Deep Dish
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...
A flower in my teacup
When people visit Boulder, there are a few places they should experience without question — a hike through one of Chautauqua’s many trails, the...
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...
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...
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...
Gnocchi to knock your socks off
Argue if you will, but no one knows how to prepare authentic Roman Italian food like a genuine Italian, such as Boulder restaurateur Marco...
Apple pie, baseball and tacos
I love tacos. I love their simplicity. They are the perfect street food: easy to prepare, filling, messy, delicious.
This is no radical statement. It’s pretty...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
Julia would be pleased
The night was a little cloudy and very windy. Rounding the corner of 11th and Walnut is the cozy Amante Coffee, with its Italian...
