The Breckenridge Bucks hosted the Colorado Rampage for the Bucks’ final regular home game series on Valentine’s Day Weekend. The Bucks won the series 5-2 and 7-5. Saturday night drew one of the biggest crowds of the season for a fun night of hockey, Valentine sweets, music from U4 Balance, and Bucky, the team’s mascot, … Continue reading
The Breckenridge Bucks and Glacier Yetis faced off January 29-30, 2016, at the Stephen C. West Ice Arena. The Bucks won the series 15-7 and 7-3. Outside it was a snowy weekend, but inside hockey fans enjoyed fast-paced hockey, and tasty food, wine, beer, pizza, coffee, and hot buttered rum. The Lost Cajun provided Crawfish … Continue reading
Blue River Bistro serves generous portions of Chicken Parmesan, Chicken Marsala, and Homemade Meat Lasagna, as well as Mujadara and Penne Roberto with marinated flank steak and spicy chipotle-cilantro pesto. Add a Kale Salad with currants, toasted pecans, basil-infused quinoa, and feta with Dijon dressing, and you have a restaurant that begins with Italian and … Continue reading
Previously at Wine & Whey:https://coloradowineandfood.com/2014/03/22/wine-whey-beginner-wine-making-class/ Students in our Beginner Wine Class returned to Wine & Whey to bottle our baby Malbec. This turned out to be the easier and less time-consuming part of the wine-making process. A month earlier we had spent a leisurely afternoon at Wine & Whey tasting wine and choosing our kit, … Continue reading
As you may know, for 18 months I worked as a nurse by day and wine writer by night. It was great fun for a single girl, but then I met Stuart! Writing three articles each week became too demanding. When we were dating, Stuart and I shared a number of adventures in Colorado wine … Continue reading
Today Charcoal Restaurant in Denver celebrated its first anniversary with a gathering of friends, food, wine, beer, and cocktails. It was a warm, relaxed get-together. Owner Gary Sumihiro circulated in the bar and restaurant, sharing stories about Charcoal’s first year of operation. The chefs were hard at work the whole night, preparing trys laden with everything from roast beef … Continue reading
Lala’s Pizzeria + Wine Bar offered and excellent flight of rose wines tonight with a tasty trio of pairings. Cantine Barbera “La Bambina” from Sicily paired well with canteloupe, Prosciutto, and artichoke salad with a fresh tarragon vinaigratte drizzle. E. Guigal Cote du Rhone paired nicely with a poached tiger prawn with fresh strawberry and … Continue reading
If it’s spring, it must be wedding season! This weekend there were tastings at the Downtown Denver and Littleton Gigi’s Cupcakes stores. Yum! The cupcakes are picture-perfect and truly taste as good as they look. Favorites included: Midnight Magic, Cinnamon Roll, Texas Chocolate, Lemon Poppyseed, and Red Velvet. Cheers!
Swirl Girl Denver Kendra Anderson hosted a fun Chardonnay tasting at her home. Guests were invited to bring a bottle of Chardonnay. There were three from Colorado (Boulder Creek, Canyon Wind, and Infinite Monkey Theorem), as well as Chardonnays from California, France, Chile, and New Zealand. Kendra, a trained chef and sommelier, offered a fantastic … Continue reading
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