The Oceanaire Seafood Room

February 25, 2010

This week, celebrating Denver’s Restaurant Week, Jim and I visited The Oceanaire Seafood Room.  This seafood restaurant is located in downtown Denver right across the street from the Denver Performing Arts.  You could even park in the parking garage for the theater and walk across the street to The Oceanaire.  We learned that many ballet [...]

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Pasquini’s Pizzeria

February 21, 2010

In honor of Denver’s Restaurant Week, I thought it would be most fitting to highlight some of the restaurants Jim and I enjoy in the Denver metro area. To kick it off let’s take a trip to Pasquini’s Pizzeria. Pasquini’s has several locations around the Denver Metro area, with a fairly new one becoming popular [...]

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Denver Restaurant Week

February 20, 2010

Every year, toward the end of February, Denver celebrates its diverse choice of dining and culinary expertise.  Hundreds of restaurants throughout Denver and the metro area create multi-course menus for the fixed price of $52.80 for two people or $26.40 for one.  (This does not include tax or tip).  It is a great opportunity to [...]

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Journey to Arugula: Part Three

January 24, 2010

My last stop, so far, on the Arugula Train was my own kitchen.  The Caprese Salad at Via Baci had left such an impression on me that I decided it was time to try making my own Arugula based caprese salad.  On my way home from work I made a quick stop at the grocery [...]

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Journey to Arugula: Part Two

January 23, 2010

My next arugula encounter was at a small pizzeria here in Colorado, just South of Denver, called Via Baci. I had been to Via Baci a couple of times before because they happen to be one of the few restaurants in the Denver area that gives discounts to teachers. Right away this restaurant earned some [...]

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Journey to Arugula: Part One

January 22, 2010

I have to say that arugula had me fooled. It comes lookin’ like a fancy lettuce that you might find on a plate of gourmet salad that is served at a wedding reception before the highly over-rated chicken cordon bleu and asparagus sprouts wrapped in bacon. Quite frankly, I wasn’t impressed (even though I had [...]

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Fresh Ginger in Kung Pao Chicken

January 5, 2010

Now that I had purchased my little knob of fresh ginger, it was time to make some re-vamped Kung Pao Chicken. I wanted to capture the flavor of the ginger and not the texture of it in the Kung Pao Chicken, so I decided to grate it rather than chop or slice it. I peeled [...]

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Fresh Ginger…The First Step

January 5, 2010

I have to admit that I am completely intimidated by fresh ginger. Yes, those small, gnarly (in the gnarled, not “cool” sense of the word) things in the produce section have always been a bit of a mystery to me and I was quite happy to allow them to remain that way. Let’s just say [...]

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A Pumpkin Success

December 22, 2009

After taking quite a while to get over the failure that was my last batch of pumpkin pancakes, I decided to get up off the couch and try again.  Because the original batch had a great flavor but didn’t cook well, I decided to stick to the same recipe but change the way I cooked [...]

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A Pumpkin Failure

December 3, 2009

The first place I ever tried pumpkin pancakes was at our favorite breakfast place in Chicago…the Bongo Room. Ever since we had these I have wanted to try making them. Being as that I needed an idea for dinner tonight I decided I would try making chocolate chip, pumpkin pancakes with a vanilla crème anglaise [...]

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