May we pair New Belgium 1554 with your BBQ bacon cheeseburger?
Fast-rising Smashburger fast casual chain is introducing burger-and-beer pairings at its Colorado stores featuring craft brews from Fort Collins-based New Belgium Brewing.
Time to pour a sexy Colorado red
“I got a firsthand lesson in how sexy local reds can be when I attended the 2012 Drink Local Wine Conference in Denver earlier this year,” writes Joe Roberts at playboy.com. “Colorado has shown promise in the reds coming out of its Western Slopes (particularly The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey’s dark and velvety Cabernet Franc, Garfield Estates’ drink-me-now Syrah and Canyon Wind’s IV, a $100 Bordeaux-style red blend that actually tastes like a $100 wine).”
Palisade fest names state’s top wines
Best of the Fest winners of the Colorado Mountain Winefest wine competition include BookCliff Vineyards Syrah Reserve 2010, Grande River Vineyards Meritage White 2009, Meadery of the Rockies Cherries ’n Honey, Carlson Vineyards Sweet Gewurztraminer NV, and Two Rivers Winery Two Rivers Port 2008. Details at winecolorado.org.
Noted chef helped start Colorado professional program
Chef Robert Reynolds, the co-founder of the professional cooking program at Boulder’s Culinary School of the Rockies, died recently in Portland at the age of 70 after battling lymphoma. The professional program got its start in 1996 after owner Joan Brett got to talking with one of her touring chefs, Reynolds, who owned a restaurant in San Francisco, which he had decided to sell. She convinced him to come to Boulder to run the program.
Picture Colorado agriculture
The 15th annual Colorado agricultural photography contest is now open. Deadline is Dec. 31. Photos must be taken in the 2012 calendar year and depict Colorado agriculture in agritourism, crops, livestock, people and open professional. Details at coloradoagriculture.com/aginsights
Hick critiques President’s beer recipe
“He’s using honey in the beer recipes, largely, I think, because they’ve got an apiary. What that does is it makes it a smoother beer. It’s none of my business and I don’t want to criticize the White House chef, but I think maybe they could use a little less honey. One recipe I’m pretty sure would be better without the honey and the other one I think would be.” – Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper
Can a 3D printer make a better burrito?
New York University graduate student Marko Manriquez has created Burritobot, a 3D printer designed to turn out burritos according to specifications entered via a mobile application. The catch: ingredients have to be the consistency of paste to pass through the syringe. “You’re just not going to get that desired mouth feel of carne asada,” Manriquez told Digital Trends.