Back in July, I got a phone call from a woman involved with Tremendous! Entertainment for the Travel Channel, the cable network that hosts, among other shows, Bizarre Foods, the fast-paced, food-centric program that showcases Andrew Zimmern, the two-time James Beard Award-winning chef, clamping his jaws down on everything from…

Six89 689 Main Street, Carbondale; 970-963-6890 www.six89.com Phat Thai 2900 East Second Avenue; 303-388-7428 343 Main Street, Carbondale; 970-963-7001 www.phatthai.com The Pullman 330 7th Street, Glenwood Springs; 970-230-9234 www.thepullmangws.com Part one of my interview with Mark Fischer, exec chef-owner of Phat Thai, The Pullman and Six89, ran yesterday; this is…

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. Provided our local…

Last weekend, I went farm-hopping in Brighton, Greeley, Henderson and Broomfield, and while Bing cherries, Inferno peppers (good God, those suckers are hot), apples, peaches, purple plums and heirloom tomatoes are all fine for snacking on in between stops, I was hankering for a real breakfast, which I found at…

Six89 689 Main Street, Carbondale; 970-963-6890 www.six89.com Phat Thai 2900 East Second Avenue; 303-388-7428 343 Main Street, Carbondale; 970-963-7001 www.phatthai.com The Pullman 330 7th Street, Glenwood Springs; 970-230-9234 www.thepullmangws.com This is part one of my interview with Mark Fischer, exec chef-owner of Phat Thai, The Pullman and Six89. Part two…

New chef, new menu…including steak, beautifully crimson, and crisp-edged potatoes fried in duck fat. Life is good. Dinner? Even better. 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,…

Sage Restaurant Group, which owns and operates numerous restaurants throughout the country, including the Corner Office and Second Home Kitchen + Bar, both located in Denver, is gearing up to make its local offerings a trifecta: On Thursday, the Denver-based group, co-founded by Peter Karpinski, will open Kachina Southwestern Grill…

Cafe Society dished up four Guess Where contests last week, ranging from an Italian hoagie that I got from Fat Jack’s, a takeout sandwich joint that bakes its own bread, to a steak dinner from a suburban Outback Steakhouse that was much better than the $40 slab of steer I…

Okay, so this morning I posted a contest giving one Cafe Society commenter (and a guest) the opportunity to swell their guts with beer and grub for free at Sunday’s Justice League of Street Food bash, which gets started at 5 p.m. and takes place at the TAXI development –…

Winner announcement: blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2012/08/winner_pool_party_justice_league.php With the mercury continuing to hover in high double digits — and a three-day weekend upon us — most of us will be picnicking and boozing it up in a park, or splashing around in the pool, diving for beer cans. And on Sunday, you can knock…

Goats are some the strangest animals on the farm, and after recently having an excruciatingly hot (albeit exceptionally good) goat vindaloo, my tongue was flopping around my mouth much like the goat in the video below. If only I could echo the noises. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special…

Josh Barhaug Fired Up 1135 Bannock Street 303-825-1995 www.gtfiredup.com Part one of my chef interview with Josh Barhaug, who mans the line — and pizza oven — at Fired Up, ran yesterday; this is part two of our chat. What you’d like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a…

Aaron Le considers himself lucky — very lucky. Two years ago, he took a big risk, opening a pho shop in the notoriously white-bred south suburbs, specifically at the Streets at SouthGlenn, where the majority of restaurants are mediocre chains — or bland American cuisine copycats that appeal to the…

In between doughnuts and bready sandwiches, it’s been a week of carb-overload, which is jacking up my healthy lifestyle. That last part? About my healthy lifestyle? File that with “Other Bullshit.” Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess…

Josh Barhaug Fired Up 1135 Bannock Street 303-825-1995 www.gtfiredup.com This is part one of my chef interview with Josh Barhaug, who mans the line — and pizza oven — at Fired Up. Part two of our chat will run tomorrow. The first recipe that Josh Barhaug ever attempted came out…

I was on a mission for Indian food, but on the way there, experienced an abrupt craving for a (relatively) cheap steak, TVs and a bar that I knew wouldn’t be a see-and-be-seen scene. The singing kitchen staff and convivial bartender who fed me fruit were added bonuses. Can you…

Beau Simmons, the executive chef of Jonesy’s EatBar, has spent a large part of the long, hot summer tending to his garden in Highland, a verdant plot that takes up the majority of the back yard of the home that belongs to Leigh Jones, the owner of Jonesy’s. Simmons, who’s…

First things first: Ceviche, when prepared correctly, is, quite simply, my favorite thing to eat. My mother made it all the time when I was growing up, and my sole reason for going to the coastal cities of Mexico on spring break in college had nothing to do with beach…

Over the weekend, I had a sudden urge for doughnuts, a sweet treat that I yearn for once, maybe twice a year. In this case, I went a bit overboard, ordering four…but only succumbed to the one filled with lemon cream. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone…

Cafe Society dished out four Guess Where? contests last week, including a still-unidentified platter of tacos forested with a surplus of lettuce — or “rabbit meal,” as one commenter quipped. In addition, we showcased a cup of hazelnut chocolate ice cream wreathed with a multitude of toppings from Pinkberry as…