A Saucy Affair
Next week marks the third annual “A Saucy Affair” fundraiser for the 9HealthFair. Several Denver restaurants will “face off in a saucy battle” and the winner is … you. Hazel Miller provides entertainment. Sept. 22 at 6 p.m.; find details and a link for tickets at .
How does your garden show?
Got crops? If you’ve made food from dirt — lettuce, tomatoes, berries, anything — you deserve to brag. Upload your photo to and you could win a copy of “Grow Your Own Vegetables,” by Carol Klein, or “Slow Gardening: A No-Stress Philosophy for All Senses and Seasons,” by Felder Rushing. The contest runs through Oct. 31.
Happy birthday, Agatha Christie
The world has Dame Agatha Christie to thank for indelible crime solvers Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. The author of 66 novels and 14 short-story collections (plus a handful of romances under a nom de plume) would be 121 Thursday. How about a round of Bloody Murders?
Bloody Murder
Makes 1 drink.
Ingredients
Juice of 1 lemon
1 ounce vodka
1 ounce tequila
Tomato juice
A pinch of ground cayenne pepper
Directions
Stir together lemon juice, vodka and tequila. Add ice cubes and top with tomato juice. Drop a pinch of cayenne over the top and serve.
