Deep Dish
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...
What food says about who we are
Think about how you define yourself — hair color and style, jewelry, clothes, car, nail polish, piercings, tattoos, musical taste, home décor, job; these...
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...
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...
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,...
Bless them biscuits
On Tuesday, Oct. 4, America’s favorite minimalist foodie Mark Bittman released How to Bake Everything, the fifth installation in what has become a beloved...
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...
Why we all love Indian food
Tandoori Grill is a pretty special spot for me; it’s where I ate dinner the day I moved to Boulder, exhausted from three days...
Black Pepper Pho keeps the menu small and the quality high
You may have noticed that menus are shrinking. No, that’s not an index card on your table, that’s the menu.
People like it that...
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...
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...
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...
