Nibbles
Batter up: savory pancakes inspire kitchen creativity
I had left Mom and the McGill University cafeteria behind circa 1973, and faced the prospect of feeding myself for the first time. Our...
Labored days
It had been ages since our water glasses were refilled. No one had taken our drink or appetizer orders yet. We were hungry.
A chalkboard...
The Rocky Mountain Tea Festival returns
Tea.
That’s the first thing America associates with Boulder... well, beyond any news or sports stories. They think of Celestial Seasonings, America’s best-known herbal...
Save the bounty!
I can tell you are drowning in fresh, local produce of summer — the lettuces, peaches, etc. — and taking it for granted. You are...
Market futures
Walking toward 13th Street on the first Saturday of the Boulder County Farmers Market, a palpable buzz filled the chilly air. We all missed...
Listening to Clark
The word “moxie” means “force of character, determination or nerve,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The breads produced at Moxie Bakery are also...
‘Babette,’ Bourdain, baked goods toasted at Boulder’s Food Film Fest
The first time I saw Babette’s Feast, I left the theater ravenously famished, emotionally drained and spiritually moved.
One of the Danish film’s key characters,...
File under ‘Mouthwatering’
There are no late fees when you borrow parsley, sage, rosemary or thyme from the Living Seed Library inside the Boulder Public Library.
The Living...
The Cure for retirement
Jim Smailer is a true restaurant legend. As the longest-serving chef in recent Boulder history, he cooked for an unheard-of four decades at the...
Fermenting joy
As far as Daren Cook is concerned, humans never would have made it without fermentation.
It’s hard to imagine a tolerable modern life without beer,...
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,...