Deep Dish
The secret’s out
The Parkway Cafe claims to be the best-kept secret in Boulder, but a packed parking lot on a Friday afternoon belies the statement.
Maybe part...
Mussels are good for ya’
It’s a little more than 1,000 miles to the ocean nearest Boulder County (my research indicates that Los Angeles is the winner, edging out...
My kingdom for a mango lassi
Not all Saturdays are meant for carousing in your finest dancing pants. No, some Saturdays are meant for daylong home improvement projects in your...
A classic cookie with a silly name
An upcoming move has made things hectic around my house lately. The stress of constant productivity — packing, cleaning, yet another trip to Goodwill...
Eating pizza with a fork
Americans collectively scoffed last spring when John Kasich, still on the trail for the Republican presidential nomination, picked up a knife and fork and...
Mr. Sake knows a thing or two about spicy tuna
You’ve heard it here before and you’re about to hear it again: Go to your nearest strip mall and check out the restaurants. Ten...
Giving soup a good rap
At some point in John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden, Samuel Hamilton comes down with a hallucination-inducing fever that puts him out of commission...
What happens at great bars
A great bar has a great history. This isn’t conjecture, just a simple matter of fact. Think: McSorely’s of New York, The Union Oyster...
The westernmost city in Nepal
In 1971, Tibetan Buddhist meditation scholar Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche came to teach at the University of Colorado and, as most everyone does, fell in...
Cold day, hot soup
Thanks to Frontier Airlines for the last minute canceling of regular Deep Dish writer Caitlin Rockett’s flight home, readers of this ordinarily informative column...
Ten ways to eat better…
Once upon a time, home cooks used everything from their meats and vegetables: stems and peels and bones and fat. We’ve been conditioned to...
