethings have been invading local farms each month, expanding vegetable beds, weeding and planting orchards. “It’s like a flashmob, but for gardening,” says Laurie Schneyer, organizer of Denver Crop Mob and a volunteer with Slow Food Denver. The seeds for the project were planted when…

On Sunday, while Tim Tebow fans prayed that God would grant the Broncos a victory over the San Diego Chargers, we prayed that the generous pours of vodka in our Bloody Marys wouldn’t make us tumble off our bar stools. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who…

No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. Green bean casserole is a holiday favorite, but cream-of-mushroom soup is not a vegan-friendly ingredient. This recipe includes a flavorful sauce that’s…

Cafe Society served up four Guess where contests last week, ranging from a dogcentric beer at Denver Beer Co. to a plate of gruisidos at Los Dos Potrillos to this rabbit cassoulet. For correctly identifying it as coming from Cheeky Monk, Ashley H wins an EatDenver deck…

The news that Wanda James and Scott Durrah, the owners of the just-shuttered 8 Rivers, will be opening Jezebel’s, a new Southern restaurant, in the former home of the Squeaky Bean at 3301 Tejon Street, next to Rosa Linda’s Mexican Restaurant, did not inspire the roll-out of the welcome wagon…

Andrew Starr is a choc-tease. He and his chocolatier partner, Jennifer Spielman, own Black Star Chocolates, and they create exciting, luscious and downright sensual confections. Since their chocolate creations are handmade, small-batch and filled with fresh, seasonal herbs and flowers, thought, they are available in limited quantities — at limited…

Maggi Kelly needed a change. The single mom of four was working as a sales rep for Skirt Sports, but that job had her traveling around six states from her home in Longmont. Then a friend told the self-described health nut and marathon runner about a coffee kiosk at Saint…

Nothing says the holidays are here more than a Mexican breakfast, Christmas-style — smothered in both red and green — served up alongside some excellent early decorations. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts…

Mike Peshek Lou’s Food Bar 1851 West 38th Avenue 303-458-0336 www.lousfoodbar This is part two of my interview with Mike Peshek, exec chef of Lou’s Food Bar. Part one of my chat with Peshek ran earlier this week. Favorite restaurant in America: Pizzeria Regina in Boston. The service is terrible,…

Let us give thanks not just for the bargains at Dollar Tree — as Jenn Wohletz did in “Get your Thanksgiving dinner from the Dollar Tree” — but also the samples at Whole Foods, as described in “Whole Foods woos shoppers.” The double whammy of dishes inspired this from GFTW:…

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. In case you’ve…

In Mexico City, you’ll encounter gruisidos on just about every street corner, but in Denver, the stew is a rarity, except at this Mexican restaurant, where guisado de puerco shares space on the menu alongside more pedestrian staples like tacos and enchiladas. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…

Mike Peshek Lou’s Food Bar 1851 West 38th Avenue 303-458-0336 www.lousfoodbar “See the spaghetti and meatballs?” asks Mike Peshek, pointing to a vat of fat orbs glossed with an herby tomato sauce. “That’s one of our favorite dishes — and one of our most popular staff meals.” A dishwasher, who’s…

There are plenty of places to get your holiday trimmings, but the Whole Foods stores smooth over their Whole Paycheck nickname by serving above-average complimentary samples of holiday fare before they empty our wallets. The Capitol Hill store is doing free samples every Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m., and…

Fans of Voodoo Doughnuts would be very thankful if the Portland, Oregon-based chain opened an outlet here — and recent rumors suggest one could be coming our way. Not fast enough to satisfy Brains76, though:…