On a recent trip to Vail Colorado I had the opportunity for a condensed ‘meet and greet’ with several of the shining stars in Vail’s current dining landscape. Our culinary speed dating weekend left me with many impressions, all good, as well as some particular surprises and ‘ah ha’ moments. One of those was with…
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Smoked Chorizo Soft Tacos with Grilled Peach and Corn Salsa
If we were playing summer food word association, ‘grilling’ clearly would top the list. Along with fresh, simple food, casual dining and a host of seasonal ingredients that define the season’s flavor palette. My personal food choices in the hotter months focus much more on the vibrant flavors and less on the laborious preparation that…
Grilled Peach and Corn Salsa
Making fresh salsa for dipping or as a relish for meats is an easy recipe but especially delicious in the summer when fresh produce is at its peak. Throw the ingredients on the grill first and a whole new depth of flavor awaits! Grilled Peach and Corn Salsa sings the favorite flavors of summer in…
Touching the Soul of Farming: Den Farm (Brighton CO)
Last weekend on a beastly hot day my family and I made our way to Brighton Colorado and Den Farm. Den Farm is a more recent endeavor of Yasu and Toshi Kizaki, owners of the long standing Sushi Den and Izakaya Den restaurants in Denver. After 27 years of running the uber successful restaurants they…
Cocktails of the Canadian Rockies: Pomegranate Cucumber Mojito (Jasper)
‘The drive between Lake Louise and Jasper is the more beautiful drive in the world’. I heard this mantra so often I half expected a flash mob to break out in downtown Banff to drive the point home. It seemed every person I mentioned our trip itinerary to uttered this definitive proclamation. I’ve now driven…
Cocktails of the Canadian Rockies: Lake Louise Glacier Drop (Lake Louise)
As awestruck as I was in Banff (and thankful to don jeans verifying that cooler weather still exists in the world) I was not prepared for the splendor I’d experience in Lake Louise. Having done some research we learned taking a slightly different route from Banff to Lake Louise on Bow River Parkway adds barely…
Cocktails of the Canadian Rockies: Captain’s Passion (Banff)
When endeavoring summer vacation planning we usually have a seed idea that takes root. This year heading to the UK to visit a variety of friends and adopted family scattered about was the idea until we thought through the Olympics timing and location. Our Colorado summer has been beastly hot giving way to the thought…
