Nibbles
Dinner deliverance
Between COVID variants, ingredient shortages, and hard-to-find workers, Boulder restaurants have struggled the past two years. One thing that has helped them survive has...
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...
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...
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...
A hint at Boulder’s true food history
Buttermilk Candy. Orange-Pineapple Congealed Salad. Potato Chip Cookies.
Unpretentious recipes for everyday and special occasion dishes like these fill the pages of one of my favorite Boulder...
Your first time
You never forget your first kiss and the first time people laughed at your jokes. I also remember my very first taste of certain...
The Big Dipper
The muggy summer afternoon snapshot features a back seat crammed with bathing-suit clad siblings united in a desperate plea: “Dairy Queen, please!”
Going out for...
Pass the compassion
After 2020’s safely distanced Thanksgiving Day gatherings, large groups of family and friends are reuniting to break bread this week in Boulder.
We look forward...
Pepperoni has become salami non grata at Neapolitan pizzerias
People talk a lot about ham and pineapple pizza, barbecue chicken pizza and crusts topped with sardines, artichokes, ricotta salata and arugula, but every...
Fueled by ripe, sweet New Haven peaches
I was just outside of Silt when the car started to smell like peaches. I figured if I had to drive from Grand Junction to...
The Latke Lineage
Dan Asher’s earliest Hanukkah memory is an unmistakable aroma in his dreams.
“I’d wake up and know right away what was going on,” Asher says....
How to eat chocolate
You might think that tasting chocolate is the one life skill you’ve fully mastered, but chances are you’re doing it wrong. For one thing,...
