Tag: food
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Peterson Space Force Base dining hall remains closed months after safety incident
A dining hall at Peterson Space Force Base closed over the summer after a “significant safety incident” and has not yet reopened. Peterson’s installation leaders are working with the Department of the Air Force and Air Force Installation Mission Support Center on “a long-term way forward” for the Aragon Dining Facility along Ent Avenue, a…
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Buc-ee’s eyes Tri-Lakes area site for its next giant-sized travel center
Buc-ee’s, the Texas-based travel center chain with a cult-like following, plans to bring its popular beaver nuggets, dozens of fuel pumps and self-described world’s cleanest bathrooms to the Tri-Lakes area. A proposal submitted to the town of Palmer Lake has started a process that could lead to the annexation of roughly 25 acres southwest of…
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Colorado Springs man cooked, valeted for multiple U.S. presidents, vice-president
William Althoff has sliced and diced, basted and broiled for some of the most powerful people in the U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore have partaken of his gastronomic talents, as have King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan. It was the Navy that brought Althoff…
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Colorado Springs cookie artist competes on Food Network’s ‘Holiday Wars’
Cookies are the way to Jennifer Choi’s heart. And also to the Food Network. For the second time, the Colorado Springs baker is competing on one of the network’s baking competitions. Last holiday season she took home first place and $10,000 on one episode of “Christmas Cookie Challenge,” thanks to her chocolate orange cookie, cookie…
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Wine Guy: This Thanksgiving, it’s Sauvignon Blanc and Zinfandel for me
As the calendar marches us into holiday season, most of us will begin soon to plan for our Thanksgiving Day meal. Choosing the wine can be challenging, though. There are so many different types of food, flavors and textures. I’ll simplify matters for you. One of the favorite choices among my family is sauvignon blanc.…
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Texas-based Buc-ee’s eyes site north of Colorado Springs for its next giant-sized travel center
Buc-ee’s, the Texas-based travel center chain with a cult-like following, plans to bring its popular beaver nuggets, dozens of fuel pumps and self-described world’s cleanest bathrooms to the Pikes Peak region, just north of Colorado Springs. A proposal submitted to the town of Palmer Lake, north of Colorado Springs, has started a process that could lead…
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Wine Guy: Flavorful red and white wines from the Iberian Peninsula
Spain has one of the world’s most expansive wine cultures with notable vineyard areas and distinctive native grapes reflecting enormous varietal diversity. Except that the native tempranillo alone accounts for over 40% of Spain’s red wine production. The two major growing regions are Rioja located in north central Spain and Ribera del Duero, a little…
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At Grammy’s Goodies, bites as big as the family heart | Craving Colorado
WHEAT RIDGE • Last year at Grammy’s Goodies, there was a bit of a crisis. “The ravioli machine broke,” says Joeylyn Corder, the great-granddaughter of the woman the restaurant honors. The ravioli machine was from the kitchen of that woman, the late Lucille Acierno. “It breaks, and we’re trying to find a part for this,…
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Wine Guy: If you’re looking for value, focus on wines from the Southern Hemisphere
Often overlooked, Southern Hemisphere wines are worth consumer attention, especially from those of you looking for value … and isn’t that everyone! There are some mass-production brands, but my recent tastings focused on quality wines at still reasonable prices. Although Australian wine has been struggling in the U.S. market lately (compared with the days when…
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‘Village’ of Hispanic food and culture almost complete in Colorado
AURORA • Doug McMurrain is raising a village. Seven long years after he first came to the abandoned Kmart here along East Colfax Avenue, customers have finally started to fill the parking lot. What started in 2017 with clearing trash — “seriously, like 40 bags of trash,” McMurrain said — is now close to the…