Host A Chocolate-Tasting Party 1) Pick a theme. We settled on milk chocolate truffles, but you could also try comparing chocolate from different countries of origin, chocolate [...] Laura Marrich \ Feb 14, 2008 Read More
The Ghirardelli Chocolate Glossary bittersweet chocolate: Dark chocolate that contains a minimum of 35 percent chocolate liquor and less than 12 percent milk solids. Bittersweet and semisweet [...] Alibi \ Feb 14, 2008 Read More
Athens Eclectic Greek Review The Gods Must Be Stuffed I’m going to be honest here. I’m not crazy about Greek-American food. It’s greasy. It’s heavy. The components are unidentifiable as they blend [...] Maren Tarro \ Feb 07, 2008 Read More A massive slab of moussaka ($13.99 lunch, $14.99 dinner) banishes hunger at Athens Eclectic Greek. (Tina Larkin)
Automatic Dinner Our innate drive to spend three hours cooking after eight hours working has been stunted lately. We’ve been making lots of quick-fix meals [...] Alex Brown and Evan George \ Feb 07, 2008 Read More
Porky’s Pride Review ... And A Few Other Lip-Smacking Sins Guy Nix may very well be the devil. Hell, he even has his own fiery pit. But instead of tortured souls and brimstone, [...] Maren Tarro \ Jan 31, 2008 Read More One of Porky's "meatwiches," hand-rubbed, hickory-smoked beef brisket ($7.75). (Tina Larkin)
Bad Apples Spoil The Lot Q: Dear Flash,What’s up with the expression about “one bad apple?” I mean, I guess I understand what it means because I’m looking [...] Chef Boy Ari \ Jan 31, 2008 Read More
Vernon’s Hidden Valley Steakhouse Review Dine Well And Speakeasy Oh, the hoops some restaurants will jump through to separate diners from their dough. There are sports-themed joints that feature big-screen monuments to [...] Maren Tarro \ Jan 24, 2008 Read More ,,, Pssst! Vernon’s Hidden Valley Steakhouse is on our lips tonight. (Tabatha Roybal)
Bacheloring The Art Of French Cooking Conquer Fear In The Kitchen With New World Provence I felt a foreboding lump form in the pit of my stomach. Being asked to cook any meal would have worried me, but [...] Simon McCormack \ Jan 24, 2008 Read More
Old Ruffian There have been days when we’ve cursed the Rocky Mountains for keeping the Colorado beers we love (and those we think we could [...] Alex Brown and Evan George \ Jan 24, 2008 Read More
Tropical Fruit Phobia? Q: Dear Flash,Why is it that I can’t bring kumquats—or any number of other fruits—over the border from Mexico, but I can buy [...] Chef Boy Ari \ Jan 17, 2008 Read More
