Nibbles
Will it grill?
Cucumbers are not the first thing you think of when choosing something to grill. Neither is butter or watermelon or bread.
Would they even...
The 10 scary food news items keeping me up at night
My name is John and I’m a food-news junkie despite the fact that my habit often horrifies me. Here are 10 recent non-fake news...
Field of greens
If you fry it right, the fried chicken people will most definitely come. These folks — constantly disappointed by restaurant fried chicken — will...
How Boulder became the birthplace of National Pie Day
On Saturday, the people of the United States will enjoy a day devoted to the dessert that defines our country, National Pie Day. Few...
Take the family
They’re back!
The friends, the family and the friends of family are dropping by for a visit. After moving to Boulder I noticed a phenomenon:...
Summer s’mores secrets
S’mores — originally created to feed large groups of Girl Scouts — contain one key ingredient that has long been considered an aphrodisiac. Ironically,...
The tart cherry blues
It is cherry season, and while everyone else is feasting on Colorado bing cherries, I’m hunting for Montmorency cherries, one of the best foods...
Thighs and whispers
Like any parent, I wait until I see my child in person to have The Talk. So when Hans unexpectedly visited last weekend from...
Cultured revolution
Marcus McCauley doesn’t produce pickles, kimchi and hot sauce as an artisan hobby. The organic farmer and chef is a virtual fermentation evangelist on...
The launch of Longmont Restaurant Week
There was a time when nobody thought about “dining” and “Longmont” in the same sentence. “When I was growing up, my parents always had...
The Rocky Mountain Tea Festival returns
Tea.
That’s the first thing America associates with Boulder... well, beyond any news or sports stories. They think of Celestial Seasonings, America’s best-known herbal...
The implausible burger
There was a Whopper to the left of me and an Impossible Whopper to the right as I sat at a local Burger King...
