Nibbles
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...
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...
Return to scenter
If you open up your snail mailbox and find that it smells like blue raspberry popsicles, do not be alarmed, and do not call...
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...
Turkey Day terrors
Every November for 30 years or so I’ve written about the big day and shared my family’s recipe for Italian sausage and potato stuffing.
Every...
A taste for transparency
America turns its hungry eyes to you, Boulder and Denver... yet again.
America has looked to us in the past for leadership on issues of...
Back to food school
I spent most of the past year working as a prep cook for a Boulder caterer. When I walked into the kitchen I was no...
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...
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...
Back around the table
When we last connected, it was March 19, 2020. My Nibbles column that day chronicled a surreal late-night trip to the supermarket “for some...
Sausage city
Chorizo. Andouille. Merguez. Kielbasa. Chipolata. Bangers. Boudin. They’re all made here, along with hot Italian, Polish, German and breakfast links
For a city so closely...
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...
