Desert Sun Coffee to be featured in Flavors of Colorado Dinner at James Beard House

Local businesses heading to NYC

by Ann Butler

It has been the setting for meals prepared by the finest chefs from America and Europe, and now some La Plata County purveyors of food and beverages will have their products on the menu at the James Beard House in Greenwich Village in New York City.

 

James Beard was one of the most influential food writers in the 20th century. The eponymous house was created after his death to celebrate, preserve and nurture America's culinary heritage and diversity to elevate the appreciation of culinary excellence.

Chef Adam Dulye, an instructor at the Culinary School of the Rockies, and his team of chefs will prepare an extensive menu at the house (dinners are generally five courses), featuring items that have been raised, grown or harvested in our Rocky Mountain paradise.

The Flavors of Colorado dinner will be served March 6.

Because the idea of pairing fine food with handcrafted beers has been becoming increasingly popular, Dulye has invited Steamworks Brewing Co. to feature its brews on the menu along with a few wines. And while Colorado has more craft breweries (106) per capita than any other state in the Union, Steamworks is the first microbrewery from the state to have its product served at the James Beard House.

Kris Oyler, the general manager of Steamworks, has worked with Dulye in the past, creating dinners both at the culinary school and at Manor Vail. He's excited to see how Steamworks' microbrews fare in the Big Apple. He credits the Rocky Mountain pure water - the key ingredient of beer - for the quality of beers brewed here.

Foxfire Farms (lamb) and Desert Sun Coffee Roasters are the two other La Plata County food producers that will be on the menu. (Boy, are those New Yorkers in for a treat.)

If you want to savor this fine meal, tickets are available by calling (212) 627-2308 or online at

www.jamesbeard.org

. (Online tickets won't be available until February.)