Sweet news for Mile High doughnut fans: , founded in Ocean City, Md., in 1976, has opened its Denver shop at 4090 E. Mississippi Ave. It sits just a block east of South Colorado Boulevard.
The shop encourages customers to channel their “inner doughnut genius” by customizing orders via 12 different glazes and 15 toppings. (Lucky us, the Denver shop, run by franchisee Jacky Hardy, offers 18 toppings, including fresh crumbled bacon.) You get such non-traditional options as French Toast (maple, cinnamon and sugar), Blueberry Hill (blueberry glaze and powdered sugar) and Morning Buzz (mocha, chocolate chip cookie crumbles), among others.
Fractured Prune shops take their name from Prunella Shriek, a 19th-century woman who became famous for breaking bones in athletic competition with men, even into her 70s. Always nice to tip one’s hat to a pre-Title IX pioneer.
The store is open daily, 6 a.m.-9 p.m.
Salute to Vincent Price
Most of us remember actor for his roles in such Hollywood fright-fests as “Pit and the Pendulum,” “House of Wax” and “The Fly.”
But Price, who graduated from Yale University with a degree in art history, was also a man of real refinement — and a serious passion for fine food. In fact, he and his wife, Mary, published “A Treasury of Great Recipes,” a 1965 cookbook that is still a popular seller.
To mark the book’s 50th anniversary, Price’s daughter, Victoria Price, will be hosting an April 19 dinner at Bistro Vendôme featuring recipes from the book, which was recently reissued with a new introduction by Wolfgang Puck.
Bistro chefs Adam Branz and Joe Pothier will create the five-course menu. The lineup of throwback dishes, paired with wine, will bring a grin to anyone who recalls ’60s-era dining:
Passed appetizers: Quiche Lorraine, mini-hot dogs with onion soup mustard
First course: Dutch asparagus, ham, egg, butter
Second course: Dutch pea soup, crispy pig tail, crème frâiche
Third course: Pan-seared trout with shrimp, mushrooms, truffle, parsley, lemon
Fourth course: Stuffed quail, chicken liver sausage, sauce diable
Fifth course: Sorbets de Café or Raspberry Clafoutis
Reservations can be made by calling Bistro Vendôme at 303-825-3232. The restaurant sits at 1420 Larimer St. The website is .
Colorado’s close shave
Finally, nominees for the 2015 James Beard Foundation awards were announced March 24, and no one from this state made the cut, even though .
There had been high hopes for three chefs in the Best Chef Southwest category: Dana Rodriguez ( ), Alex Seidel (Fruition, ) and Steve Redzikowski ( , ). Yasmin Lozada-Hissom of Denver was a semi-finalist nominee as Outstanding Pastry Chef, cited for her work at Spuntino. And Frasca Food and Wine of Boulder was nominated for Outstanding Restaurant.
That’s a talented bunch. Let’s wish them better luck next year.
William Porter: 303-954-1877, wporter@denverpost.com or twitter.com/williamporterdp
