Community Table
New climate tools predict a murky future for winemakers
Say you’re a winemaker in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. The last few decades have grown the region’s profile and esteem, and though you produce a...
Chef Kyle Mendenhall on music and cooking
Kyle Mendenhall — the chef who helped launched The Kitchen’s national enterprise, and whose new restaurant, Arcana, was recently billed by the New York...
The Argentine Dream
Boy, it seems a little unfashionable nowadays to share a story extolling the virtues of the American dream. Particularly around Thanksgiving, at a time...
Michael Pollan talks psychedelics and the mind
Michael Pollan says he writes about where “nature and culture intersect,” places that often end up being on our dinner plates and in our...
What’s in the sauce
Smatta Phairatphiboon is explaining what makes Thai food exceptional. The truth is, the steaming bowl of bua loy in front of her says enough...
Tasting (and talking) wine with Master Sommelier Sally Mohr
"I get more of the wood notes, just kind of that tiny bit of black pepper, but I just feel like I’m in the lumber...
Louisville’s Punch Buggy Shave Ice turns to waffles for the winter
Louisville’s Neige LaRue thought she might get some skeptical glances when she opened a shave ice shop out of a walk-up window on Main...
Handled with care
In one small corner of the 100 acres in Longmont and Niwot that comprise Aspen Moon Farm, there is a tent made of a...
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...
Action-packed celeriac
It’s a farmers’ market cliché that celeriac is good in soup. I hear it when folks inquire as to how to use this fragrant...
The pleasures of bitterness
When food isn’t salty enough, we add salt, or salty condiments like soy sauce, or salty foods like bacon. If we need sweetness, we...
Gluten-free in the time of coronavirus
Fourteen years ago, Pamela Fletcher was in a position many parents of young children have found themselves in: something weird was happening with her...
