With Gazette food editor Teresa Farney

I've been kicking off my day with a nip of Irish whisky ever since I met Isabelle Allen. And it's a tradition I intend to keep. OK, full disclosure: I'm not tossing back the hard stuff before I step into my car and head to work. You see, Allen created an Irish Whisky Marmalade that...

The Pikes Peak Library District sets the table with two free food-related movies: "Ratatouille" and "Julie and Julia". In the animated Disney comedy, "Ratatouille," you'll fall in love with Remy, a rat who wants to be a French chef. Next up, the story behind Julie Powell, who blogs...

Tom Lazaron, who bought Gertrude's Restaurant, 2625 W. Colorado Ave., from Robert Wooldridge in 2007, is changing the eatery into an Irish pub called Alchemy. He's investing $20,000 to $30,000 to give the dining room a facelift and make the bar a real bar. "I'm going for a more...

If there ever was a reason for a parade, festival or governor's proclamation, it would be to welcome this year's crop of Rocky Ford melons. And not only because the melons are so tasty and their arrival is so anticipated. It also would be to call attention to the farmers in Rocky...

Kitchen doors are swinging because local chefs are looking for greener pastures here and there. Scott Savage, who has been the executive chef at The Cliff House at Pikes Peak, 306 Ca?n Ave. since 2001, has moved to Anaheim, Calif., to be the executive chef at a Morton's The...

Get a taste of Caribbean-style food at a goat dinner prepared by Kevin Campbell, owner of Full Circle Cuisine, at 6 p.m. Saturday at A Joyful Noise Farm, 9895 Walker Road. For $65 per person, you get four courses using billy in charcuterie, stew, jerk and ice cream. Wine and beer is...

One way to beat the heat is ice. Why not give ice a boost with homemade popsicles? They're easy to make and fun for kids of all ages. Plus, you control what goes into the mix. Michele Mukatis, owner of Cultivate Health nutrition services, suggests using whole fruit in homemade...

Lyn Harwell is a man on a mission. "There are 31,000 households on food stamps in Colorado Springs," he said. With that statistic in mind, Harwell is trying to make a difference. Next month, he plans to open Seeds Community Cafe using a pay-what-you-can concept set forth by the...

I'd never heard of a "hippie bowl" until I attended a vegan cooking class by JL Fields at the VegFest Colorado Health & Environmental Fair in Denver. And while I wouldn't call myself a hippie or a vegan, I would say that I'm now a fan of this yummy, protein-filled dish. Fields...