It was my lucky day, stopping at a restaurant/bar that stocks Avery Odio Equum, a brilliant sour that’s a rarity, given that only 443 cases were produced. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered…

Colorado foodophiles have one — make that seven — more reasons to ballyhoo our culinary scene: Today, Pagosa Brewing Company, Avalanche Cheese Company, Ritual Chocolate, Serendipity Confections, Dancing Pines Distillery, Leopold Bros. and Syntax Spirits were all named as finalists vying for a 2013 Good Food Award. See also: -…

Mozzarella’s elevated cousin, burrata, is one of my favorite cheeses in the universe, and while this ball didn’t quite have the core of cream that I’d like, it was luscious nonetheless. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess…

Bryan Dayton and Steve Redzikowki, the team behind Oak at Fourteenth in Boulder, are opening a new restaurant in Denver next year. The two, who spent months rebuilding Oak after a devastating fire all but gutted the acclaimed restaurant in March of 2011, will open Acorn in The Source, a…

Cafe Society dished up five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a platter of of crisp-fried chicken that flies right from Cora Faye’s, to a beautiful bowlful of mussels from the Wooden Table, to way too many flights of craft beer from a local brewery and tap room. See…

It’s incredibly difficult to do justice to the thousands of remarkable cookbooks published in 2012, but after spending days — weeks — roaming through the recipes and lush food porn of hundreds of them, I’ve picked out my favorites. These are the cookbooks that stock my selves at home, and…

You want fried chicken that flies right? Fried chicken that’s deep-flavored, golden and meaty? This is your coop. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select…

Everything about the dinner I shared last night with my parents was perfect, including this huge bowl of mussels bobbing with chorizo meatballs. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool –…

Thanksgiving is a day that gives us food for thought and time to reflect on the things for which we’re thankful — our health, our friends, our kids, our jobs and dogs, wine, and the family master baster whose glossy golden turkey supplied leftovers for the next week. And this…

It’s incredibly difficult to do justice to the thousands of remarkable cookbooks published in 2012, but after spending days — weeks — roaming through the recipes and lush food porn of hundreds of them, I’ve picked out my favorites. These are the cookbooks that stock my selves at home, and…

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. “In the days…

Check back tomorrow to see another round of our favorite Chef and Tell quotes. Thanksgiving is a day that gives us food for thought and time to reflect on the things for which we’re thankful – our health, our friends, our kids, our jobs and dogs, wine, and the family…

Why is it so hard to get your eggs “soft-scrambled” in this city, especially at a joint where breakfast is the main meal of the day? Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into…

Middle Eastern restaurants are nothing new in Denver. A trek down Colorado Boulevard teases with a multitude of small, family-run Mid-East feast houses tucked into strip malls; the asphalt that’s Colfax pimps a few, too; and Aurora, where international restaurants dot the corners of every block, has its share of…

We have a ritual on Thanksgiving that includes a stop at the zoo, followed by an all-American breakfast before we head to my mom’s house later in the day for the real feast. Apparently, everyone else had the same idea that we did, because the zoo was packed and there…

After ten minutes in the kitchen, surrounded by mounds of meatballs, I finally broke the silence: “Who’s got meatball jokes?” I asked. Jensen Cummings stopped me. “No, we’re not going to do that. We’re not going to be the guys that tell the bad ball jokes,” he declared. Cummings (also…

Cafe Society posted four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a glass of barracuda punch from the new, aptly named Punch Bowl Social, to lamb kabobs from the recently opened Cafe Byblos to a plate of enchiladas smothered with verde and squiggled with crema from an Aurora taqueria…

Restaurant turnover isn’t anything new — joints shutter all the time in this city — but the space at 3555 West 38th Avenue has seen so many places come and go that we’re losing track. First, there was Playa de Oro, which closed in early 2011; that was followed by…

This is how I spent my Saturday afternoon — drinking flight after flight of craft beers. In case you’re wondering how that all turned out for me, suffice it to say that I suffered mightily on Sunday. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first…

Drew Hardin Lola 1575 Boulder Street 720-570-8686 www.loladenver.com Part one of my interview with Drew Hardin, exec chef of Lola, ran on Wednesday; this is part two of our chat. Favorite Denver/Boulder restaurant(s) other than your own: I’m probably biased when it comes to answering this, but I love Vesta,…