Food Lovers' Guide to Colorado: Best Local Specialties, Markets, Recipes, Restaurants, Events, and More - Softcover

Hungry for some bratwurst or Colorado corn? Craving organic quinoa or bubble tea? Interested in visiting a fudge factory, hot sauce-tasting bar, or authentic Danish-Scandinavian bakery? Whatever your tastes, let seasoned food writer Eliza Castaneda bring you the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate the foods of the Centennial State. From chili cookoffs to pastry competitions to gourmet spice shops and natural food emporiums, a bounty of culinary delights awaits you in this engagingly written guide.
Inside you'll find:
Local producers of regional delicacies
Food festivals and culinary events
Farmers' markets and farm stands
Cooking schools and wine seminars
Specialty food shops and other purveyors of food items, both gourmet and garden variety
One-of-a-kind restaurants and landmark eateries
The best regional recipes, both traditional and contemporary

Eliza Cross Castaneda is a food and lifestyle writer whose many articles have appeared in publications like Mountain Living, The Denver Post, Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, and Log & Timber Style. A Certified Chef of Wine Arts through the International Wine Guild, Eliza has taught cooking classes in a variety of subjects, judged culinary competitions, and presented workshops about food writing. She serves on the board of the Colorado Authors' League and is an active member of the International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association and Slow Food. She lives in Centennial with her family.