Community Table
The ongoing transformation of the iconic Greenbriar Inn
Even empty, The Greenbriar Inn north of Boulder feels cozy. The putting-green carpet, the old maps of wine regions, the dark wood and soft...
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...
Chef Bradford Heap asks, ‘Do we evolve?’
Chef Bradford Heap has a reputation of being hard to work for. That’s according to him at least.
“I’m more of an alienator and...
Clint and MaryKay Buckner on raising animals for meat
I was sitting in Blackbelly one afternoon when a rock star walked in. The butchers dropped their tools and shook hands with the man...
Cup or cone
Bryce Licht never saw it coming. He had left Colorado, left CU, traveled around South America, moved to Los Angeles, then back to Boulder,...
Taming the troublesome radish
This time of year, the radishes stand out like bright bunches of candy. Sometimes at the farmers’ market I ask the vendors what to...
Dear Friuli. Love, Frasca
In the U.S., they’re Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, owners of Frasca, Tavernetta, Pizzeria Locale and the Scarpetta wine label. In Friuli, just outside...
From A to B and back again
Eric Lee has done a lot in the food industry. He’s worked every restaurant position from dishwasher to owner; he’s written a cookbook; and...
Chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson on a new endeavor
Life is good, and busy, for Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson. Frasca Food and Wine, which he co-founded with Master Sommelier Bobby Stuckey in 2004, earned its...
The bitter barrier
It isn’t true what they say about cooking radicchio. Whatever it is that they say, it isn’t true.
Few plants radiate as much beauty as...
I’m a Garfinkel, you’re a Garfinkel
There are 10 of us total. Front of house and back,” says Dan Garfinkel, co-collaborator of Gunbarrel’s Finkel & Garf Brewing Company. He’s the...
Death of a salesman
There came a time when Peter Waters had to intervene in his own life. He’d been working a job selling data plans for a...
