Earlier this month, A Spice of Life was a proud host of another fabulous event in Denver. Together with Market Advisory Partners and Keri Blair Image Experts, A Spice of Life hosted a Girl’s Night Out at 910 Arts on Sante Fe. Kelli, events & bar extraordinaire for 910 Arts, mixed up chocolate martinis for over 100 of the community’s most influential women as they networked and enjoyed delicious hors d’oeuvres courtesy of Spice. The festivities also included a raffle for great prizes, like gift certificates for A Spice of Life and Market Advisory Partners, as well as a fashion show. The event was as philanthropic as it was fun- donations were made to Free the Girls, a non-profit organization that provides job opportunities to women rescued from sex trafficking.
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Every year, as the weather cools and we get hit with the first big snow storms of the season, our chefs are hard at work crafting our seasonal holiday menus. This year’s menus embrace new, distinctive flavors and elegant culinary expressions to showcase at your holiday affairs. Whether you’d like to throw a traditional English evening event or a festive cocktail hour, A Spice of Life’s Holiday Menus will delight your guests, and our packages make planning a breeze! Seasonal menu items include extravagant entrees like Cornish Game Hen with Sherry Cream and Fennel Seed Crusted Pork Loin; you can also select chef-attended sauté stations, which include winter squash risotto and bangers & mash. To entice your guests, our menus begin with delectable hors d’oeuvres like the crisp, salty flavor of our zucchini & ricotta salata crostini or the sweet and decadent tomato jam and burrata canapé. To plan your holiday celebration with A Spice of Life, contact your event specialist, but act fast- our holiday availability is filling up quickly!
Click Here to see this year’s Holiday Menus
On the 14th of October, bring your girlfriends, your family, your favorite boss, or your neighbor to the A Spice of Life Event Center on the Flatirons Golf Course for a night out just for the girls. Ladies in attendance will enjoy complimentary chocolate martinis, savory hors d’oeuvres and the opportunity to meet new women, see our venue, scout for a new job if you’re hunting, find new networking opportunities or possible volunteer openings. Festivities for the night will include shoe contest, so wear your favorite pair. We will also be holding a corporate clothing drive, so you can bring in those suit jackets and dress pants creating closet overflow for donation to the local women’s shelter. Ladies, this evening is just for you- we want to give back to the moms, the hardworking bosses, and the interns who are just getting started. The fun begins at 6pm.
The Details:
Date: October 14th, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm
Place: A Spice of Life Event Center | 5706 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, CO 80303
Cost: There is no cost to attend
Please RSVP by calling 303.444.3452 or emailing eventcenter@aspiceoflife.com
This month, A Spice of Life was recognized once again for our achievements in delicious cuisine and exceptional service. We were awarded the Daily Camera’s 2011 Boulder County Gold People’s Choice Award for “Best Caterer.” This honor has been bestowed on A Spice of Life every year since 2000; we’re proud to have pleased the Boulder community for the last 11 years, we and plan to do so for many more to come. If you’re curious as to why the people of Boulder County keep voting A Spice of Life to the top of the pack, call us for your next event. Our attention to detail, innovative menus and personable service will blow you away, whether you’re hosting an intimate dinner party in your home or throwing an extravagant gala for hundreds.
BEST CATERER: A Spice of Life
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 BY BOULDER COUNTY GOLD
Winner
A Spice of Life
5541 Central Ave., Boulder, 303.443.4049,
5706 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303.444.3452
www.aspiceoflife.com
Whether you are planning an intimate get-together or hosting a full-out flash mob, the dedicated people at A Spice of Life are sure to make your party a success. They’ve been doing it since 1987 and nobody does it better. “We don’t just put together menus, we craft memorable events, from farm-to-table dinners or planning the tents and lighting for 500 people,” says Laurel Toney, sales assistant. A Spice of Life’s personalized approach lets you take your ideas and personal tastes and turn them into the event extraordinaire that your guests deserve. “We take great pride in making everyone who attends feel like a VIP,” Toney says. With a crew of up to 120 caterers at the ready, A Spice of Life can manage even the largest event with style and grace. We appreciate their commitment as a Zero Waste community partner and their support of many worthy organizations throughout Boulder County. “We enjoy the wide variety of events we have the pleasure of catering and look forward to serving you soon,” Toney says.
Artist: Teri Gortmaker
This week, A Spice of Life had the unique opportunity to create an innovative farm-to-table menu while also benefiting the local artist community. On Saturday the 17th, the Lyons Farmette hosted the Plein Air Art Show to benefit the Boulder County Arts Alliance and the Lyons Arts and Humanities Council. Over forty local artists showcased rural scenes of Colorado summer, and guests were treated to unique hors d’oeuvres from A Spice of Life.
Spice’s Chef de Cuisine Pieter Dijkstra and co-owner Dan Bruckner visited the Farmette on Wednesday to explore and garner inspiration for the event’s menu. The menu included a trio of crostini featuring ingredients like garlic braised rainbow chard, grilled eggplant and marjoram, and baby tomato and basil with housemade ricotta. Other items that the artists and guests enjoyed were beet Carpaccio and apples wrapped with nasturtium leaf, onion and thyme frittata with crème fraiche and stuffed cherry tomatoes with mustard green pesto and garlic breadcrumbs.
The creative, farm fresh food was a perfect complement to the Plein Air art and the scenery of the Farmette, and A Spice of Life was happy to be a part of an event that featured so many local local artists and community members.
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Join us at the Lyons Farmette on Tuesday, September 27th as our Chef de Cuisine, Pieter Dijkstra prepares a meal that celebrates fall’s harvest, drawing inspiration from the rich flavors of the season. With ingredients such as flavorful beets and acorn squash picked fresh at the Farmette on the day of the dinner, Dijkstra will craft a menu with his trademark creativity and flair, incorporating fresh twists with comforting classics. Come enjoy the simplicity and delights of a Farm to Table dinner with neighbors and friends on the land where the ingredients were grown. Dinner will be served around 6:00pm. Feel free to arrive prior to the seating to enjoy hors d’oeuvres, a glass of wine, roam the gardens, and visit with the animals.
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Time: 6:00 PM
Place: The Lyons Farmette |4121 Ute Highway | Lyons, CO 80540
Tickets: $65 person
Please bring your own beverage of choice | Space is limited
RSVP to betsyburton@mac.com | Payment is required to reserve a space
Please send your check or call to give a credit card number to:
The Lyons Farmette | P.O. Box 312 | Lyons, CO 80540 | 303.746.6266
The Spice of Life newsletter isn’t simply a monthly report of what’s happening at this bustling catering and event company. It’s filled with delightful tidbits about the latest items on our menus and highlights from our events, but it also contains informative articles about ingredients you may not have heard of, event planning tips from our seasoned pros, and seasonal features on local produce that you’ll find on our menus. Not only will you learn something about the culinary and event planning world, but you’ll have the opportunity to be rewarded for your loyalty through unique programs with awesome prizes. Just like our scintillating menus, our newsletter is delicious, mouth-watering, and will always leave you wanting another taste.
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A Spice of Life proudly announces our Farm to Table menu program. In addition to our regular menus, we now offer a monthly menu comprised of ingredients that are all sourced locally.
Farm to Table philosophy is a growing movement that supports a sustainable approach to community, agriculture and dining. By supporting local farmers, money is infused back into the local economy, and the ingredients used are at the peak of ripeness and freshness.
For years, many of us here at Spice have shopped for our families and for ourselves at farmers markets and have belonged to Community Supported Agriculture programs during the summer. With the growing popularity of the Farm to Table movement, more products are becoming available in larger quantities. This has allowed us to offer these menus for events of any size, not just small gatherings.
If Farm to Table makes as much sense to you as it does to us but the menu doesn’t quite suit your tastes, we’d be happy to create a custom menu with you. All of us here at Spice are extremely excited about this and hope that you all will join the movement and support your local farms at your next event.
Click Here to see July’s Farm To Table menu
Last Sunday morning during the Lyons Outdoor Games, A Spice of Life and Leave-No-Trace were hard at work cleaning up the St. Vrain River. Fifty volunteers scoured the riverbanks and bike paths starting at the east side of town and ending at Meadow Park, where their hard work was rewarded with a delectable breakfast provided by A Spice of Life. This is the fifth year that Leave-No-Trace and Spice have partnered to make the community a more beautiful and a more tasty place.
We’d like to thank all the volunteers who devoted their Sunday morning to a great cause.
WOW! Children’s Museum’s 6th Annual Auction & Casino Night Gala
Spice : April 9, 2011 12:15 am : News
WOW! Children’s Museum is having their 6th Annual Auction & Casino Night Gala right here at the A Spice of Life Event Center.
Details below
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