Nibbles
Unboxing local flavors
There is a lot to loathe about services like Blue Apron that deliver meal prep boxes. During the height of the pandemic, lots of...
Crack the ‘egg’
I grew up long ago in the land of eggplant Parmesan. As an Italian Catholic kid in New England, the Friday meatless-meal rotation featured fried...
Return to Tofu Town
In our last episode, Boulder was featured fleetingly on national TV when Michael Scott from The Office was moving here to marry, have four...
Bites with benefits
I’m happy to admit that I truly love finding a food bargain: everything from happy-hour eats to coupons, anything to make eating in Boulder...
Being the recipe
I’ve sometimes been accused of living in my head. At the very least I cook in my head and it spills into the kitchen....
From palette to palate
When Mike Johnston was growing up in Chicago there were herbs and spices in his mother’s kitchen. “My Mom was a good home cook....
Facing the flesh
Every ham you bake and every breakfast link you sizzle starts out exactly the same way with a hog dying and its carcass being...
Fresh First Bite
When First Bite debuted 17 years ago, the Boulder dining landscape was in a different place. Diners snapped up reservations for the annual Restaurant...
Hangin’ out with Julia
I can’t say I knew Julia Child well but I can do a fairly good “Joooo-leeeee-ahhh.” I grew up with her as a presence...
Chewing the faux fat
It’s like a scene from The Matrix films set in the produce aisle at Sprouts: A woman offers a sample of a new local...
Hooked on curds
My transcendental fromage moment occurred in 2004 during an epic lunch with my family at L’Espadon restaurant in the Paris Ritz hotel. I was...
