Nibbles
Summer s’mores secrets
S’mores — originally created to feed large groups of Girl Scouts — contain one key ingredient that has long been considered an aphrodisiac. Ironically,...
Sushi journey
Sushi was far from hip in the mid-1960s when an 8-year-old named Gil Asakawa arrived in the U.S. from Japan with his family. Actually,...
Tempeh town
Living in and around Boulder, we’ve had the opportunity to taste tons of tofu, loads of seitan, and oodles of vegetable-based meat substitutes. By...
The most american foods
Thanks, internet. Because of you, things I wrote before the turn of the century continue to haunt me like a photo of a youthful...
Great tastes of 2021
When people find out I’ve been writing about food in Boulder since the 1980s they almost invariably ask, “What’s the best restaurant in Boulder?”
The...
The Buzz on Rumi
"Under the radar” doesn’t describe just how obscure Cafe Rumi is. This is the most established Boulder restaurant/market that is unknown to even many...
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...
The great Parkway Cafe now dishes dinner in East Boulder
EaBou is not your $100 steak kind of neighborhood. Located east of Foothills Parkway, north of Arapahoe, south of Valmont and west of 63rd,...
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...
The beauty of butchery
With prices soaring, a butcher says forget the tenderloin and explore tastier, cheaper cuts
Blood, sweat and cheers
Before my career in culinary journalism, I was a Boulder restaurant cook. I was burned by hot fryer oil, injured in walk-in freezers, sliced...
