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Cochon555’s Heritage Fire at Acreage Farms

This year, Cochon555’s Heritage Fire event came to Acreage Farms. Just a half hour from downtown Denver in in Lafayette, Colorado, this outdoor live fire cooking festival drew a healthy crowd of food enthusiasts to come eat their body weight in meat, chicken, and seafood over the course of several hours. It was an absolute […]

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Union Station Farmers Market Chef Council Breakfast

I’ll admit, getting out of bed and out the door on a Saturday morning for a 7:30am call time is not my favorite thing to do. However, on this occasion I had a bit more pep to my step than normal as I headed down to the site of the weekly Union Station Farmers Market. […]

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Former Saint: Sophisticated Dining in an Unlikely Location

Recently I was invited to try out the food at Former Saint Craft Kitchen and Taps right across from the convention center in downtown Denver. From a somewhat hidden location inside the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center, ⁠this big-time budget dining space with a glossy modern design has been serving hotel guests and […]

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Food Life

Colorado Dragon Boat Festival & Sampling Yuan Wonton

It’s official – the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival is my new favorite free Denver summertime event. This weekend I got on my bike and pedaled over to Sloan’s Lake to see what this free festival had to offer. Although the main attraction are the dragon boat races that occur throughout the two day festival, it’s […]

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Live Fire Cooking at Acreage at Stem Ciders – Heritage Fire

The brief for this July shoot was to capture the spirit of whole-animal, live-fire cooking in a beautiful Colorado setting in order to promote Cochon555’s Heritage Fire Acreage Farms event on my @newdenizen Instagram page. I was approached by the PR firm working with Heritage Fire to run a giveaway for the event. However, it […]