Absolutely no cooking took place in our house last week. We are both busy prepping classes for the start of the new semester at CU (the summer is always fleeting), plus I had the opportunity to attend some great food events. The first event was a tasting menu at Colterra, one of my favorite restaurants. [...]
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Puerto Rico, Part Two: Rum, plus a little more food…
When I was booking the components of our trip I decided on the Hotel Milano as our lodging–it is right in the heart of the restaurant district in Old San Juan, plus an easy walk to the piers and to many of the museums. The location was ideal, the hotel was quirky but charming, and [...]
Stanley Hotel Food and Wine Tasting
On Sunday we headed up to Estes Park, where I attended a food and wine tasting at Cascades, the restaurant at the historic Stanley Hotel. The Stanley is most widely known as the site of the film The Shining, but it has a long and interesting history that predates Jack Nicholson’s famous turn as its resident [...]
Basil Flats
We are in love with this fast-casual, local restaurant that serves incredibly fresh, Mediterranean-inflected food. Basil Flatsis an order-at-the-counter type of place that nonetheless has some of the most consistently delicious food around. Their house salad, made with impeccably fresh greens topped with slivered dates, toasted almonds, grape tomatoes, and Haystack mountain goat cheese, is [...]
Zingerman’s Roadhouse
If you are passing through Ann Arbor it is de rigueur to visit the Zingerman’s food empire. Zingerman’s Roadhouse is a welcome addition to the downtown deli and bakehouse, and while visiting family in Ann Arbor it was a fortuitous “on the way” stop for some great food and treats. Oyster shell “mulch” used as [...]
Leaf
Yesterday we joined our friends Toniya and Dicle to celebrate the end of the academic year, and as is our pattern we dined at Leaf. Leaf is a vegetarian/vegan restaurant right off of Boulder’s Pearl Street, and it is one of our favorite places. Toniya is a long-term raw foodist and Leaf is one of [...]
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