Cuisine

How Boulder became the birthplace of National Pie Day

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On Saturday, the people of the United States will enjoy a day devoted to the dessert that defines our country, National Pie Day. Few...

Cold noodles & hot dumplings

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It's easy to miss the Flower Pepper Restaurant as you drive up Broadway in Boulder, but, if you do, you’re depriving yourself of stellar...

No furry blue puppets, just good Korean

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Exploring the basement food court on University Hill, I recently encountered an eatery with the unlikely moniker of Goody Monster. I was mildly disappointed to discover that the person behind the counter wasn’t a furry blue puppet with ping-pong ball eyes. But my ...

Cook here now

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Chile-cumin steam wafted up from the creamy broth, vegetables, and beef when I sat down to eat. My TV dinner—paired with toasted corn tortillas,...

Taste of the Week: A slice of seeded perfection

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No loaf of bread is ever absolutely perfect, but I sampled a loaf from Boulder’s Dry Storage recently that came pretty close. There’s a...

For easy summertime drinking, reach for Txakolina

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With summer here, the frequency of poolside barbeques, lazy picnics and late nights on the patio is rising just as quickly as the mercury....

Chewing the faux fat 

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It’s like a scene from The Matrix films set in the produce aisle at Sprouts: A woman offers a sample of a new local...

‘Honed in the fires of bee hell’

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Einstein supposedly once said that mankind would only have four years left on the planet if bees were to go extinct. The logic is...

Try this week: Osaka’s Lunch @ Osaka’s

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Boulder County’s food scene benefited when Osaka’s came in two years ago with its Japanese cuisine, unique burgers and flavor-forward menu. If you haven’t...

Give me home fries or give me death

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  Boulder Weekly last visited the North Boulder Cafe in 2009. And it’s not hard to understand how we forgot about it. Tucked into a nondescript shopping center on the edge of town, the North Boulder Cafe isn’t really on the way to anywhere, and its signage is pretty ...

Try this week: Red flannel hash, iced horchata latte, and more

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Red Flannel Hash Jelly (Capitol Hill), 600 E. 13th Ave., Denver, eatmorejelly.com There’s a reason Jelly got its name — the homemade jelly is served atop...

Try this week: Rosario’s papa rellena, and more

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Papa Rellena Rosario’s Peruvian Restaurant, 625 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, rosariosperuvianrestaurant.com They often say that you can deep fry anything and it’ll be good. We’re not...