'Tis the season to turn your thoughts to making sugary treats. And vanilla is one of the key baking ingredients. Some think vanilla is simple and ordinary, but nothing could be further from the truth, according to Jenna Baker, the marketing project manager at Rodelle, a Fort...

The holiday baking season is upon us, and cookies will be on many lists. So we turned to a couple of baking experts for tips. Marcia Kramer, associate professor at Johnson and Wales International Baking and Pastry Institute in Denver, offered some general guidelines for holiday...

Joseph Freyer, owner of Joseph's Fine Dining, prepares his famous flambe spinach salad. Visit gazette.com to veiw the video.

Today I'm taking a look at NoOodles: a soy-free, fat-free, gluten-free, noodlelike product that ranges from zero to 50 calories per one-cup serving. It's a yamlike food that takes on the look and consistency of pasta. The product is a spinoff of shirataki noodles made from...

There's never a dull moment for The Broadmoor culinary team. The Penrose Room has a new chef de cuisine, Greg Vassos, who is introducing a new menu. Vassos brings his contemporary French and American-style touch to the dishes being served at the classy Penrose Room. He has worked...

Jennifer Farmer is a candy-
apple-making machine. With Halloween right around the corner, she and some friends rolled up their sleeves to make a batch of the gooey confections. "Jennifer has been making these for years," said Susan Wolbrueck, who has made the candy apples with...

Cooking classes offered by Eric Viedt, executive chef at The Margarita at Pine Creek, never fail to entertain or introduce new-to-me foods. As a bonus, they always end with a delicious meal and sufficient wine. His most recent fall class, on Oct. 19, was a good example. Viedt, like...

Henri Chaperont, owner and executive chef of Le Bistro, 1015 W. Colorado Ave., shows how to prepare a classic French dish, Mussels Mariniere.

Attention, food and wine lovers, here is a festival you'll want to check out: the Denver International Wine Festival at The Omni Interlocken Resort, 500 Interlocken Blvd., Broomfield, Nov. 19 to 21. The event kicks off with a wine dinner at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19. Celebrity TV chef and...

Hundreds of years ago, hard cider was America's drink. It had an alcohol content roughly equivalent to beer - unlike the brown juice sold as cider at today farmers markets - and orchards were abundant with cider apples, fruit that was bittersweet and high in tannins. Back then,...