Cuisine
Kung fu cuisine
Only in New York could this happen:
Steve Redzikowski’s older brother goes off to join the Marines. He tells Steve, “You need a job, you’re...
New in brew: Bridge beers
It’s springtime along the Front Range, and that can only mean one thing: 70 degrees and sunny one day, 30 and snowy the next....
Honey and history
We have a tendency here to be fascinated with the new. Uh, we’re journalists. This whole beer tour was inspired by the explosion of new breweries in the county in the last few years. But celebrating Boulder’s beer is just as much about the long-standing as the new, ...
Try this week: Boulder melt, puttanesca pizza and more
Boulder Melt
South Side Walnut Cafe, 673 S. Broadway, Boulder, walnutcade.com/south-boulder
South Side Walnut Cafe, and the satellite Walnut Cafe’s throughout the County, provide a remarkable service:...
Try this week: Poblano burger, spicy turkey sandwich, and more
Poblano Burger
Two Hands Kitchen, Mobile, Boulder County, twohandskitchen.com
We love the burgers at the mobile Two Hands Kitchen for one simple reason: they’re grilled over flames...
The scene
It’s open mic comedy night at Johnny’s Cigar Bar. Have any four words ever simultaneously inspired so much giddy excitement and sheer terror as “open mic comedy night...
From their hand to yours
In the glass, it’s a thing of beauty. Inside a crystal clear liquid, the color of harvest straw, a swirl of tiny bubbles gathers...
Wine inspired by comic books and thoroughbreds
Outside the Bay Area, few wine enthusiasts realize that California’s wine scene is incredibly welcoming.
This is understandable; we see our favorite winemakers on the...
Tour de brew: Nighthawk Brewery
Let’s get right to it: Nighthawk’s Brett Tropihop Tropical Saison is a dream. The nose is fragrant, the body is creamy, the taste is...
Drink of the Week: Twisted Pine Brewing Co.’s Hoppy Boy
Back when Gordon Knight
released Hoppy Boy, the clarion gold color, the snappy grapefruit citrus of
Cascade hops, and the strong backbone of bitterness (65 international...
The sounds of cooking
I was cleaning the electric slicing machine when the mariachi music was cranked up. The device had just been used to thinly slice 25...
It’s menudo time again
With snow starting to fall on the ground, and the end of the year drawing near, I realized it was time to exercise a holiday tradition, the annual consumption of a bowl of menudo. This Mexican tripe stew, a special-occasion dish and supposed folk remedy for ...


















