Nibbles
Lettuce debate
In one of my singular childhood memories, my mom stands at the kitchen counter in the old, white house. She is up to her...
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....
Why the cookie crumbles
It’s not just you. For once, it really is the altitude.
Food fries weirdly here, cookies spread out like pancakes, pies explode and some...
Dining and the dogs
Glancing at a labradoodle companion being fed expensive Italian food a couple of tables away at a Boulder eatery, a curious thought crossed my...
Same as it ever was
The Friday night before had been as high as this particular Saturday morning was low, hungover and headache-y. Under mirrored sunglasses my eyes wished the Boulder...
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...
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,...
Canned good
I’ve seen some of the best palates of my generation dimmed by bottle after bottle of tasteless and vastly overpriced supermarket spaghetti sauce. This...
Pouring and pairing
Julia Herz hadn’t really planned on spending her life in beer, but she’s thrilled it worked out that way.
Herz is the craft beer program...
I’ll take a stand
I really do get why farmers markets are so popular, especially good ones like the Boulder County Farmers Markets.
I like a good farmers market, but...
Traversing Colorado’s fast casual restaurant trail
In search of a document lost in the recesses of the basement, I frittered away an hour looking through my “archival” bins of Colorado...
Booked Boulder cookbooks
The first Colorado cookbook I acquired was probably the Colorado Cache cookbook published by the Junior League. That was about 30 years ago. The...
