Summer Favorites

Warm Honeyed Brie with Raspberries and Almonds

Honeyed Brie with Raspberries and Slivered Almonds

I’ve participated with Steven Gilberg and @WineTwits before when I’ve hosted combination wine tastings and tweetups that serve to get the word out about different wines; either by region or type. When I was asked to serve as a host  for a ‘food’ event, how could I say no? I invited friends; made sure they [...]

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Colorado Lamb Chop from Ototo Restaurant, Denver Colorado

Colorado Lamb Chop - A Dinner at Ototo featuring Star Olive Oils - Denver, CO

I was contacted near the end of September by the PR firm that represents Star Fine Foods; wondering if I would be interested in helping them to arrange a local food blogger dinner. The intent was to introduce local bloggers to their olive oils and most specifically their California Extra Virgin Olive Oil. My role [...]

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Smoked Baby Back Ribs with Espresso Barbecue Sauce and a #Giveaway

Smoked Baby Back Ribs with Espresso Barbecue Sauce

I know. I grill a lot. If given the option, I will do almost anything on the grill in lieu of turning on my oven or even the stove. I have grilled in a winter jacket and boots during a driving snow storm. Beyond the requisite beef, pork, chicken and fish, I’ve done turkey, casseroles, [...]

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Caberet Cocktail from Colt and Gray with St. Germain Liqueur and Blackberries

Colt and Gray and the Caberet Cocktail with St Germain Liqueur

Much like the Wizard of Oz and Dorothy is the relationship I’ve had with Sarah Gore (@Sarah_Gore). We’ve been tweeting forever but despite good intentions I had yet to make any of the events that she diligently schedules for Denver natives. We’ve even talked on the phone yet I know she wondered if I was [...]

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Lemon Cheesecake – Another Best, Really.

The Best Lemon Cheesecake

After another week of making what I consider the ‘best of’ something this month I have to wonder what has come over me. I did not set out to do a ‘Best of’ series but it’s happened nonetheless. Maybe it’s the bit of melancholy I feel in the fall that has me thinking of foods [...]

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Welshing on the Rabbit becomes Welsh Wabbit (Think Chicken!)

Smoked Chicken with Cheddar/Beer Sauce over Mashed Potatoes

I’ve watched a couple of my friends participate in a unique monthly event called a Recipe Swap. Each month they are given a recipe to start from and their challenge is to ‘swap’ out some of the ingredients to make the end result their own personal and updated take on the original recipe. It sounded [...]

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Fresh and Savory Tomato Pie

Fresh and Savory Tomato Pie

One of the things I love about food blogging is discovering dishes made by my peers, other bloggers. The other day my friend Toni of Boulder Locavore published a post for a Savory Tomato Pie. I loved her self deprecating demeanor about being lazy (which she is not!) and how she used a ready made [...]

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Grilled Vegetables with Roasted Garlic Dressing – Door to Door Organics Giveaway in #Denver

Grilled Vegetables with Roasted Garlic Dressing

I’ve done some posts in the past couple of months with produce from Door to Door Organics. I love the premise of this company. In lieu of having a CSA near me, I can get produce delivered instead. Yes Please. They asked if I would like to offer one of their Bitty Boxes to a [...]

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Upside Down Sweet Cherry Cake

Sweet Cherry Upside Down Cake

I’m doing a guest post today for my friend Anuradha and her blog Baker Street. We’ve become acquainted on Twitter and I was delighted when she asked me to do something for her blog. I love seeing her work through her baking adventures and I was most impressed with the wealth of information she put [...]

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