Nibbles
Great tastes of 2021
When people find out I’ve been writing about food in Boulder since the 1980s they almost invariably ask, “What’s the best restaurant in Boulder?”
The...
Grateful chefs
As young kids we naturally assume that every other kid lives like we do and eats the same foods because our family is all...
Cooking under the hood
How hot is it today?
For sure, it’s just too toasty to turn on the stove, never mind the oven in your house. While it...
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...
Kernels of knowledge
As the first fresh Boulder County-grown corn comes to markets, stands and stores, the cooking advice is pretty simple: Don’t mess with what selective...
My foodie selfie
Hi. My name is John, and I belong to a Facebook group called Food Porn. On a daily basis, members publish intimate photos of...
Colorado’s greatest sandwiches
Colorado is famous for a lot of great things. Sandwiches are just not one of them. In fact, our most famous sandwiches are somewhat...
Core values—Boulder’s unique apple corps IDs heirloom trees, harvests backyard fruit...
If you haven’t noticed it yet in the heat and haze of our prolonged summer, Boulder’s apple trees are in their ninth month. They...
Hacking the new apple
I grew up right next door to Johnny Appleseed.
Admittedly it was several hundred years apart, but my Massachusetts hometown, Fitchburg, was right next to...
Open, closed, and revived
One year ago, December 2020, the restaurants of Boulder County and the region were doing their best to survive the unprecedented impact of the...
Return to Tofu Town
In our last episode, Boulder was featured fleetingly on national TV when Michael Scott from The Office was moving here to marry, have four...
When life gives you way too much watermelon
People look at you kind of funny when you’re standing in the produce department with a watermelon on each arm. I was weighing the...
