While she was in Denver to host an autumnal Pop-Up dinner event, I visited with Chef Alexis Sicklick, founder of her company Syncopated. The business’s tagline is “Creating Flavorful Rhythms, One ‘Beet’ at a Time” with bespoke, vegetable-forward, multi-course dinners. You may know Alexis’ name from having been a contestant on It’s CompliPlated, Food Network’s only plant-based cooking competition hosted by Tabitha Brown. For the In Good Taste Denver Podcast, Alexis had great information to share about how to incorporate veggies into our diets in deliciously unexpected ways. She also talks about life as a female chef and shares stories about her Nutcracker-themed cookbook – and a couple of recipes too!
In the podcast, Alexis explains the ways in which she has combined her passions for music, dance and cooking into her company name and day-to-day business activities. When you hear, you’ll never think of dancing or cooking quite the same way again.
A Cookbook Just in Time for the Holidays
Alexis also tells us about the book she wrote while hunkering down during the pandemic. It’s called This Cookbook is for Dancing: A Taste of The Nutcracker which is available on her website and on Amazon.com. She took the beloved story (which she used to perform as a young ballerina), and created vegetarian recipes that encompass the story, including the party scene, the battle between the Nutcracker and evil mice, and the Land of Sweets.
Alexis Sicklick’s Tips for Incorporating Vegetarian Food Into Your Life
Alexis indulged my question about how to not fall into the pitfall, when trying to incorporate vegetarian cuisine into our lives, of not overdoing it on things that aren’t good for us. Afterall, pasta, desserts, rice and bread are all vegetarian – but certainly don’t do our bodies any favors. Alexis gives all sorts of easy and delicious-sounding ways to have vegetable-forward great-tasting food, including treats, while still feeling like you’re having comforting, yummy things to eat. Click on the tab below to be taken to her recipes for Caramelized Cauliflower Puree and Spicy Chocolate Sweet Potato Brownies (¡Chocolé!) straight from her cookbook.
Denver Pop-Up Dinner Details
When: Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, 5-8pm
Where: SAME Cafe, 2023 E. Colfax Ave., in Denver
What: Six Courses Celebrating Autumn and its Bounty
Menu:
Butternut Squash Bread
Mushroom Tarragon Soup
Cabbage and Carrot Latkes
Hay-Smoked Sunchokes
Baked Quince
Pumpkin Semifreddo
Tickets: $125
Details: Here
-Story by Courtney Drake-McDonough, Publisher/Managing Editor of InGoodTasteDenver.com and Host of In Good Taste Denver Podcast
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