Community Table
‘We’ve done some offal stuff’
Blackbelly Butcher Shop chef Mike Fortin and butcher Nate Singer are in the middle of a “primal dinner.” Singer, who just broke down the...
Taking off
After two “bonks” on the head rendered John blind, Ham the space monkey showed up, and Sheila quit her job as a landscape architect...
Back in season
"Crazy would be a good way to describe it,” says Brian Coppom, executive director of the Boulder County Farmers Market (BCFM), of the last...
Got scoby?
In other communities, one might knock on a neighbor’s door to borrow some butter or sugar. Maybe some milk. But in Boulder County, you’re...
The Odd Couple
Alastair Brogan calls them an odd couple — he, a hulking Scotsman in a purple polo shirt with the bow of a ship for...
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...
Souped up
Several years ago, Grace Ventura got a bug. The youngest of her six children, the only one still in the house, “wasn’t going to...
Dining al fresco
Well, this could be fun.
On May 25, Gov. Jared Polis outlined the state’s rules for reopening restaurants; a day later, the Boulder Chamber of...
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...
Something with which to eat berries and cream
Summer is a parade of fruits. First come the berries — the strawberries, blueberries and finally the raspberries — followed by the stone fruits...
The only grocery store in Lyons is doing well, and now...
Main Street in Lyons is empty. Amid stay-at-home orders, people aren’t going to the nature park or stopping in for a long brunch. They’re...
On the wine frontier
Boulder County’s foremost winemakers knew growing fruit wasn’t easy when they started Bookcliff Vineyards in 1996. Two bad growing years had imperiled the livelihood...
