![]() ![]() The plantain version is the most traditional and reminds one of an orangish fritter. Start your meal with bajji, a popular, deep-fried street snack with a chutney dipping sauce. Madras Café delightfully shines a spotlight on the vegetarian dishes made in southern India. In the metro Denver area, Indian restaurants usually feature the country’s northern cuisines. (Adrian Miller, Special to The Denver Post) The Madras Café Īdrian Miller, Special to The Denver Post(Clockwise) Rice, green chutney dipping sauce, plantain bajji, okra fry, mango lassi, and carrot halwa from the Madras Cafe. A word to the wise: If you want any chance of getting the Saturday oxtails special, you need to show up before noon.ġ5028 E. Whatever you choose for your entrée, an ideal finish is a guava-filled pastry. There’s also the traditional ropa vieja (translated as “old clothes”), which is shredded beef in a spicy tomato sauce. We love the chicharron served here as a long strip of pork skin, meat and fat fried to crispy perfection. Everything is served cafeteria-style, so diners can feast with their eyes before making a selection. Here, you’ll find a delightful blend of savory and sweet foods. People with Cuban heritage who live in the Denver area heavily endorse this place. (Adrian Miller, Special to The Denver Post) Cuba Bakery & Café Roast pork, Congri (arroz con habichuela negro), plantains at Cuba Bakery & Café in Aurora. She built a model where all hourly employees at Annette – from dishwashers to hosts - make the same hourly wage and split all tips evenly.Īfter preparing a lunchtime meal for Ryan before the restaurant opened on a recent day, Glover agreed to share her mother’s Chicken Marengo recipe and Annette’s signature martini a la Netsie.īon appetit, buon appetito and buen provecho! They all apply while enjoying the James Beard Best Mountain Chef’s recipes.Wednesday, October 5th 2022 Home Page Close Menuġ5395 E. She streamlined her menu and stopped doing brunch so workers at Annette wouldn’t suffer so much burnout. Glover believes that her actions during the pandemic had something to do with winning the James Beard award. She banded together with other restaurateurs and hired a lobbyist so that restaurants could be eligible for government funding as essential businesses. She swiveled to take-out, gift cards, and outdoor seating. Ryan Warner/CPR News Chef Caroline Glover, of Annette in Aurora, prepares Chicken Marengo Wednesday July 13, 2022.Īnnette was flying high when the pandemic forced Glover to first have a meltdown, and second to find ways to adapt. She branched out to start Annette and it was quickly named Eater Denver’s 2017 Restaurant of the Year. Her first chef’s stint in Denver was at Acorn, which was named the Best Restaurant in Denver in 2015, the year after Glover went to work there. She interspersed restaurant cooking with working on farms in Pennsylvania, Carbondale and Paonia. Glover went on to graduate from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America and wound her way through restaurants from New York City to Paonia. When Glover was growing up in Texas, her mother either put delicious home-cooked meals on the table every breakfast and dinner, or the family would go out to nice restaurants where young Caroline’s appreciation of fine dining was also honed. It was the dinner fare on a day when Bonaparte’s army had a significant success in battle, and it became one of Bonaparte’s favorite foods.Īs Glover chopped and braised and baked, she spoke about her background. It was prepared for Bonaparte by a French chef while the French army was fighting in the small northern Italian village of Marengo. The mix of chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes, olives and white wine dates to the time - and the dinner table - of Napoleon Bonaparte. She whipped up Chicken Marengo, one of her mother’s signature dishes, and one of the first dishes she ever learned to make.Ĭhicken Marengo is a dish with deep history outside Glover’s family. When Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner came to Annette to talk to Glover about her prestigious new award, she prepared a special dish that is not on Annette’s menu. Ryan Warner/CPR News Chef Caroline Glover's Chicken Marengo, which is not on Annette’s menu, but can be on yours. ![]()
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