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The Dish

My Cheesy Valentine

By Anne Mitchell

Instead of the bizarrely scripted sugar bombs with flavors not found in nature, most grown-ups go the expensive chocolate route for Valentine's Day. But since we’re talking cheesy anyway, why not go for the real thing? Le vrai fromage! I spoke to three local cheese experts for their take on Valentine cheese.

Diner

Tano Bistro (Review)

Despite a few lapses, Loveland spot a wonderful addition to suburban dining scene

By Michael Schiaparelli

Ghostly snow devils swirl around the darkness of Loveland Avenue West, but a steamy window with "Tano" scrawled across it glows with a homey, diffuse light, beckoning us out of the cold. Inside, we find a warm space filled with convivial guests for whom the holiday season is still in full swing. It will be fun to see how Tano Bistro evolves as the seasons change, but for now it's a great place to shelter from the cold.

Diner

Campbell's Barn (Review)

Offering menu diversity but little real country cuisine

By Diana Day

The barn that houses Campbell's restaurant has been a long-time fixture on State Route 125 for Eastsiders. Built nearly 20 years ago, it was originally launched as a reception hall and later used as a dance studio. As a previous patron of both of these former establishments, I was more than a little curious.


The Dish

On the Vine: Solo Lunching Downtown

By Anne Mitchell

Carry-out lunch means fast food for many of my fellow downtown cubicle dwellers, but I stick to the indies. I have a few tried and trues nearby that I rely on, coincidentally all on Vine Street): Total Juice Plus, Mythos on the Square, Sunny Deli and Fred and Gari's.


Cravings

Taft Café (Lunch Review)

By Heather Smith

If you work downtown and you want to get away from the office and feel like you’re on a mini vacation, grab lunch at the Taft Museum of Art’s Linder Family Café. The Federal-style estate, featuring exhibits such as Drawn by New York, a collection from the New York Historical Society, is the perfect cultural break from the daily grind.


Fermentations

Sherry, Baby

By Michael Schiaparelli

Each year as a child, I sat glued to the couch when ABC's 4:30 movies repeated its Edgar Allen Poe Week. 'Tales of Terror was among my favorites, comprised of three of Poe's shorter works, including 'The Cask of the Amontillado.' Of course, I had no idea then what Amontillado sherry was ... but today I have a real appreciation for the grownup drink.


Food From The Alternative Press
Eight Reasons Not to Hold the 2012 Republican National Convention in Salt Lake City
8. The downtown Olive Garden can’t accommodate 30,000 fine-diners over a week. 7. Mitt Romney has a whole lotta unpaid SLC parking tickets from 2002. 6. The Wasatch Front only has six 24-hour right-wing talk radio stations...... From Salt Lake City Weekly.
Will New Mexico Offer Drug Users Treatment Instead of Jail Time?
There might be some good news on the horizon for those caught in the revolving door of drug addiction. Proposed state legislation would give judges the discretion to offer people with drug-possession charges a treatment program instead of jail time.... From Weekly Alibi.
Colorado Lawmakers Look to Shake Up the Recycling World, With Millions of Tires Nearby
Our goal is to break even," Chris Houtchens says, describing the financial tightrope he walks each day so that the company he runs with his father, American Tire Exchange, can turn a profit selling usable tires in the states or in Mexico.... From Colorado Springs Independent.
Writer Captures New Dimensions of Old West Legends Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
To Hell on a Fast Horse: Growing up in a small Missouri town in "the heart of Jesse James country," Mark Lee Gardner and his friends would chase each other through the schoolyard pantomiming holdups, manhunts and violent showdowns. "We all wanted to be Jesse James," he muses.... From Colorado Springs Independent.
Health-Care Practitioners Explain Why They're Willing to Go to Jail for Health-Care Reform
As the discussion about health care has shifted from coverage for all citizens to a system that will force people to purchase private health insurance (without the "public option") pockets of unlikely activists are mobilizing.... From Baltimore City Paper.
 
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