Nibbles
Empty aprons
Boulder is experiencing a dire shortage of cooks and other restaurant workers. Ask any chef or restaurant owner in town about their biggest challenges...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
Ramen vs. Ramen
The ramen I grew up with is not the ramen I love as a grownup.
It’s confusing, much like a tangled mess of wheat noodles....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Putting on condiments
As a former dining critic, I don’t like to admit that there is one restaurant I like to visit for the ketchup. I dine...
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...
