Fresh slices of pie lay on display Friday afternoon, Aug. 17 near North Chambers Road and East 6th Avenue. Open almost a year in Aurora, Flava serves all-American fare including soul food as well as espresso drinks. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

Today’s Colorado Table menu features a splendid repast of local food features.

• Colorado Table editor John Lehndorff profile Flava, a year-old Aurora strip-mall cafe where a fresher take on traditional Southern comfort food is attracting fans:

aurorasentinel.com/guide/colorado-table/dining/year-old-flava-takes-a-fresh-approach-to-dishing-traditional-southern-comfort-food/

• Try this recipe for Pasta Caprese Salad using fresh Colorado heirloom tomatoes:

aurorasentinel.com/guide/colorado-table/food/sample-a-dozen-varieties-from-beefsteak-to-cherry-at-taste-of-tomato/

• Colorado Food News includes the Don’t Give, Ask policy on drinking straws:

aurorasentinel.com/guide/colorado-table/food/colorado-food-news-mountain-resort-offers-mercedes-fungi-foray/

• The Colorado Food Calendar: Taste of Colorado Fried Chicken Contest; Mushroom Fest in Eagle; Taste of the Nation and more:

aurorasentinel.com/guide/colorado-table/food/colorado-food-calendar-who-cooks-the-best-real-fried-chicken-in-denver/

John Lehndorff is the editor of Colorado Table in the Aurora Sentinel, Buckley Guardian and Life Science publications and sites. He writes the Nibbles column.

• For more information about food events, festivals, tastings, tours, markets and more, visit Colorado Table: aurorasentinel.com/colorado-table.

• Send information about food events, classes, festivals, wine dinners and tours in the metro area and all over Colorado to: jlehndorff@aol.com.

• Facebook: Be sure to “like” the Nibbles Facebook page: facebook.com/pages/Nibbles/167864883271471

• Radio Nibbles, 8:25 a.m. Thursdays, KGNU (88.5 FM, 1390 AM, and KGNU.org. Details: Weekly chat about all things culinary in Colorado (and the world) with r John Lehndorff