Nibbles
Side order of sustainability
The Snail of Approval and Zero Foodprint awards help diners put their money where their values are
Everybody mukbang tonight
Yogurt, bottled water, pizza, poultry sandwiches, Mexican food, fresh fruit, bars, ice cream sandwiches, chips and pancakes were the Top 10 most influential foods...
The grill is gone
It’s a matter of definition, not to mention a question of taste.
“Barbecue” can variously mean a cuisine, a method of cooking and a kind...
Chewing the faux fat
It’s like a scene from The Matrix films set in the produce aisle at Sprouts: A woman offers a sample of a new local...
Marrying meals
Devising a wedding day menu that fits everybody’s dietary desires can be a tasting challenge
Grain bowl game
I can’t stand quinoa.
I know that’s heresy in Boulder County, where quinoa is more common on menus than cheeseburgers.
I loathe quinoa’s squishy, rubbery texture, its...
Love and lunch
Sipping an Americano at a Boulder cafe, I watched a 30-something woman swiping right rapidly though potential mates on a dating app. This parade...
The tomato speaks
Frankly, you haven’t experienced summer until tomato juice is dripping down your chin, according to local fresh-tomato cultists.
First, find a totally ripe, field-grown tomato,...
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,...
Lessons learned in Mom’s kitchen
Even now I can transport immediately to Mom’s kitchen and seat myself against the pantry closet and watch her make stuffed cabbage, or Portuguese...
Back to gruel
Thanks to a last-minute reprieve, one of Boulder County’s quirkiest annual food events will take place as scheduled on Jan. 12. For the 23rd...
Taste of the Week: Coors Field, Denver
Visiting Coors Field for the first time in several years, I strolled past a large menu of (expensive) culinary options ranging from Helton onion...
