Denver Post: Living

In the first 1938 edition of “Larousse Gastronomique,” an encyclopedic tome on gastronomy, editor Prosper Montagné advised treating and cooking rhubarb’s leaves as you would spinach. While the effects may well have proved fatal (high concentrations of oxalic acid render the leaves toxic) and left me wondering, “Did they have recipe testers back then?” Montagné may have been on to something.

Dear Amy: Ever since my stepson announced his engagement to a lovely lady, his father and I have been treated like third wheels.
First, my stepson told his father that he shouldn’t bother showing up at the rehearsal dinner, but told us which part of the rehearsal dinner we could pay for.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

By spring, the pop-ups had taken over Denver.
A Harry Potter brunch, a LEGO Bar, Magical brunch, ball pit bar, real-life Mario Kart, Miracle bar, a spring break bar and an Olympics bar.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The final spring frost may be behind us (fingers crossed). That means it is OK to plant hardened-off warm-season vegetables, perennials and ornamental annuals outside when nights are consistently above 50 degrees.

At the intersection of love and lust, done and over it and single and maybe ready to mingle, there is, in fact, a restaurant.
That’s one of the many-splendored things about restaurants — they are vast and different and unique and appeal to different sorts of people.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

A 113-unit, eight-story apartment building might take the place of one of Denver’s lasting greasy spoons.
Alberta Development Partners, based in Greenwood Village, this month proposed razing and redeveloping Tom’s Diner at East Colfax Avenue and Pearl Street.

A team of wine pros known for their hit Italian restaurants Frasca and Tavernetta are opening a bar dedicated to wine — and vinyl — in Denver.
For 15 years, Frasca master sommelier Bobby Stuckey has garnered a following, and plenty of awards, at his Boulder restaurant for a curated wine selection stemming from the Friuli region in Italy.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Dear Amy: I am perplexed by a situation my husband and I witnessed this afternoon in the downtown area of a large city we were visiting.
A woman waiting for a bus held a screaming child by the neck of his T-shirt as she yelled at him.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Pete Contos, a founding father of Denver’s restaurant scene, died on Sunday. He was 85.
Contos was the longtime owner of Pete’s Kitchen and its neighbor, Pete’s Satire Lounge, on East Colfax Avenue.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

All fairy tales deserve a happy ending. In the case of Isak Heartstone, the Breckenridge trail troll, it’s a happy rebirth.
After being dismantled last year amid safety and traffic concerns at its original location near the Wellington neighborhood, the beloved and popular 15-foot-tall wooden troll has been rebuilt and restored to its former glory at a new, serene location behind Stephen C.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share