Easy-to-Make Tiramisu Cake
An Italian-theme dinner merited an Italian-ish cake When I asked a friend celebrating a big birthday what I might bring, she requested a dessert. A cake. Maybe a tres lechescake, she suggested. But the dinner was to be Italian, so I decided to make a tiramisu cake. I found several receipes for layer cakes with tiramisu filling. There [...]
A Second Matsuhisa in the Mountains
International & Aspen icon opens a new restaurant in Vail Nobu Matsuhisa is one of those very talented and very marketing savvy ego-driven (or at least self-assured) chefs who likes to name his restaurants after himself. He already has some named Nobu and some named Matshusia. One or more Nobu Restaurants can be found in Tokyo, [...]
Vina Pho’s Hot & Hearty Cuisine
Boulder Vietnamese restaurant serves pho & more I can’t quite remember how long ago I had my first bowl of pho, the rich Vietnamese soup, but it was somewhere on Federal Boulevard or Pecos. There, in a simple, bare-table restaurant, we first tasted this rice-noodle soup, a specialty of Hanoi in the northern part of Vietnam . The [...]
Vail Chef Inducted into Chaîne des Rôtisseurs
Vail chef joins prestigious international culinary organzation Executive Chef Jason Harrison of Flame restaurant at Four Seasons Resort Vail was recently inducted into the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, Baillage de Vail. The group is the world’s oldest international gastronomic society, founded in Paris in 1248. It is devoted to preserving the camaraderie and pleasures of the table [...]
Happiness at SALT’s Happy Hour
SALT’s happy hour has fine offerings — but with limitations Not realizing that it is closed on Monday as well as Sunday evening, my husband and I thought we would try Pearl Street Steak Room at happy hour for an affordable burger or lobster roll, but with the door locked and the lights off, we kept [...]
Beard Foundation Accepting Nominations
Nominate your favorite chefs and restaurants for prestigious award You don’t need to be a member of the James Beard Foundation to nominate your favorite restaurant(s) and chef(s) for a 2012 James Beard Award. You just have to go online, sign up, sign in and suggest national and regional recipients. Click here for the award categories [...]
Ambling into Ambria
Independent restaurant takes root on 16th Street Mall Ambria, a contemporary “Mediterramerican” restaurant, hosted its VIP opening on November 14. Not that I’m espcially important, but I was invited. I couldn’t attend because I was in New Zealand. It took me a month to get there, and yesterday, I finally ambled in — not for a [...]
