Nibbles
Taxing memories
Math and I have always had an adversarial relationship. Born minus the calculus gene, math was the one subject that marred my straight A’s...
The United States of stuffing
Stuffing is the Rorschach test of American foods. Tell me how you stuff your turkey and I’ll tell you who you are, where you’re...
Taste of the new
I may be a food critic, but that doesn’t mean I love going to new restaurants and tasting new dishes and cuisines. Different is scary,...
Getting paid to eat
Food writing was not a serious journalism job. When I started working for local publications in the late 1970s in Colorado, stories about dining,...
Colorado’s greatest sandwiches
Colorado is famous for a lot of great things. Sandwiches are just not one of them. In fact, our most famous sandwiches are somewhat...
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...
Full circle
Flashback to the summer of 2016 in Boulder. Ex-collegiate hockey player, ex-lawyer and neophyte chef Natascha Sherman Hess takes a leap of faith. She...
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...
Pantry Treasure
Late on a March evening — Friday the 13th — I went shopping at a Louisville supermarket for some necessities to make it through...
Tourists in aisle three
Boulder is clearly a magnet for tourists. Some come for the weather, the activities and the yoga pants. Others are clearly drawn by Boulder’s...
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...
