Nibbles
Umami: The next level
Umami is suddenly on the tips of everyone’s tongues because of the fuss being made about plant-based meat substitutes. Food alchemists are struggling to...
Picnics with bison
I hate to be a bummer, but there are only 144 shopping days until Christmas. More importantly, there are only four weeks left until summer...
Full circle
Flashback to the summer of 2016 in Boulder. Ex-collegiate hockey player, ex-lawyer and neophyte chef Natascha Sherman Hess takes a leap of faith. She...
Field of greens
If you fry it right, the fried chicken people will most definitely come. These folks — constantly disappointed by restaurant fried chicken — will...
Off the eaten track
Are we there yet? Summer road trips in the state can be long and boring, even for semi-grown adults. Colorado food expeditions on the...
Future snacks
According to FastCasual, emotions are driving U.S. diners’ eating and cooking decisions more than the shaky economic conditions right now. We are choosing familiar...
The passing of gas
I miss having gas, I really do. My furnace uses it, but not the stove in my apartment. I spent years cooking in professional...
Arugula’s Alec Shuler started with chicken and rice
After earning a biology degree in 1995 from the University of Colorado, Alec Schuler had two urgent goals. “To travel and to ski,” he...
Laf’ it up
I live in Lafayette, Boulder County’s hot new food, drink and dining destination.
Right. If you are laughing to yourself, don’t feel bad: You have a...
The great Parkway Cafe now dishes dinner in East Boulder
EaBou is not your $100 steak kind of neighborhood. Located east of Foothills Parkway, north of Arapahoe, south of Valmont and west of 63rd,...
Thighs and whispers
Like any parent, I wait until I see my child in person to have The Talk. So when Hans unexpectedly visited last weekend from...
Using your noodles
The bucatini guanciale carbonara served at Boulder’s Emmerson restaurant only includes the essentials. The long, tubular, house-made noodles are cooked al dente and tossed...
