Cuisine
Tempting FATE
In the nearly two years since FATE Brewing has been open and brewing they have garnered numerous accolades, including being named one of 10 New Breweries to Watch by Bon Appétit in 2014, and winning a gold medal for their Laimas Kölsch Style Ale at this year’s Great ...
The frontier
Boulder’s strict growth boundaries make heading north on Broadway a bit of a cliffdrop, with the city ending abruptly as the street y’s into U.S. 36. But nestled right up against the edge is a restaurant that would be as at home in the urban core as it is on the ...
Brewing battle
There is a fight brewing that could become one of the biggest ballot issues in 2016...
Brewing battle
There is a fight brewing that could become one of the biggest ballot issues in 2016...
Where is your beer from?
Attitudes are changing in the craft beer community as consumers’ insatiable thirst for new beer drives constant brewery expansion. There are now more than 3,000 breweries operating in the U.S. — the most since 1870 — and the tide of opening shows no sign of slowing. ...
Mussels don’t stick around in acidic ocean water
Cookie tray in hand and lifejacket around chest, Laura Newcomb looks more like a confused baker than a marine biologist. But the University of Washington researcher is dressed for work...
It’s a global issue. Among major shellfish producers, New Zealand is...
publicized research that shows oyster larvae in hatcheries along Washington’s coast are having trouble forming shells because of the acidic waters. “Mussels are the new oysters,” Carrington says. But there’s a twist: Mussels confirm that ocean acidification’s impact...
McFoodies
Regardless of whether you’re on Team Offal, Team Slow Food or Team Molecular Gastronomy, a consistent theme in modern culinary thought is the idea of rejecting an industrialized food system, either to maximize the variety of experience, source effectively, or have an...
Nitro-fueled funny cans
Great American Beer Festival aficionados and local craft lovers both have reason to head to Longmont this Saturday, Nov. 15 from 3–7 p.m. The trendsetting brewers at Left Hand Brewing Company are rolling out a unique event to celebrate their 21st anniversary: Nitro ...
‘Tis the season
Even without a polar vortex sneak attack, this week on the calendar is one in which people tend to prefer the roaring heater vent of home to the chilling winds whipping through Boulder’s streets, even if the streets come with a nice ’07 merlot. “It’s traditionally a...
Upstairs and upscale
The Hotel Boulderado spent much of this year revamping its culinary amenities with overhauls transforming the basement-level Catacombs Bar into License No. 1, and the upstairs and upscale sitdown, Q’s, into Spruce. The, ahem, “sprucing up” was finished and launched ...