Nibbles
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...
Carpe Pancakes
I’m awake before the alarm and before the dawn.
This is a situation I would have avoided at all costs when I lived a younger man’s...
Eat. Pray. Post.
"Where do you want to eat?”
“I don’t know. Where do you want to eat?!”
Is this not a central question plaguing family and friends every...
Fear of frying
I hadn’t fried anything in years.
I pan sauté ingredients all the time in olive oil, but that’s not the same. It has been drilled...
Push your vegetable envelope with scallions, kohlrabi, fava beans and chard
This time of year I love sweet ripe tomatoes, freshly dressed lettuce and buttered roasted corn as much as any person can, but there...
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....
Future snacks
According to FastCasual, emotions are driving U.S. diners’ eating and cooking decisions more than the shaky economic conditions right now. We are choosing familiar...
Royal couple
Some vegetables get all the glory.
Potatoes, for instance, get all of the blame and none of the cell phone food porn shots on Instagram.
Chef...
Shape-shifting pasta
This may be a little too personal but seriously: How’s your pasta life?
If you’re like most Americans, pasta night is fairly bland and predictable....
Woodstock for foodies
It’s not happening quickly, but the greatest minds and tastes in the world are once again coming to Denver this weekend for Slow Food...
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...
‘Babette,’ Bourdain, baked goods toasted at Boulder’s Food Film Fest
The first time I saw Babette’s Feast, I left the theater ravenously famished, emotionally drained and spiritually moved.
One of the Danish film’s key characters,...
