TABLE TALK: Monument winery offers deals on wine
Woody Woodworth, the winemaker at Catriona Cellars, 243 Washington St., Monument, has introduced a Cellar Club. For $62 per quarter members receive three bottles of wine from the winery, including one bottle of barrel blend select and two premium wines.
The Monthly Wine Duo membership level costs $45 per month and consists of one bottle of barrel select blend and one premium wine.
Pick up the quarterly bundle or the monthly duo and get a free glass of wine at the time of pickup. Shipping charges will be added if the wine is delivered to your home. Membership also includes early information about special small batch wines, early invitation to new wine release parties, special pricing on event tickets, free wine with any Cellar rental at the Chef’s Table (one premium bottle with a minimum of eight guests per rental) and first dibs on reservations for the Crush Celebration Dinner with the winemaker. Details: 481-3477, catrionacellars.com. Visit gazettedev.gazette.com to see an interview with Woodworth at the winery.
Working on a masterpiece
Blank Canvas Cafe, 103 S. Wahsatch Ave., has opened, serving locally roasted coffee, pastries, salads and paninis. The mission is to provide wholesome ingredients to nourish your body (a blank canvas). The idea is that with the right ingredients you can make your blank canvas into a masterpiece. It’s also a way to raise proceeds to support Dream Catchers, a vocational training program for adults with intellectual disabilities and at-risk youth. Dream Catchers shares space with the cafe. Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
Details: 505-5476, dreamcatcherscos.com/blankcanvascafe.
Bee line to The Green Line
If you haven’t been to The Green Line Grill, 230 1/2 Pueblo Ave., you should check it out. The menu is very limited with a couple of types of burgers, Frito pie, mac and cheese and a Coney’s dog, but they are all well made. There’s a burger special daily. The jalapeño fried onion burger special with ranch dressing was amazing. According to their Facebook page, on Fridays there are free fries with an entree. Details: 964-1461, greenlinegrill.com.
‘KVOR Table Talk’
Guests on the “KVOR Table Talk” radio show at 1 p.m. Saturday:
– Judi Lakin, member of the Foundation Board for Griffith Centers for Children Chins Up, talks about Griffith’s Kitchen – a culinary competition at Garden of the Gods Club & Resort, 6-9 p.m. Sept. 10. Six local chefs are teamed with at-risk boys who are involved with the programs at the Griffith Centers. The six teams create hors d’oeuvres using a secret ingredient that are judged by local culinary experts. Cost is $75 per person.
Details: 327-2031, griffithcenters.org.
– Zac Chapman, executive director of Colorado Springs Food Rescue, talks about the nonprofit organization, which redistributes food that might otherwise become waste to agencies that feed hungry, homeless and low- income populations. Details: 370-0851, coloradospringsfoodrescue.org.
– Bonnie Simon, marketing manager for Colorado Farm & Art Market, talks about the Colorado Pepper Festival, 3-7 p.m. Sept. 9 at Ivywild School, 1604 S. Cascade Ave., and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Margarita at PineCreek, 7350 Pine Creek Road . There will be a pepper roasting, tastings of a variety of chilies, chef’s pepper cook-off and locally made pepper products for sale. Visit farmandartmarket.com.
– Eugenia Bone, an award-winning cookbook author, talks about her latest book, “The Kitchen Ecosystem: Integrating Recipes to Create Delicious Meals.” She offers a new approach to shopping and cooking to maximize each stage of food’s life cycle: fresh, preserved, using the preserves and the parts usually thrown away.
Visit kitchenecosystem.com.
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