Community Table
The easygoing style of Cafe Aion’s Dakota Soifer
There’s an overflowing stockpot of synonyms for “intense” that would describe most chefs and restaurateurs — “laid-back” is not in the pot. In a...
All the best
Pigs snorting and slopping in muck somewhere in the distance. Walking through rows of crops with Eric Skokan, picking peppers and his brain.Staying too...
Fortunate ones
When the thousand-year flood hit Boulder County in 2013, the Lyons Fork was not spared. Water gushed in through the back door and filled...
The joy of failure, with Black Cat’s Eric Skokan
Eric Skokan had no idea how difficult it would be to grow a carrot.
“Literally something as granular as a carrot seed causes so many...
Less is more
Launching Fresh Thymes Eatery in Boulder was the obvious culmination of Christine Ruch’s professional life. She had been a private chef, a restaurant chef,...
To bake the perfect croissant
You’ve had a croissant. When you had it, though, did you really consider it? Did you consider how it is that it’s lighter than...
‘The Versailles of chicken coops’
On the top of Flagstaff Mountain, 100 chickens are living their best lives.
A rooster, a handful of show chickens and dozens of egg-layers squawk...
Boulder High grads start quesadilla food cart
Youth is not wasted on Ben King and Miguel Bencomo. The two friends and Boulder High grads are taking advantage of the relative freedom...
Fish and chips in a landlocked state
A quintessential pub-grub menu item, fish and chips are perfect for this time of year — and particularly in this year. With all this...
Convenient choices
So, you’re a vegan. Or vegetarian. Or just conscious about the food you put into your body. You just got off an airplane, and...
Shared recipes
Renee Fajardo and her seven children are from Colorado. Really.
“It’s become more difficult as more transplants have moved here,” Fajardo says. “We’ll go ‘We’re...
A home for change
Given the appearance of abundant affluence in Boulder County, people are surprised to learn that many residents here don’t have regular access to food....
