Vail Valley News

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Edwards’ Crazy Mountain Brewery releases summer seasonal

EDWARDS – Crazy Mountain Brewing Company, located in Edwards, is releasing its summer seasonal beer: Scenic Route Kolsch. This summertime favorite is a light easy drinking German style ale very similar to a Pilsner.The debut oCopyright 2012 Vail …

Chris Thompson & Coral Creek perform at State Bridge for the first time Saturday

Chris Thompson & Coral Creek have a history with the Colorado River. Not only does Thompson like to fish out of the river, and camp next to it, his band played in the middle of it. No, really. They performed on the “YarmonyGCopyright 2012 Vail Da…

Author Tatjana Soli to appear at Books in Bloom

In college, Tatjana Soli’s favorite writing professor’s advice to the class was simple: write what you would most like to read, and haven’t found. “I lived in the books of Conrad, Hemingway, and Graham GreeneCopyright 2012 Vail Daily. All rights …

‘Everyone can get down’ at State Bridge

If there’s one common thread weaving its way through the lineup of bands playing at State Bridge’s opening weekend, it’s “Colorado music staples,” said Scotty Stoughton, the talent buyer and event operations manager.&#82Copyright 2012 Vail Daily….

Eagle-Vail’s got it ‘growing on’

EAGLE-VAIL – Greens grown at the Eagle-Vail Community Garden will soon appear on the menus at Vin48, Grouse Mountain Grill and Splendido, as restaurant staff take to the soil this summer and tend to raised garden beds to grow their owCopyright 20…

Vail Pet Talk: Treating allergies in pets

Skin allergies in pets can cause a variety of symptoms, from the occasional scratching to recurring ear infections to hair loss and painful skin lesions. Skin allergies can be simplified into three general categories: flea, food, and Copyright 2012 …

YarmonyGrass lineup announced for Aug. 2-5 at Rancho Del Rio

BOND, Colo. – The first weekend of August will once again mark the arrival of YarmonyGrass at Rancho Del Rio and State Bridge Riverside Amphitheatre along the Colorado River. This year’s festival features the return of Railroad Copyright 2012 Vai…

Vegetarian cookbooks, both new and tried and true

You don’t have to be a vegetarian to go meatless every once in a while. In fact, even carnivores such as Mario Batali have begun a Meatless Monday movement at their restaurants, offering veggie-centric specials for that day of the weeCopyright 20…

High Country Baking: Lemon cream mini cakes are sophisticated treats

Editor’s note: Living in the Colorado high country is pure joy. Baking in it isn’t. High altitude makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall, and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This twice-monthly columnCopyright 2012 Vail Dail…

Vail’s Colorful Cooking column: Shrimp quinoa

Last week, I was delivering food to a homebound, elderly woman who lives in an old ranch house surrounded by farm animals and gorgeous views. Going to this home is always rewarding, I imagine it 100 years ago in the dust of the wild wCopyright 20…