I have no use for fusion cuisine, for the deliberate fuckery that comes of trying to jam two or three or five culinary traditions together on one plate, for the dumb manhandling of food- — torturing it and forcing it into unnatural configurations of time or flavor or place. Of…
These days, it seems like every city has a Taste of Whatever-Ville. Taste of Dayton, Taste of Barstow, Taste of Weehawken, and so forth. What’s more, it seems that, in the larger cities, every neighborhood wants to get in on the action with its own mini-festival celebrating whatever it was…
What I love most about Middle Eastern food is the way that you can shove a dozen different dishes onto the same plate, mix them all together, stack a big bite of everything on a fork and end up with the Gaza Strip, a flavor explosion of parsley, onions, roasted…
Back in 1951, a man named Robert O. Peterson (not Jack) unleashed the country’s first Jack in the Box in San Diego, on the main east-west artery leading into the city. The Box had a drive-thru window, an intercom and that freakshow clown on the roof whose bobbing head on…
Tonight, from 6 to 10 p.m., TAG, Troy Guard’s jet-setting Larimer Square storefront at 1441 Larimer Street, is hosting a benefit for the Love Hope Strength Foundation, an international cancer charity that provides support for cancer centers. The three-course dinner, which doesn’t include tax, gratuity or libations (although the TAG…
Jason Rogers has signed on as head chef of Oskar Blues, where he’s overseeing a complete kitchen renovation of the Oskar Blues Grill & Brew brewpub in Lyons, and will then run the kitchen at the soon-to-open Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids & Solids in Longmont. “The moment I met Jason…
The sauce and shells at Shells and Sauce, the cozy Italian spot in Congress Park, may not bowl me over — but the restaurant’s very cool new rooftop patio, which was months in the making, is certainly more than enough to lure me up the steps and onto one of…
Because I live and work in Colorado, and because my livelihood revolves almost entirely around food, I get asked quite a lot about that one food item for which Colorado will always be known: the Rocky Mountain oyster.Yes, we’re talking about balls. I’ve eaten them a couple of times, and…
Dan and Michelle Landes, owners of WaterCourse Foods and City, O’ City, Denver’s award-winning vegetarian restaurants, have a new venture in the works — and this one will actually be on the water. Along with partner Dave Paco, they’re opening an international hostel in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, named Osa Mariposa…
See the tricked-out bomb above? The one layered with prosciutto, melty housemade mozzarella, arugula and oven-dried tomatoes, all stacked between slices of grilled bread brushed with olive oil and paved with a green olive pistou? That sandwich — that sandwich — is full-blown deliciousness, and whenever I eat at the…
If you somehow don’t get enough Jason Sheehan from chewing on the novela’s-worth of words he spews each week in the food section of Westword and on this very blog, or from digesting his new memoir Cooking Dirty: A Story of Life, Sex, Love and Death in the Kitchen, then…
Raisin Bran Extra! Kellogg’s Rating: Two-and-a-half spoons out of four Cereal description: Whole wheat flakes are joined by the usual number of raisins, plus the (very) occasional cranberry, almond slices and yogurt wads with an interior consisting in part of “palm kernel,” which I didn’t know existed until I read…
Today is National Cheesecake Day, which will undoubtedly send some of you sugar fiends into euphoria. Not me. I loathe cheesecake almost as much as celery and eggplant, which is to say that I really, really hate the staff. But that gorgeous salad in the above photo? It’s my favorite…
What you might have missed this week while chowing on local chocolate-covered bacon…What do you wish Denver’s restaurant scene had more of? Jason Sheehan wants your opinion.Pop-Tarts and Bagelfuls: The ten stupidest “breakfast foods” ever.Local brew Blue Moon makes it to the White House’s beer summit, though we would have…
I’ve been writing a lot about burgers lately, so this week’s list reflects nothing more than my personal obsession du jour. Below are my top five burgers in Denver (and beyond).If I miss your favorite, be sure to add it in the comments. With any luck, together we can come…
I’ve got good news from Happy Noodle House, at 835 Walnut Street in Boulder. Not only did this joint that I reviewed two months ago start offering lunch-delivery service to its fans, but it has a new menu. This one, it seems, has bent even further in the international direction,…
So, you know that old cliche, “If you can’t say something nice about someone, then shut the fuck up”? I’m going to follow that advice here and just spell it out: Folks, today is National Cheesecake Day, and in honor of the high-calorie, right-to-your-butt occasion, the Cheesecake Factory is offering…
Argyll Public House, Robert Thompson’s swanky gastropub at 2700 East Third Avenue, is hosting a service industry night from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday, August 1 to benefit the Colorado Autism Society. If you work in the restaurant biz and have the cred to prove it — “Bring…
Two local restaurant ventures will expand today. Snooze is slated to officially unveil its second location, at 700 Colorado Boulevard, this morning; like the original in the Ballpark neighborhood, it will be open for breakfast and lunch. And at 10:30 a.m., Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, a Denver-based fast-casual chain focusing on…
Tonight from 6 to 9 p.m., Cook Street School of Fine Cooking, at 1937 Market Street, will kick off its tenth anniversary celebration with a series of ten-minute cooking demonstrations (audience participation and sampling absolutely encouraged), followed by a cook-off between four finalists, all of whom submitted original recipes using…
Fresko is Mexican casual cuisine, a unique place, an experience, and a taste only known in Mexico. Fresko is honored to be in Colorado. Fresko is genuine, culture, quality, passion, freshness, ambiance, with a staff that loves to share. Experience metropolitan Mexican dining for a fast lunch, or a comfortable…
There’s little left that hasn’t been baconed. Mints, vodka, lip gloss, gum, ice cream: all products upon which the salty meat flavor has been imparted. Adding chocolate to the mix seems, for some, an inspiration from the heavens, while for others the mere thought of bacon playing in chocolate triggers…
