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Comida Cantina at The Source: Ready to Rock Your Whole Face Off
You’ve long worshipped at the wheels of Tina, Rayme Rossello’s big pink taco truck; perhaps you’ve hit up the Longmont brick & mortar upon occasion, only to wish it was just a smidge closer to the...
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Dish of the Week: Melon-Crab Gazpacho at Fruition
If you too are beginning to grieve over Goldengrove unleaving, you may as well do it by crying into a bowl of soup that glows with the very essence of summer. That would be Fruition’s cold consommé of...
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Mea Culpa: Panzano’s Tribute to Brian Polcyn
First of all, it’s been years since I’ve read Michael Ruhlman’s classics on chef training, The Making of a Chef & The Soul of a Chef, so I had no memory that the larger-than-life character leading...
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CapRock Farm Bar Set to Roll
At the center of The Source—which continues to shape up in ways that suggest the reality will match the ambitious vision for this urban marketplace (see also my report on the opening of Cantina...
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Newsflash: Reviews at Boulder Weekly, A Taste of Iceland, Harvest Week
So, looks like I’ll be doing some restaurant reviews here & there for Boulder Weekly; you can check out my debut here, wherein I give Pupusas Sabor Hispano a thorough going over. This is just a...
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Dish of the Week: Chipotle- & Bourbon-Butter Grilled Oysters at Angelo’s Taverna
I’d never set foot in the previous, long-standing incarnation of Angelo’s Taverna—what’s another neighborhood pie parlor, eh? But “Denver’s only pizza & oyster bar” is a whole other matter—one...
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Dish of the Week: Moules Marinières at Brasserie Ten Ten
Something for everyone. Coming from your average middlebrow chain, that’s a suspicious boast whose translation generally amounts to a whole lot of nothing for anyone except those who privilege quantity...
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Dish of the Week: Roast Beef-Chimichurri Sandwich at Park & Main, Breckenridge
After a terrifying, ice-slicked drive up I-70 to attend the 4th Annual Breckenridge Craft Spirits Festival (of which more later), I arrived in town thinking nothing & no one could soothe me except...
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A Look at the Beehive, via Boulder Weekly
My review of farm-to-table haunt the Beehive is now live at Boulder Weekly; click here to read all about such signature dishes as the gaufrettes with spicy aioli & deviled eggs (along with cold...
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Dish of the Week: Crispy Sofrito Chicken at Corner House
The Corner House couldn’t have picked a better time to host a media preview of the new fall menu: gray & chilly as it was outside yesterday, the warm & woody space, with moody jazz playing the...
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A Look at Il Pastaio, via Boulder Weekly
Since former Boulder Weekly correspondent Clay Fong had already covered the trio of lasagnas that features on the lunchtime buffet at rightly beloved Italian café Il Pastaio back in 2010, I focused on...
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Dish of the Week: Ceviche en Crema de Rocoto at Pisco Sour
Ceviche is a category unto itself in Peru; there, variations on the dish we tend to think of simply as citrus-marinated fish with maybe some chiles & onions are near-endless, & the inclusion of...
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Hanna Ranch Premiere & Brunch Panel This Weekend!
As the Post’s Lisa Kennedy reported earlier this week, Hanna Ranch—a documentary about the demise of traditional family ranching, centered on Colorado cattleman Kirk Hanna—premieres tomorrow at the...
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Dish of the Week: Salt-Baked Onion with Spaetzle at Table 6
The menu description doesn’t do it justice: “salt-baked onion, wild mushrooms, Camembert, semolina spaetzle.” The below photo, even if you click to enlarge, certainly doesn’t do it justice. The only...
View ArticleWhere I’ve Been: Zagat Denver
You may have noticed I’m not posting here much of late; that’s because I’m doing it all over at Zagat’s new Denver blog instead. The site’s still new and tender like a baby, but check it out for...
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Around the World in 10 Dishes: Flatbread Edition at Eater Denver
After nearly a year(!), I’ll be returning to this space from time to time to show off a thing or two. For starters, I’m working on an occasional series over at Eater, Around the World in 10 Dishes,...
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Around the World in 10 Dishes: Dumpling Edition at Eater Denver
In the second installment of my Eater series Around the World in 10 Dishes, I tackle the tricky subject of dumplings—a word that means way too many things to way too many people in way too many...
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Around the World in 10 Dishes: Salad Edition at Eater Denver
Bonus pics! Read my story on salads around the world here, feast your eyes on a few examples below. Salpicón at Chili Verde Glass noodle salad at Suvipa Thai Tsukemono at Tokio Goi sua thom thit at...
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