Heirloom Gardens, the Denver-based urban farm whose founder, Sundari Kraft, was profiled by Joel Warner this past summer, is heading into winter with a series of new cooking classes. The classes emphasize basic Indian dishes, seasonal soups and breads and other scratch-made courses. The idea of from-scratch cooking is a…
It’s funny to watch the evolution of a restaurant scene from the inside; to track, over time, how the pieces all come together. The first thing any burgeoning scene needs is a solid groundwork of excellent restaurants and pretty good restaurants. A few is not enough. There needs to be…
Stoners, beware! Mary Jane’s Relaxing Soda does not contain pot. But 28-year-old soda jerk Matt Moody, the drink’s inventor, insists that Mary Jane lives up to its name. “It’s not a high, but it would be close to draw a comparison and that was kind of its nickname,” he says…
Anyone who buys a DINR deck is a winner: For $50, you get 52 cards, each offering a $10 discount at a local, independent restaurant. You can buy the decks at any Tattered Cover location or at www.eatdenver.com — but you can also win one right here. Every Friday for…
What you may have missed this week on Cafe Society while you were loudly proclaiming your allegiance to or against eating murdered animals — tasty, tasty murdered animals, particularly pig. Speaking of meat, murder and animals, Kate Kennedy issued the five most shocking food facts from Food, Inc., a controversial…
Has anyone else noticed that the number of products claiming to make your life better seems to have spiked in recent months? And it’s no longer just about selling the idea of making your life easier or more convenient: Now it’s all about products that claim to have something to…
We snagged a sample of one of these Mile High Magic Bars from Tony’s Market not too long ago, and it was so good that we vowed to go back for more. Little did we know what was waiting for us. A bite-size sample is a deceptive representation of something…
There’s a new menu in town, and while there’s 50 or so dishes on it that I can’t wait to eat, I started the countdown yesterday with the toasted housemade mozzarella sandwich served on a wooden board. To which restaurant do I owe a debt of gratitude for taking me…
Tonight, from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (1750 13th Street), hunters, gatherers, foodies, bookies and the rest of Boulder’s earth muffins will converge to support the Growe Foundation, a Boulder non-profit that advocates healthy food choices for kids and teens and implements garden-to-table programs…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Ah, the season for giving. If only it were that simple. Finding the perfect gift is like meeting your next great love — it should just happen. But when certain consumer-driven holidays (sorry, Jesus) force you to brave the crazies at the mall, it helps to have an idea of…
Michael Long, executive chef of Opus (2575 Main Street, Littleton), and the subject of this week’s Chef and Tell interview, knows a thing or two about Caesar salads: He won the 2007 American Institute of Food And Wine’s Caesar salad award in 2007. In this riff on the classic, Long…
On Tuesday, I asked readers to suggest where a friend should eat her first bite of meat — ideally pulled pork — in many years. After many mouth-watering suggestions, we made our choice — and went out to eat meat. Here’s her report:…
Skewered meat: that most dangerous of foodstuffs. But at this restaurant, it’s absolutely worth the risk of losing an eye or getting into a tableside sword fight with your dining companion in order to get your mitts on the chicken kabobs, the schwarma, the hummus. Can you guess where I’m…
This is what I spent my afternoon doing. What about you? No, I didn’t bake that monster. I’m smart enough not to attempt anything of the sort. Rather, I found someone for whom breads, pastries and chocolates have been le raison d’etre for a quarter-century: Chef Michael Dupont. Dupont might’ve…
Oh, glorious flu season, that wonderful time of year when just glancing at a stranger on the bus can shock your body into shiver mode. Add the mix of holiday parties and alcohol-themed socializing to the mix — the kind where you accidentally sip from the same wine glass as…
OOn these cold days, there’s nothing more warming than a big plate of pasta smothered with red sauce. But first, of course, you have to eat your greens — even if they’re swimming in gorgonzola dressing. Guess where I’m eating?Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone who gave the first correct answer…
Some people can’t get enough of the mac-and-cheese fries at Jonesy’s EatBar and some people can’t get enough of the beer list, which is packed full of Colorado microbrews. But if you can’t get enough of the lovely ladies who work at Jonesy’s and the Horseshoe Lounge next door (both…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com. Number 85: Pupusas from Pupusas Sabor Hispano…
“Laura!” “What?’ “Laura!” “What!” “We need to get rich. Like, immediately.” “Sounds good to me.” “No, seriously. Right now. We need money.” “Any particular reason, Jay?” Yes. One very particular reason. Because I just got the new ThinkGeek catalog in the mail and I want pretty much everything in it…
This is part two of my interview with Micheal Long, executive chef of Opus. To read part one of this interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: Norman Van Aken. I’m a south Florida guy, so when I came out of CIA in 1990 and moved back to Florida, Norman was definitely…
When it opened in the middle of the hot summer of 2008, Red Trolley was an ice cream and gelato shop, and only an ice cream and gelato shop. Still, it was located in a lovely, historic space (the website claims Red Trolley stands on the site of an old…
