In case you missed Denver Food and Wine (say what?) last week, here’s a recap (along with a slideshow) on the incredible line-up of events that I attended.
On Sept. 6, The Mad Butcher of Panzano Dario Cecchini gave a butchering demo on a half hog in the lobby of The Hotel Monaco prior to a multicourse dinner prepared by Denver’s Panzano chef Elise Wiggins.
Guests were treated to an array of appetizers with Colorado air jordan 1 femmes ingredients such as Palisade peaches and Rocky Ford cantaloupe, gnocchi with fried egg and house made smoked guanciale, a Rocky Ford cantaloupe salad with a hibiscus gastrique, pork shoulder with speck and smoked mozzarella over grilled corn and a brandy-soaked Colorado cherry tart layered with dark chocolate and creme fraiche gelato.
The gallop into gluttony continued the next morning with breakfast at the new SpringHill Suites on the Metro State campus where National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation chairman Xavier Teixido spoke to the gathering about the importance of ProStart, the high school program that introduces young people into the hospitality industry and provides scholarships for higher education.
We segued into an afternoon of a dueling culinary demo from reality TV chefs Kelly Liken (Iron Chef America) and Jenna Johansen (Around the World in 80 Plates) who duked it out in the new Metro State Hospitality Learning Center kitchen. (Liken won by a micro green with her cold peach soup and home cured lamb bacon bits.)
Next up was the Riedel glass seminar where the sold-out event proved that size matters when it comes to drinking different wine with the correct glass.
Friday night SpringHill Suites rocked with Restaurants Rock featuring local lovable band Opie Gone Bad and boffo bites from Lon Symensa from ChoLon, Little Man Ice Cream, Whole Foods and various master mixologists.
The weekend’s denouement was the Grand Tasting on Saturday where more than 40 restaurants provided fine fare along with 600 wines and spirits from Southern Wine and Spirits.
The Brown Palace Hotel kicked it up a notch this year in the VIP tent where chefs served a seafood bar, Caesar salad station, beef carving table, cheese and salumi displays and a dessert table worthy of Willy Wonka. The two main tents yielded masterful noshes along with many fine wines, and the Viking stage let local chefs Wiggins and Daniel Asher of Root Down and Linger show their culinary prowess in cooking demos. And chef Cecchini demonstrated his butchering skills.
All in all, a good time was had. Stay tuned for next year’s event by following www.denverfoodandwine.com.
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Waygu and wine
The Capital Grille on Larimer Square is air jordan 3 femmes offering a Waygu burger and a glass of high-end wine for $25 for a limited time. The burger, cooked to temperature with a fried egg on top, can be paired with either a glass of Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon or a glass of Belle Glos Las Alturas Pinot Noir.
Enjoy the dandy duo at the bar only with no reservations required through Nov. 11.
Twitter talk
Matthew Perry, former Friends star who happens to have a new series Go On! debuting on NBC tweeted this on Sunday: “At Sports Authority Field in Denver. So excited to see Peyton Manning’s debut live! NBC may or may not show me during the game:)”
Let’s break it down: NBC broadcast the Sunday night game; Perry is starring in a new NBC sitcom. Of course the cameras caught him!
Eavesdropping on Facebook post about a woman talking to a high school classmate at a University of Missouri alumni bar: “You didn’t go to Missouri, whatcha doin’ here?”
“Oh, I’m dating a cougar.”
“Actually we’re the Tigers.”
“No, no she’s a cougar,” (he says as he points to his 45-year-old girlfriend).
Did you hear that I have a new column, “Mile High Life,” in Colorado Community Media’s 17 weekly newspapers circling Denver? Be sure to like my Facebook page! Also, here’s where you go to get my column emailed to you Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I’m now the social-media liaison for the Mile High Chapter of the Colorado Restaurant Association, so read my latest restaurant news there. My email: penny@blacktie-llc.com.
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