Cuisine
A taste of New York
"Do you use Fox’s U-Bet syrup in your egg creams?” I asked, in the manner of a character in a spy movie probing the bona fides of a new but unproven contact...
Know your brew: Oktoberfest/Märzen
It all started with a wedding, specifically, the marriage of Ludwig, Bavaria’s future king, and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen on Oct. 12, 1810. All...
Try this week: Veal parm, duck wonton noodle soup and more
Veal Parmigiana
Gaetano’s Italian Restaurant, 3760 Tejon St., Denver, gaetanositalian.com
Gaetano’s is the real deal, even after all these years. So is their take on the Italian-American...
The mayonnaise of record
Mayonnaise is the top-selling condiment in the nation, and is on a trajectory to overtake soy sauce on the world stage. The reasons behind this popularity are diverse and are the subject of much speculation — by me, anyway. While the goodness of mayo largely boils ...
Tour de brew: Post Brewing Company
Saturdays are for many things, and beer and college football are at top of that list. But when the Buffs are in town, local...
The perfect holiday spice
What would the holidays be without gingerbread? As William Shakespeare wrote in Love’s Labours Lost, “And I had but one penny in the world. Thou should’st have it to buy gingerbread...
Beyond beer
Every week brings beer releases, anniversary parties and a festival or two, but there are ancillary aspects of beer that sometimes fall between the...
Crafty crafting
It’s kind of surprising that Eric Huber and Marty Lettow poured me samples straight from the fermenting tanks...
Relocation of The Buff delayed by building permits
Overflowing plates of hearty brunch food, tart Arnold Palmers in mason jars and silverware wrapped in mismatched cloth napkins crowd the tables shared by college students and older Boulder residents at The Buff. It’s hard not to feel at home in the restaurant that’s ...
Drink this: Uhl’s Brewing Company The Hop Down
Uhl’s Brewing is not the place to go if you’re looking for a routine lineup of beer. Experimentation is its game, and even its...
The transformative potential of travel and food
Somewhere in an old suitcase, Peggy Markel has a photograph of her father as a young man in the military, breaking bread with Gypsy (also known as Roma) children in Florence, Italy. For her, this image captures what she values about her relationship to food: kinship...
