Nibbles
Dear Santa
There is almost always a tangerine, maple sugar candy, a walnut and chocolate coins in my stocking every Christmas morning. These small traditions are...
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...
Seeding a dream
Boulder's resident seed expert explains how picking the right plants assures a healthy summer garden
I’ll take a stand
I really do get why farmers markets are so popular, especially good ones like the Boulder County Farmers Markets.
I like a good farmers market, but...
A Glass Act
This is one of those classic Boulder origin tales: a story with a natural foods flare, a pandemic twist and a happy ending. It...
Fermenting joy
As far as Daren Cook is concerned, humans never would have made it without fermentation.
It’s hard to imagine a tolerable modern life without beer,...
An unexpected loaf
As I turned on Jay Road from 28th Street, I spied the small sign advertising the Diaz Farm and “artisan bread.” It seemed like...
Selling Boulder’s taste buds
Dear Dale’s Pale Ale,
I’m breaking up with you!
I know we’ve been in “like” for years. You were always my go-to, easy-to-recommend local brew.
Then I...
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...
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...
Dim sum delight
She had me at “dumplings.”
I had poked my head into Formosa Bakery, recently opened at 1305 Broadway on the Hill, to check out the...
52 Weeks of tastes
Smoked ribs and schnitzel and latkes with salsa ... these are a few of my favorite tastes from 2018, along with roasted beet salad,...


















