AURORA – A big beer festival in the mountains and a hot cooking class for adults are featured in this week’s food calendar:
13th Annual Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival, Jan. 10-13, Vail. Information: bigbeersfestival.com. Details: Tastings, seminars and dinners featuring brews from Dogfish Head, Avery, Aurora’s Dry Dock Brewing, Firestone Walker, Alaskan, Ayinger, Backcountry, Belzebuth, The Bruery, Chimay, Dillon Dam, Duchesse de Bourgogne, Grand Teton, Left Hand, Ommegang, Samiclaus, Strange Brewing, Victory, and Widmer.
Personalized Trail Mix, noon. Jan. 16, Anschutz Health and Wellness Center, Aurora. Information: anschutzwellness.com. Details: Free cooking demonstration in making a signature mix combo of seeds, nuts and fruits while understanding nutritional values.
Couples Cook: Some Like It Hot, Jan. 11, Expo Recreation Center, Aurora. Information: auroragov.org/cooking. Details: In this class five wines are matched with five spicy dishes including chicken and fennel sausage jambalaya.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Our Daily Greens, Feb. 6, Almost Vegan Cooking School, Centennial. Information: almostvegancookingschool.com. Details: Meatless class focuses on preparing kale, spinach, collard, even mustard greens
Cochon 555, March 10, Vail. Information: amusecochon.com/2013/vail. Details: Five chefs prepare a menu from heritage pigs. Guests sample a nose-to-tail pork feast matched with wines from five small wineries
Anthony Bourdain, April 14, Macky Auditorium, Boulder. Information: anthonybourdainontour.com. Details: The noted culinary contrarian and chef Eric Ripert bring their “Good vs. Evil” speaking tour to town
Top Chef: The Cruise, April 11-15, 2013, Key West to Cozumel. Information: topchefthecruise.com. Details: Hang out with stars of Bravo’s “Top Chef” series including Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, and Colorado’s own Top Chef Season 5 winner Hosea Rosenberg
FOOD RADIO
The Splendid Table, 2 p.m. Sundays, KUNC, 91.5 FM and streaming at kunc.org. Details: Host Lynne Rossetto Kasper, a former Colorado caterer, shares her passion for the wide world of food on this NPR program.
Culinary Connectors, 2 p.m. Saturdays, 760 AM. Details: Becky Creighton hosts a chat about food and wine attractions in the metro area
The Main Course, 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, KEZW, 1430 AM. Details: Host Elizabeth Woessner talks food and dining with guests and callers
Send information about Colorado food events, classes, festivals, wine dinners and tours in the metro area to: jlehndorff@aurorasentinel.com