Deep Dish
Making it look simple
A couple of months ago, Boulder Weekly’s John Lehndorff used his Nibbles column to note Lafayette’s burgeoning food scene. Heeding the sage food writer’s words,...
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...
Back in vogue
Corned beef was one of those foods that sat perennially in the pantry of my parent’s kitchen, opaque jelly covering pinkish meat in an...
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...
Somewhere over the rainbow (curry)
Wind blew light rain this way and that as streams snaked down the sides of Pearl Street. The days are still hot and sunny,...
The joy of ice cream
When Ian Clark set out to open Heifer and the Hen, his goal was maybe a little different from other ice cream shops.
“We wanted...
Down to the bone
Boulder is not a town in which there is great need to extol the virtues of healthy eating... healthy anything, really. While every choir...
Hashing it out at the Merc
Western saloons were created to serve certain kinds of customers: fur trappers, cowboys, lumberjacks, soldiers, miners, outlaws... folks who worked hard, even if outside...
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...
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,...
Fill up on bread
We’ve all been there: Sitting at dinner, surrounded by loved ones, and out comes a basket of bread. Without fail, someone says, “Don’t fill...
The end of typecasting for chicken salad
Much like Steve Buscemi, chicken salad has long been typecast. It plays a supporting role in picnics and Sunday brunches, baby showers and corporate...
