The main ingredients here are two things that should be in every kitchen at all times: A box of macaroni and cheese for those times you need a quick, go-to comfort food, and a package of frozen broccoli, something that'll keep forever that you can toss into pretty much any dish to make it instantaneously healthy (or...
If your family is anything like mine, Thanksgiving isn’t typically a beer holiday. Thanksgiving is about tradition and (attempted) civility and family. And beer, well, beer doesn’t really fit.
Beer is too often associated with low-brow, hyper-masculine activities like NASCAR, hunting, football and fishing. But any beer...
By Sara Knight
Special to DGO
It’s that time of year again. Order up a latte, spiced with pumpkin, laced with cinnamon, topped with cream, garnished with mint and shot through with a hundred million calories of syrupy, sugary goodness. Grab a grandé and get your fix. But where should the good caffeine-craving...
In this week’s High-Ass Recipe, I’ve chosen the divine power of sugary cereal – snack blessing of the gods – to satisfy your primordial hunger of highness.
Not long ago, I sought a fix from my friendly neighborhood Albertsons. Swaying before the rainbow wall of Trix, Lucky Charms, Fruit Loops, Apple Jacks, Frosted...
If you’re the type to get all buzzed by things like local ingredients, Ska is meeting you halfway with its newest beer, Hop Ivy.
They’re calling it “the first craft beer sourced entirely with Colorado ingredients available for year-round, statewide distribution.” To celebrate the release, they’re throwing a party from 5...
Anyone who does something creative has had a moment that changed their life, a moment of extreme epiphany, a flash of light, a buzz in their gut, a flurry of ideas, images and words. It’s one of those moments when you can confidently say, “I want to do this, I have the ability to do this, I’m going to try and do this for the...
To make this high-ass recipe, you’ll need some basic ingredients and opposable, lighter-flickin’ thumbs. These bakey cinnamon, apple and oats are wholesome, wintry vitlins that’ll satisfy your anytime-snacking needs, a serious dessert fix whilst giving you a perfectly delicious and moderately healthy breakfast...
I hate Halloween, but I had one of the best weekends of my life last week. First, the party to start DGO, then on to candles, wine and spooky things in the cemetery, walking around in my underwear and calling it a costume, throwing water balloons at “zombies,” and to wrap it up, brunch that lasted till 2 p.m., then skinny...
When it comes to Elvis, Chef High Guy thinks we should all admire how he could take control of an audience with nothing more than a white jumpsuit and a quivering upper lip. He could also take control of some food, The King being in the pantheon of junky overeating, ahead of his time when it came to high-ass eating. One of...
For many, the words “namaste” and “cheers” may not seem synonymous, but that hasn’t stopped instructors of YogaDurango from marrying the two wellness activities of simple yoga and beer drinking. Only at Ska Brewing Co. does “happy hour” have a whole new meaning.
Offered Mondays at 5:30 p.m. every week, YogaDurango...
Chef High Guy says Breakfast Pudding was originally inspired by late-night high-ass munchies, but we at DGO have found this delicious pudding/smoothie is actually perfect for the most important meal of the day.
What you need:
3 cups brewed coffee (hot)
2-3 ripe bananas
1 tablespoon local honey or...
The first beer I paid for myself was a Bud Light in a bottle at the Applebee's on Camino del Rio. I'd had other beers – Milwaukee's Best, Keystone Light, plenty of other Buds – but this one I ordered and paid for myself.
I was 19, and yes, the legal drinking age was still 21. The other guys I was with, two years older,...
