By Kim Fuller Published in the Vail DailyThe painted image of a Hawaiian hula girl stands mid-dance on my clean share plate — the gloss-coated print soon to be filled with bite-sized portions of frisee and radicchio. The greens are served with vine-ripened cherry tomatoes, hearts of palm pieces, house mozzarella and slices of orange supreme, all mixed in a fennel-pollen emulsion, the salad dressed as lightly as ... continue reading...
Green Elephant Juicery
By Kim Fuller Published in the Vail DailyLook for the Green Elephant everywhere in the Vail Valley — on cars, water bottles, random posts, parking garage meters — because stickers promoting this juicery’s giant vegetarian muse have been stuck all over the area, along with the growing demand for more green.PICTURED ABOVE: A quinoa bowl with broccoli, kale, beets and tomatoesCompletely organic and ... continue reading...
Mountain Eats: Beano’s Cabin
By Kim Fuller Published in EAT MagazineUp on Beaver Creek Mountain, at 9,200 feet above sea level, Beano’s Cabin executive Chef Bill Greenwood and his crew have a garden to tend, and it’s no tiny task.“We built the Beano’s garden a quarter-acre bigger this summer, so guests will be able to have an even wider selection of fresh garden-to-table ingredients, shown throughout the menu and prepared on our wood-oven grills,” Greenwood ... continue reading...
Elevating your workout for the burn
By Kim Fuller Published in The Denver PostVAIL — The snow has finally melted from the lower slopes of Vail, and participants in Ellen Miller’s summer intervals class are charging up the steep, mud-hardened mountain under early-summer sunshine.“Welcome to my office!” Miller calls out to the group as they recover between sets (some leaning over with hands on knees, red-faced and panting) of uphill bursts under ... continue reading...
Sports for all at Vail’s GoPro Mountain Games
By Kim Fuller Published in The Denver PostVAIL — May is often a sleepy, muddy month in Vail. It’s a pause of anticipation for the next pulsing season, like the breath you hold before an adventure begins. June arrives, and the trails get tacky, the aspen trees pop and the thirst for outdoor action surges with the river runoff. It’s the start of an alpine summer, and it’s when the GoPro Mountain Games come to town — this year, ... continue reading...
