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Vail Valley: Gourmet ingredients without a gourmet price

VAIL, Colorado — Thanksgiving is near in Colorado's Vail Valley, and if you've spent any time looking at cooking magazines you've invariably noticed grocery lists full of items you don't normally buy. Wild mushrooms, crème fraiche, tiny birds like ...

From WREN WERTIN, Vail Daily,  17 Nov 2009

Ask Wren: What's sour and fluffy and bubbles all over?

VAIL, Colorado — Making sourdough anything seems like a mystery, requiring advance planning and a special brew. But the ancient Egyptians were creating sourdough bread in 1500 BC, and they didn't even have running water. This is something anyone with ...

From WREN WERTIN, The Vail Trail,  29 Sep 2009

May Palace: Southeast Asia in Vail

Sauteed Scallops in butter nest from May Palace in West Vail. This advertorial first appeared in Eat 2009. VAIL, Colorado — May Palace has been a well known destination for Chinese food for decades, first in the Vail Village and then in West Vail. ...

From WREN WERTIN, The Vail Trail,  23 Sep 2009

Avon food: The smallest fish sticks in the world

Editor's note: Ask Wren is a weekly culinary-advice column that has local chefs answer readers' questions. Ecclesiastically speaking, there's nothing new under the sun. But if it's easy to get a whole new perspective by just tilting your head to the ...

From WREN WERTIN, The Vail Trail,  22 Sep 2009

La Tour: Seasonal food in the heart of Vail Village

This advertorial first appeared in Eat 2009. VAIL, Colorado — La Tour in Vail, Colorado has changed things up a little, though it's no great paradigm shift. Almost everything they serve is either locally grown, organic or both — including the bread ...

From WREN WERTIN, Vail Daily,  18 Sep 2009

Ask Wren answers question about ceviche in Vail Valley

VAIL, Colorado — Ceviche is a gift from Latin America. Sometimes spelled seviche or cebiche, fresh fish is chopped up, sprinkled with a variety of vegetables and seasonings and then tossed with fresh lime juice, which “cooks” the fish flesh. Snapper, ...

From WREN WERTIN, The Vail Trail,  15 Sep 2009

Vail Valley dining: Cordillera's restaurants have distinctive personalities

Vail Valley dining: Grouse on the Green is housed in an authentic Irish pub with excellent views. It seems far away only until you get there. That's when you realize the 10-minute Vail Valley drive was all about the view. Perched on a hillside between ...

From WREN WERTIN VAIL VALLEY, CO COLORADO, The Vail Trail,  5 Sep 2009

Vail dining: Splendido at the Chateau

Naming a restaurant “splendid” is a gutsy move. To be splendid you need a beautiful room, warm service and marvelous food — all the time, without fail. Chef-Owner David Walford clearly knows how it's done, for Splendido at the Chateau is a marvel of ...

From WREN WERTIN, Vail Daily,  4 Sep 2009

Ask Wren: Vail Valley baking tips

VAIL VALLEY, Colorado — This week we have two questions about baking at high altitude in Colorado's Vail Valley, so we turned to Shawn Smith for answers. Smith graduated from culinary school in 1995 and went exclusively into pastries shortly ...

From WREN WERTIN VAIL, CO CLORADO, The Vail Trail,  1 Sep 2009

Kelly Liken: seasonal and local in Vail

VAIL, Colorado — Chef-Owner Kelly Liken is one of those chefs who is embracing both the Seasonal and American in Seasonal American cuisine. Capitalizing on her own love of Colorado and its distinctive products, there is very much a sense of place in ...

From WREN WERTIN VAIL CO, COLORADO, Vail Daily,  29 Aug 2009
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