food for thought
And that’s what makes Parallel 17 Mary’s pride and joy and not just some Vietnamese stop out in the suburbs. It’s inventive, brave, and masterful.
I’ve come to think more and more about this recipe business. I’ll likely always cook the way I write — sitting down to an empty dish and imagining what might be
We got in touch with our chef of the night, Sean O’Grady, for the low down on the menu — so even if you can’t be a Power Party attendee, you can at least eat like one.
It’s a humbling place to kick your feet back and relax — a blending of lifestyle, which emphasizes healthfulness and activity alongside relaxation, and integration with living history.
It’s worthwhile for Denverites to occasionally traipse up north and learn what makes Boulderites salivate. Happily mixed with college nosh houses on the Hill —including hole-in-the-wall Asian takeout staples, coffeehouses aplenty, and burrito masters like Illegal Pete’s — are high-end, high-profile spots like John’s and Arugula.
I ate at Kachina recently. And I ate. And I ate. And I ate some more. And with every savory, eye-popping dish that ushered from recesses of the kitchen, I sucked on a margarita. OK, two margaritas. And a Mexican coffee – treated with tequila.
Somewhere nestled in the jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains, dusted with snow and marked by Austrian gables, sits a jewel of the Old World: Vail’s own Sonnenalp Resort.
When you walk into Little Dragon – somewhere between grocery shopping and grabbing dry cleaning after work – it strikes you with an un-takeout-like vibe. There’s something, well, elegant about it.
Jean-Claude Cavalera is a bit of iconoclast. You might say that of many chefs who have been in the business for 30-plus years, but this man – a veritable culinary maître – is a breath of fresh air in the stodgy world of egos and picture-perfect plates.
Once upon a time, Zengo seemed to be a gamble. These days, it’s a cornerstone of Denver’s culinary reinvention, but when the doors opened in 2004, it left us wondering – will the curious merger of Asian and Mexican really survive? Isn’t that too crazy for the Mile High City?
