MATT CORTINA
YOU NAME IT at West End Tavern. (Brunch only.) $15. 926 Pearl St., Boulder, thewestend tavern.com.
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Q Empower through Flour
Q Bites with Butchers Returns to Blackbelly
Tickets for Blackbelly’s first Bites with Butchers event on April 17 are now on sale. A $90 ticket gets you access to a butchery and cooking demo with Head Butcher Isaac Sullenger and Chefs Hosea Rosenberg and Arun Astraelis;; hors d’oevres and a spread of food;; cocktails and local beer;; and more goodies. The April event’s theme is “CHARCbite: The Making of Charcuterie and Cured Meats.” Head to black- belly.com/upcoming-events for tickets and info on other Bites with Butchers events. BOULDER WEEKLY
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West End Tavern’s brunch menu is not limited to $3 mimosas and $5 bloody marys. No, the kitchen’s brunch plates — from chicken and waffles to huevos rancheros and brisket benedict — are exceptional upstylings of classic mid-morning staples. We tried the You Name It plate on a recent visit, a mish-mash of thick avocado toast, fried eggs, fresh greens and, the pièce de résistance, an irresistible smoked trout salad. Combine all the ele- ments into one smoky, earthy, creamy, fatty, palate-electrifying bite and the rest of your day will be made by the time you roll out onto Pearl Street.
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Coinciding with Women’s History Month is Empower through Flour, a woman-led initiative to raise funds for women’s groups through food. This year, female chefs around the country are putting on special menu items, the proceeds of which benefit Girl Up, a U.N. Foundation-led group that engages, trains and mobilizes girls around the world. Support the cause at OAK at fourteenth by pur- chasing Chef Sarah Beckwith’s orange and date sticky toffee pudding with caramelized Rice Krispies and black currant ice cream, or at Caroline Glover’s Annette in Aurora, with the house peanut brittle and huckleberry ice cream. More info at empowerthroughflour.com MARCH 5, 2020
Q Sustainable Food and Ag Grants
On Tuesday, Feb. 25, the Boulder County Commissioners announced the 2020 Sustainable Food and Agricultural Fund recipients, which will help local farms fund regenerative ag improvements and programs. Recipients are: Ollin Farms ($40,000 to build on-farm demonstration areas for sustainable farming techniques), McCauley Family Farms ($40,000 to build soil-regener- ation units), Cure Organic Farms (for cover crops, cre- ating a native pollinator habitat, decreasing erosion and more), Aspen Moon Farms ($55,000 for heritage grain production). Cottonwood Farm, Black Cat Farms and Skypilot Farms were also recipients. I
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