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...
A passion for paella
You’re never alone when you eat paella.
That’s not some old Spanish saying. It’s a fact. Paella isn’t something delivered by DoorDash that you ingest...
Open & Shuttered
Dear Future Food History Researcher,
As the year 2020 arrived, we heard that Ralphie’s Bar and Grill, which only opened in February, would close by...
Biting cinema
My first conscious memory of food in movies was when the dogs’ lips met in Disney’s animated Lady and the Tramp. Lovers have duplicated...
Discovering Yucatan
Monday through Friday, Lafayette’s Off Campus Cafe is a great place to wake up with pancakes, eggs and well-made lattes. A lunch line forms...
Return to scenter
If you open up your snail mailbox and find that it smells like blue raspberry popsicles, do not be alarmed, and do not call...
Cream of the coffee crop
Heifer and the Hen, an artisan, organic ice cream shop in Boulder, is known to carry some envelope-pushing flavors (along with vanilla and chocolate).
“We...
Cook here now
Chile-cumin steam wafted up from the creamy broth, vegetables, and beef when I sat down to eat. My TV dinner—paired with toasted corn tortillas,...
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...
Winter goods and goodies
It’s one of those Boulder seasonal rituals, like lighting the star on Flagstaff Mountain.
Every autumn — when the Boulder County Farmers Market and local...
