Food Lovers Guide Tor Denver Boulder

Engagingly written by local authorities, this is a one-stop for residents and visitors alike to find producers and purveyors of tasty local specialties, as well as a rich array of other, indispensable food-related information.

The ultimate guide to Denver & Boulder, Colorado's food scene provides the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate local culinary offerings. Written for residents and visitors alike to find producers and purveyors of tasty local specialties, as well as a rich array of other, indispensable food-related information including: food festivals and culinary events; specialty food shops; farmers’ markets and farm stands; trendy restaurants and time-tested iconic landmarks; and recipes using local ingredients and traditions.

"Culinary Colorado" clearly establishes that Colorado is rich in great fresh food experiences, spotlighting the abundance of great foods and first-rate chefs who have helped bring Coloradans' dining satisfaction to an all-time high.

Landscape has everything to do with who Coloradans are and thus how they cook, eat, and drink. Ruggedness is a given: the cowboys and outlaws of the old Wild West have their modern-day equivalents in chefs and back-to-the-land enthusiasts who forage for forest mushrooms when they’re not tending to their beehives and chicken coops. This sense of adventure and emphasis on locally-sourced ingredients is imparted on every plate served in Denver and Boulder’s restaurants and eateries. Combined with a spotlight on cooking traditions from around the world, the Front Range dining scene has never felt so exciting and vibrant, all the while set against a singular backdrop: the Rocky Mountains. Denver & Boulder Chef’s Table gathers the cities’ best chefs and restaurants under one roof, featuring recipes for the home cook from over fifty of the region’s most celebrated restaurants and showcasing full-color photos of mouth-watering dishes, award-winning chefs, and lots of local flavor.

Seasoned food writer Eliza Castaneda has collected a wealth of great information on where to find, enjoy, and celebrate the foods of her home state. Whether it's green chile sauce or smoked trout, goat cheese or chocolate-dipped fruit, readers will discover Colorado's many wonderful producers and purveyors of delicious foods with this engagingly written guide. But there's much more: cooking workshops, wine trails, extra-special eateries, and the state's tastiest events--brewfests, pastry competitions, and harvest festivals, to name just a few. Interspersed among the detailed listings are cooking insights, culinary folklore, and delectable regional recipes (about 30 in all), including the signature egg dish of the Highland Haven Creekside Inn. This is the ultimate guide for Colorado food lovers to use--and savor.

Hungry for world-famous Olathe sweet corn? Seeking the quintessential Colorado meal? Looking for the perfect jalapeno to spice up your favorite recipe? Seasoned food writer Eliza Castaneda has sifted through the restaurants, markets, groceries, cooking schools, and farm stands of Colorado to bring you the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate the foods of her home state. From green chile sauce to smoked trout, goat cheese to chocolate-dipped fruit, a bounty of culinary delights awaits you in this engagingly written guide.

A kitchen classic for over 35 years, and hailed by Time magazine as "a minor masterpiece" when it first appeared in 1984, On Food and Cooking is the bible which food lovers and professional chefs worldwide turn to for an understanding of where our foods come from, what exactly they're made of, and how cooking transforms them into something new and delicious. For its twentieth anniversary, Harold McGee prepared a new, fully revised and updated edition of On Food and Cooking. He has rewritten the text almost completely, expanded it by two-thirds, and commissioned more than 100 new illustrations. As compulsively readable and engaging as ever, the new On Food and Cooking provides countless eye-opening insights into food, its preparation, and its enjoyment. On Food and Cooking pioneered the translation of technical food science into cook-friendly kitchen science and helped birth the inventive culinary movement known as "molecular gastronomy." Though other books have been written about kitchen science, On Food and Cooking remains unmatched in the accuracy, clarity, and thoroughness of its explanations, and the intriguing way in which it blends science with the historical evolution of foods and cooking techniques. Among the major themes addressed throughout the new edition are: · Traditional and modern methods of food production and their influences on food quality · The great diversity of methods by which people in different places and times have prepared the same ingredients · Tips for selecting the best ingredients and preparing them successfully · The particular substances that give foods their flavors, and that give us pleasure · Our evolving knowledge of the health benefits and risks of foods On Food and Cooking is an invaluable and monumental compendium of basic information about ingredients, cooking methods, and the pleasures of eating. It will delight and fascinate anyone who has ever cooked, savored, or wondered about food.