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This coconut cream pie would balance well with a wheat beer or an IPA. (AP photo) Aug 9, 2012

Colorado Food Blog: Pie-A-Palooza celebrates state’s beer & pie fame

Beer and pie. Both include some of the same basic ingredients, many homebrewers are also pie lovers, and Colorado has played a significant role in …

What happens when you use muffin batter to make pancakes for Sunday brunch? You get skillet blueberry muffin pancakes with a cinnamon sugar topping. (AP Photo) Aug 8, 2012

Summer Recipes: Blueberry Buckle & Blueberry Muffin Pancakes

Would you like to finish off your meal with a buckle? If you’re like me, you picture yourself chewing on a boiled belt and reply …

Bertrand Bouquin is the executive sous chef for the restaurants at The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs. (Courtesy photo) Aug 8, 2012

Homegrown Recipe: Get great mussels quick with no sweating

Bertrand Bouquin knows his mussels. Before becoming the executive sous chef for the top-rated restaurants at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, he trained with some …

By 1918, at state and county fairs across the nation, civic groups encouraged wartime meals using food conservation-minded techniques so families could pass extra items to the war effort. Above: A member of the Woman'€™s Council of Defense offers a cooking demonstration at the La Plata County Fair, in Durango, in 1918. Courtesy: National Archives, Denver Aug 8, 2012

Colorado Food Calendar: A fair weekend with food, wine, beer and pie

Celebrate National Banana Split Day (Aug. 10), National Raspberry Tart Day (Aug. 11), National Filet Mignon Day (Aug. 13), National Creamsicle Day (Aug. 14) and …

Summer Produce: Gather ye fresh Colorado peach pies while ye may Aug 1, 2012

Summer Produce: Gather ye fresh Colorado peach pies while ye may

Colorado’s peach season has arrived early in Colorado which means more time to make more peach pies and serve them warm with vanilla bean ice …

Homegrown Recipe: Colorado sweet corn bacon salsa and corncakes Aug 1, 2012

Homegrown Recipe: Colorado sweet corn bacon salsa and corncakes

  According the Colorado Department of Agriculture, Colorado ranks seventh in the nation for sweet corn production, roughly 100 million pounds. Colorado’s sweet corn sweet …

TheTelluride Mushroom Festival is Aug. 16-19 in that southwest Colorado mountain town. The Creede Mushroom Foray is Aug. 17-19. The Buena Vista King Boletus Mushroom Festival is Aug. 20-21. (Courtesy photo) Aug 1, 2012

Colorado Food: Biggest BBQ party ever in metro area

  The First Annual Big Denver Barbecue Block Party, Aug. 4-5, Skyline Park, Denver. Information: bigbbqblockparty.org/denver. Details: New York City’s iconic barbecue event branches out …

Ashok Dugini (center) gathers with his children Sathya (left) and Khushi (right) at Masalaa Indian Vegetarian Cuisine which has been open since 2001 in Aurora. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel) Jul 18, 2012

The spice is right in Aurora: Masalaa’s spicy meatless fare attracts foodies and vegans alike

When a dosa arrives at a table at Masalaa, newcomers gasp over the huge savory crepe. Regulars at the Aurora restaurant audibly sigh and smile …

Colorado Food Blog: Picking the top pie palaces in the nation Jul 17, 2012

Colorado Food Blog: Picking the top pie palaces in the nation

  http://www.foodandwine.com/slideshows/food-and-wines-favorite-places-for-pie I love lists like this the one in Food & Wine that purports to list the great pie shops of America. However, I …

Three varieties of rum are distilled and created at the Dancing Pines Distillery in Fort Collins. (Courtesy photo) Jul 12, 2012

Colorado Food News: Top Chinese eatery; Hot rums; Great hot dogs; Cool food trips

  Aurora eatery voted top Chinese restaurant in the metro area 5280 magazine is out with its Top of The Town 2012 awards with lots …