Nibbles
A sip of CBD
For John Simmons, co-founder of Boulder’s Weller drink company with Matt Oscamou, one moment on Pearl Street captured the changing CBD reality. “We were...
Barbecue meets basmati
DJ’s Watering Hole has flown under the radar since opening in November, its location at 988 Dillon Road near U.S. 36 almost invisible from...
Waste makes taste
Sometimes you need to put aside the recipes and cook with the food you have on hand. Such was the case when I found...
Boulder’s Michelin moment
For a restaurant, nothing beats a Michelin star award. It instantly bestows legitimacy and puts the local food scene on the map.
When the announcement...
Stuffing happens
Holidays bring out the traditionalist in all of us. We have specific side dishes that need to be on the feast table to make...
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...
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...
To judge a crust
Being a pie contest judge sounds like a lot of fun, but you aren’t qualified just because you like pie a lot. You can’t...
Flatbread Earth
There is something soul-satisfying about grabbing bites of food with pieces of flatbread, whether it is using a warm corn tortilla to snag carnitas,...
Doughnut enter
Traditionally, after long and successful lives elsewhere in the U.S., doughnut shop chains come to Boulder County to die.
Deep-fried dough — filled and topped...
Cornering the Market
Go the distance. That’s the prime directive. Walk through the whole Boulder Farmers Market first, before you buy anything, says manager Liz Thomas. “It’s...
The global stuffing
I’m not here to debate whose family stuffing recipe is the best. Clearly, my stuffing is the greatest of all time. That said, this...
