AURORA – If you are a foodie like me, you always go for seconds. We always want the inside scoop on new restaurants, cool recipes, sustainability trends and news. I try to satisfy my cravings by dining a lot and foraging for tidbits about food in Colorado on the Internet, on social media, and in newspapers, magazines and obscure culinary newsletters. I get a lot of satisfaction passing along what I find to everyone in our community. If you only read Nibbles and our other features in print, you may be missing out on a fully-loaded buffet of nutritious media.
• Start by visiting aurorasentinel.com/category/guide/colorado-table where you’ll find a cornucopia of Nibbles columns, Aurora Cooks profiles. local recipes and national food stories.
• Like the Nibbles Facebook page for a daily feed of cool food news.
• To hear the latest on Front Range dining and food, tune into Radio Nibbles, my culinary update at 8:25 a.m. each Thursday on KGNU, 88.5 FM, 1390 AM, and kgnu.org.
• We are now publishing the monthly Aurora magazine. You can read food and drink features, and my Food for Thought and Colorado Spirits columns only at theauroramagazine.com/category/colorado-table.
• This is our foodie community. Do your part by passing along news about local restaurants, classes, food events and food companies to me at: jlehndorff@aurorasentinel.com.
RUSSIAN AROUND: PART II
My recent Nibbles list of Aurora destinations for Eastern Europe eats was incomplete. For one thing, Mirage Meat And Deli opened two months ago at 15413 E. Hampden Ave., former site of Elite Deli Fruits and Vegetables, one of the larger Eastern European markets in the area. Mirage Deli sells the usual pelmeni, cured fish, rye breads, lavash flatbread, frozen pelmeni, jams, pickles, and an array of cold cuts and cheese you won’t find at King Soopers. Best of all are the dozens of wonderful Russian chocolate candies (see left) by the pound. You know Mirage is authentic because most of the signs are in Russian. The family that owns the the Deli also operates Mirage Steak and Seafood, 13250 E. Mississippi Ave. in Aurora.
FOOD NEWS UPDATE
Andrew Zimmern visits Denver’s Continental Sausage on Feb. 18 on the Travel Channel’s “Bizarre Foods.” … The U.S. Postal Service has been in the news lately because of ongoing budgetary problems. Perhaps it should follow the lead of the post office in Belgium which just introduced stamps that taste and smell like chocolate. … According to the National Rifle Association Wine Club, you can get a free one-year NRA membership “EVERY TIME that you spend $500 through the NRA Wine Club, as well as helping defend basic freedoms with every wine shipment and wine order.”
EAT THIS QUOTE
“She’s been on her feet nearly half the damned night/ Bringing your beverage and your late night bite/ She remains cheerful, when you’re nasty and tight/ Makes change for a 50 in dim candle light … Tip that waitress, she’s been waiting on you/ Skip the small change slap down a dollar or two” – “Tip Your Waitress” by Loudon Wainwright III