Deep Dish
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...
Unleash the quiche
When Mark and Carmen Sample set out to found Samples World Bistro in downtown Longmont, they had a couple of objectives. One was to...
Food for the body and soul
here’s nothing like 14 hours of travel by plane, train, bus and automobile to suck the life force out of you. It doesn’t matter...
Operation: Summer Salad
We’re now deep in the throes of the dog days of summer. Here at 5,430 feet above sea level, the sun feels like it’s...
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...
Mumtaz Mediterranean Food offers a taste of the Levant
Bear with me through a very abbreviated history of Lebanon.
Situated in a region the Hebrew Bible calls Canaan — the land just west...
How many slams in an old screen door?
Shel Silverstein once asked, poetically, “How many slams in an old screen door?” The answer, he said, “Depends how loud you shut it.”
The...
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...
The healing power of pho
I’ve had strep throat three times in as many months. For a 31-year-old who doesn’t work with children or in a hospital, this is...
Steak, eggs, astronauts and bodybuilders
Steak and eggs is one of the quintessential American breakfast dishes. It combines the unrivaled satisfaction of eating a juicy steak, a pleasure far...
Thai food ain’t about simplicity
Lafayette has always been a go-to in Boulder County for Mexican food, and that hasn’t changed; tortas and tacos flow freely at Efrain’s, Santiagos,...
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...
