Nibbles
Supermarket sticker shock
I’m not going to tell you anything you don’t already know, but you’re not alone when you experience sticker shock at the supermarket. I’m...
Restaurant week is a chance to find your next favorite eatery
A quick quiz: How many local restaurants do you dine at regularly? Honestly, like more than once a year? If you are normal, you...
United tastes of Mexico
Johnny Curiel is the ideal candidate to bring real regional tastes of Mexico to Colorado, like grilled panela cheese with huitlacoche, corn gremolata and...
Take the family
They’re back!
The friends, the family and the friends of family are dropping by for a visit. After moving to Boulder I noticed a phenomenon:...
Mom’s kitchen table
It all started with lasagna. I credit my career as a print and radio journalist to daily vocabulary tests, four years of Latin, and...
Cracking down
Names have great power, particularly when it comes to foods we hold near and dear. Take the case of Crack Pie, one of the...
A baker’s life
By the dawn’s early light Jennifer Bush has already been at work awhile. Scratch-made muffins, quiche, cupcakes, fruit galettes and seriously caramelized dark chocolate...
Stocking up
 When it comes to the whole gift-giving gig, we tend to overthink the solution to the perfect present. Instead of finding something unique for...
Hunger Next Door
Humans pay attention to what they see in front of them. We observe homeless people at intersections, so we worry about a solution to...
Fingers roasting on an open fire
While writing this column I took a break to do some dinner prep. As I chopped onions, I put my chef’s knife too close...
A vintage year
Not that long ago, ordering wine with dinner at most Boulder restaurants was less complicated. You just had to answer a simple question: Do...
How not to make coffee
First, buy coffee beans and leave the bag half-open on the counter for a month.
Then, run the beans through a spice grinder until thoroughly...
