Read the summer issue online now!
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The Summer Issue is Here
The Summer Issue has hit the streets in the Aspen area! In case you haven't picked up a copy yet enjoy this taste of what we love within its pages.
THE SULTANS OF SUDS: Who’s behind the Roaring Fork Valley’s craft beer boom?
By Nelson Harvey

If Colorado’s craft beer industry is enjoying a Golden Age, then the Roaring Fork Valley, which now has more breweries than towns, is on the leading edge of the state’s suds obsession.

The Colorado Brewers Guild counted a whopping 232 craft breweries in Colorado last year, and the five brewers now operating in the Valley—with their wildly diverse tastes and techniques—are a microcosm of the statewide scene. Here, we introduce you to all of them, and explore the creative and collaborative spirit that imbues this buzzing industry.




FROM NOSE TO TAIL
What does it take to raise the highest quality pig?

By Jason Smith
Chef Bill Greenwood knows quality food, and he spends a lot of time sourcing it for the incredible dinners he prepares at Beano’s Cabin in Beaver Creek, Colorado. He visits local farms, forages for wild mushrooms and grows his own vegetables and herbs in raised beds adjacent to the restaurant.

When Bill was asked to perform a pork butchery demonstration at the Grand Cochon event in Aspen during the Food & Wine Classic this summer, we were honored that he requested a heritage breed pig from Rock Bottom Ranch.

What makes heritage pigs so special? Quite simply: the flavor. And to get the best flavor the ranch takes special steps to produce pork for discriminating customers like Bill.


GETTING SCHOOLED IN THE KITCHEN:  An interview with Hugh Acheson
By Laurel Miller
Fans of “Top Chef” will have no trouble recognizing frequent guest judge Hugh Acheson. The 42-year-old, Canadian-born, Athens-Georgia-based chef with a penchant for quippy comments may have come into the public eye thanks to his onscreen personality, but he’s no slouch in the kitchen either.

A 2002 Food & Wine Best New Chef, James Beard Award–winner, author and in-demand presenter at Aspen’s annual Food & Wine Classic, Acheson is also making a name for himself as an impassioned advocate for food security and culinary education.

Here’s what the executive chef and co-owner of three of the South’s most revered eateries (Empire State South in Atlanta and Five & Ten and The National in Athens) has to say about his growing restaurant empire, his love for Southern cuisine and his passion for teaching kids to cook.


Cooking Fresh
Excerpted from Fresh from the Farm: A Year of Recipes and Stories by Susie Middleton. Photographs © 2014 by Alexandra Grablewski and Susie Middleton. Published by The Taunton Press © 2014.


SWISS CHARD AND FRESH PEAS WITH HAM AND MAPLE-BALSAMIC SAUCE

1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
1½ teaspoons balsamic vinegar
1½ teaspoons fresh lemon juice
¾ cup fresh peas (from about 1 pound peas in the pod)
1 bunch (12–14 ounces) Bright Lights or Rainbow Swiss chard
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt
3 slices thinly sliced honey ham (I like Applegate), cut into narrow ¾-inch pieces
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger

1. In a small bowl, whisk together the maple syrup, balsamic vinegar and lemon juice. Set aside.

2. Put the peas in a small bowl with a tablespoon of water and microwave,
covered, on high for 10 to 20 seconds, or until just tender. Drain.

3. Pull or cut away the stems from the chard leaves. Rinse and dry the stems, slice them thinly (¼ inch thick) crosswise and reserve. Cut or rip the leaves into large (2- to 3-inch) pieces and wash and dry them well.

4. Heat the olive oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the chard stems and a pinch of salt, and cook, stirring occasionally,
until the stems are slightly shrunken, about 5 minutes. (You will hear them crackle as the water begins to evaporate.) Add the ham and
½ tablespoon of the butter and cook, stirring, until both the chard stems and the ham pieces are shrunken and beginning to brown lightly, about another 4 minutes. Add the fresh ginger, stir and cook just until fragrant, a few seconds. Add all of the chard leaves and ¼ teaspoon salt. Using tongs, gently toss and fold the chard leaves until just wilted and well mixed with the other ingredients, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the peas and stir well. Scrape the maple mixture into the pan, stir and remove from the heat. Add the remaining ½ tablespoon butter and toss and stir until it is melted. Taste for salt. Transfer to a serving platter or plates and eat hot or warm. Serves 3 or 4.

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