Nibbles
Embracing duality
Recent reports about the death of retail shopping have been greatly exaggerated. Big box shopping certainly is threatened by online ordering and home delivery....
Got rituals?
From the first fingerpicked acoustic guitar licks, the tune sounds just like Thanksgiving to me:
“You can get anything you want at Alice’s restaurant.
“You can...
Grill cheese NOT grilled cheese
Pay attention. A light bulb (preferably a low-energy LED bulb) will go on over your head when you find out about grilling cheeses.
No, NOT...
Will it waffle?
I have never been a waffler. Even when I’ve eaten at Waffle House restaurants I haven’t ordered waffles. (The hash browns are great.) My...
A little pickle-ish
It takes guts to get through this life in good shape; in particular, guts full of hard-working helpful microbes.
The scientific evidence, like a...
The citrus variations
I asked a lot of big questions when I was a kid, some spiritual and some practical. Maybe that was a clue to my...
A Glass Act
This is one of those classic Boulder origin tales: a story with a natural foods flare, a pandemic twist and a happy ending. It...
Finger-lickin’ bucket list
Tulips are popping their lips above the dirt in Boulder. Birds are starting to nest. It’s still winter so those may be signs of...
Taste your place this holiday season
Making a holiday meal? Packing a food basket? Planning a get together? Sending a taste of home? Needing a treat to hand to a...
Yuletide eatings
I’ve lived in locales that nobody would visit except my Mom and my best friend. Boulder is not like that. If you’ve lived here...
Ban the brats
They are often inappropriately loud. In a happily bustling restaurant, they are self-absorbed and oblivious to others and their needs. They really need to...
Where the wild blues are
The Blueberry Man always showed up at the back door of my childhood home on hot summer Saturday mornings. I never knew the name...
