Pizza
Favorite food poll ? One of the top 10 is pizza. Hawaiian pizza is right there in the top of the food poll since our trip to Oahu ..(Oahu Hawaii, the gathering place) .. the pizza? Pineapple and Canadian bacon. Life & Culture of the […]
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Summer Dinner ‘Turkish Fritter’ (or zucchini pancakes)
The Denver Post 09.01.2021 feature has a recipe worth saving. Denver post writes about zucchini pancakes. No, that’s what I thought also . Not sweet pancakes. the cheese and onion take it into a different direction. The DP says this is a Turkish fritter with […]
My Kitchen
You enter the kitchen not through a door, but between the old wooden butcher block and the ever-cold counter. My mom is standing at the stove, eyes frantically checking all the pots balanced around the flames. Warm gushes of spiced and seasoned air come flooding toward you, and you stand amazed at the bounties of meals all being prepared at once. In front of you, are three slick, white appliances: the fridge, which is continuously opened, the freezer, to hold everything we didn’t finish the night before, and the dishwasher, which is overflowing at every second, and never seems to be completely empty. My dad comes in from the patio, where the barbecue is. He is holding a tray of soft, tender ribs – nearly drowned in his “secret sauce”. Next to the ribs are beautiful ebony-striped pineapples that have been grilled with a little bit of “char”, as my dad likes to say. You move out of the way of the counter, so that he can put the meat and pineapple down, and next to you is yet another project of my mother’s. A bowl of cookie dough waits for the beeping sound of the oven so that it can be baked. You steal a finger full of cookie dough and lick it off with your tongue – the sweet presence of a little too much sugar greets the roof of your mouth.
Grillin’ Veggies
Denver post Life & Culture June 30 2021 starts by move over beef and chicken, veggies are the stars of the summer.. the article writes about dry high heat and caramelized vegetable’s sugars. D&D host Guy speaks to ‘a bit of char”. I would like […]
The query is what to cook when you don’t have the time. Following that thread is how to enhance with big flavor?
20 sauces to add big flavor is written to spark that idea by Genevive Ko of the NY times. 2021-07-21 DenverPost. the article answers and could be fresh ideas from {#DDD} ‘flavortown’, a range from Green Sauce, Blueberry syrup to Buffalo sauce. What’s in my […]
Guide to Colorado’s Fruit Season
Life & Culture July 21, 2021 speaks to Colorado Grown fruit. The supply chain is still strained (Covid Protocols hit even in the supply chain) and with the Glenwood Spring shut down of I-70, Supply for the interim is slowed to stop. The result is that the price for palisades peaches at the local purveyors is off-putting $$$.
So .. the food calendar has: Cherries from late June to July. Local Berries are coming .Strawberries starting in August, Raspberries in September. look for local Apples in October.
‘HOT DOG’ Major League Baseball comes to Denver for All Star Week.
What a better week to capture a bit about hotdogs than All Star Week. Simple and Classic are often as good as it gets. favorites include Chicago Style (#at Billy’s Gourmet Hot Dog) to reindeer (#at Biker Jim’s gourmet) and the classic at Henry’s Hot […]
Road Trip … ‘for the scenery, but also the food’ part 2
The road trip riding through the Monsoon edge continued… the route is second star on the right and straight on until morning (” translation … head south to Arizona and turn right“). The open road is a delight after being in Covid lockdown for the […]
Road Trip ‘Head out for the scenery, but also for the food’.
Life and Culture, Wednesday July 2021 wrote about heading out to Jackson Hole for the scenery, but also for the food. Well this road trip 2021 was not destined … still to make it to Jackson Hole. As destiny had it we were on the wrong side of the Glen Wood Springs detour. The Detour took us South across Independence Pass. But lets start and the beginning of the road trip… “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start…” Julie Andrews. The road trip this summer caught us riding the front of monsoon weather. We rode that wave to the beach. The first stop of travel took us to LaPosada de Santa Fe. The hospitality delightful and the grounds of the resort and spa are a delight. Definitely worth a the road trip. the Santafe Fe Square took cover as the deluge of rain came in.
Quietly we found St Frances dancing on the water and in every corner of the square exploding with local color. Cactus toast is also a first. In Santa Fe Covid Protocols are relaxed. People are grateful to be out.
local color 
Toast 
St Francis Dancing on the water
As all took shelter in the plaza we are lucky to dine at the roof top cantina of the Coyote Café. It has been overdue to return to SantaFe and over due to be at an open restaurant.
OPEN ! 
End of the first leg of travel
Creative and delicious cuisine – after a safe 6 hour drive on the front edge of the monsoon rain – is our reward. The café atmosphere is relaxed and service is perfect. Favorites – from the Coyote Café menu – is Al Pastor Tacos, Pork Nachos and Cubano.
Gracias Cocina.
Book Review ~ Kitchen Confidential
Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain ISBN 978-0-06-089922-6 I received this book for Papa said there are true -tales in the trade from Chef Bourdain with my experiences. The names are changed to Protect the guilty. Chef Bourdain, when writing this book, was […]