Nibbles
How to eat chocolate
You might think that tasting chocolate is the one life skill you’ve fully mastered, but chances are you’re doing it wrong. For one thing,...
Garden of salvaged delights
I’m not here to guilt-trip you about the fresh vegetables I know you throw out every week. There are plenty of environmental preachers who...
Pass the compassion
After 2020’s safely distanced Thanksgiving Day gatherings, large groups of family and friends are reuniting to break bread this week in Boulder.
We look forward...
Eat. Pray. Post.
"Where do you want to eat?”
“I don’t know. Where do you want to eat?!”
Is this not a central question plaguing family and friends every...
A toast to toast
This is my idea of the perfect a.m. trifecta.
First, an exceptional cup of freshly made coffee that fits the mood: light and fruity or...
The bacon convergence
I find myself standing at a stainless-steel table under bright fluorescent lights wearing tight bright blue gloves and holding a shiny, sharp blade. It’s a...
The cure for retirement
How a chef and a grower are bringing fine homegrown fare to a Boulder organic farm stand
The Latke Lineage
Dan Asher’s earliest Hanukkah memory is an unmistakable aroma in his dreams.
“I’d wake up and know right away what was going on,” Asher says....
Fueled by ripe, sweet New Haven peaches
I was just outside of Silt when the car started to smell like peaches. I figured if I had to drive from Grand Junction to...
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...
Kernels of knowledge
As the first fresh Boulder County-grown corn comes to markets, stands and stores, the cooking advice is pretty simple: Don’t mess with what selective...
Smoke gets in your pies
I went down to the crossroads in Mead ready to exchange my mortal soul for a slice of smoked pie. I was outside The...
