Author: Teresa Farney [email protected]
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10-foot tall gingerbread house on display in Colorado
The Broadmoor has this year’s gingerbread creation on display in the resort’s main building mezzanine, which will be there for all to enjoy through New Year’s Day. This year David Patterson, executive pastry chef, and his crew built an almost life-size Gingerbread Chateau. It’s roughly 10 feet tall, 12 feet wide and 8 feet deep.…
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Colorado Springs teachers can get resources for classroom gardening education
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Getting children to eat more fruits and vegetables is a lot easier if they can grow the produce themselves. It teaches them, in an inspiring way, where food comes from. What better place to experience…
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Forget the fries! These restaurants are offering healthy choices on their kids menus
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s hard enough to get children, especially toddlers, to eat a healthy meal at home. But the challenge multiplies when the meal is coming at a restaurant. Kids’ menus often are dominated by pizza, chicken…
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Trader Joe’s Wine Shop opens at Colorado Springs location
The long awaited and anticipated Trader Joe’s Wine Shop, 5338 N. Nevada Ave., in University Village, opened Friday morning with a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony before opening the doors at 8 a.m. for business. Customers found wine, spirits, beer, ciders and hard seltzers at TJ’s popular value prices. Did they find the iconic Charles Shaw Wines,…
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With food truck and Louisiana roots, beignets find home in Manitou
Rocky Mountain Beignets, 724 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, is the place to get happy eating powder sugar-covered beignets. Brandi and Billy Chism and their family are the owners. Hailing from Baton Rouge, La., the Chism family started the business in 2019 as a food truck in Woodland Park. In June, they opened the small shop…
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How Rocky Ford melons in Colorado have become world famous
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The best of the season’s cantaloupes, honeydews, dove melons, yellow flesh watermelons and watermelons (regular, seedless and personal size) hail from Rocky Ford, a small town in southeastern Colorado that becomes the talk of all towns this time of year. What’s so unique about the…
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Getting to know first female chef in 120 years at The Brown Palace in Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kimberly Moyle has the distinction of being the first female executive chef at The Brown Palace Hotel & Spa since it opened in 1892. “I didn’t realize that until I was hired for the position,” she said. “It was astonishing.” Back in the late 1980s,…
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Penrose emerging as cider, wine and mead production center
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Penrose is already famous for its apple orchards, but the small community south of Colorado Springs is fast becoming known for its wines, hard ciders and meads. Their makers have formed a co-op and are…
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Penrose emerging as cider, wine and mead production center
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Penrose is already famous for its apple orchards, but the small community south of Colorado Springs is fast becoming known for its wines, hard ciders and meads. Their makers have formed a co-op and are…
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Cañon City winery earns international designations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey, 3011 E. U.S. 50, Cañon City, has bragging rights for award-winning wines from international competitions. The 2019 Colorado Viognier was awarded 94 points and designated Platinum, the very top…