Devil’s Thumb Ranch Adds Cooking Classes
Grand County guest ranch adds cooking classes to the activities mix Devil’s Thumb Ranch owners Suzanne and Bob Fanch have a gift for evolving their sprawling property and its award-winning lodging, dining and activities gently from dated ranch and cross-country ski area to luxury resort with an exquisite lodge, beautiful cabins, fine dining, spa and [...]
Smokin’ Dave’s Tasty Barbecue
Smokin’ Dave puts out rockin’ good barbecue in two Front Range towns I grew up in New England, so barbecue is not part of my heritage, and I’m hardly a purist. In fact, I’m more into taste than authenticity (and yes, I know that there are great regional variations to what qualifies as “authentic”). If the meat [...]
Los Oasis Lands in Downtown Boulder
Brewpub serves Mexican fare and their own beer The Oasis Restaurant & Brewery on Canyon Boulevard and Broadway was one of Boulder’s first brewpubs. I seem to remember that it had a pretty standard pub menu, decor that was curiously Egyptian, good beer and ample oppotunity to buy Oasis T-shirts, ball caps and and other logo items. [...]
Pizzeria with Frasca Perfection
Pizzeria Locale is all it’s cracked up to be The third try was the charm for my husband and me to get into Pizzeria Locale, the upscale pizzeria launched last winter by Frasca Food & Wine. The first time was shortly after it opened, but with a wait of 40 minutes or so, we went elsewhere. [...]
2011 Taste of Elegance Winning Chefs at Beerfest
Corey, Kleinman & Long take top honors, and newcomer Prescott is the People’s Choice The 2011 Denver International Wine Festival, including the Taste of Elegance chef comeptition, coming this November will be the seventh annual, and the just concluded 2011 Denver International Beer Festival, including the Taste of Elegance that required the chefs to prepare dishes that paired [...]
Vail Valley News: French Chef Buys Colorado Brewery
French-born and trained, New York-seasoned Pascal Coudouy buys Edwards microbrewery Pascal Coudouy, executive chef of Park Hyatt Beaver Creek’s award-winning 8100 Mountainside Bar and Grill, is shifting gears from fine dining to brew-pub fare. He had been with the Hyatt since 2000 and in 2008 was instrumental in the restaurant that is named after the resort’s elevation, [...]
Chef Roster Announced for June 7 Taste of Elegance
Great food and great beer to be showcased at upcoming food and beer pairing competition We don’t usually put “beer” and “elegance” in the same sentence, but they are appropriately descriptive of the upcoming second annual Taste of Elegance Chefs Food & Beer Pairing Competition on June 7 at The Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield. Some of [...]
