Cuisine
Too fishy not to label?
The U.S. Food and Drug and Adminstration’s (FDA) recent approval of a genetically modified (GM) salmon was hailed as progress by proponents of GM food. It may be. But the reaction to the salmon’s approval, coupled with the fact that under current laws it won’t be ...
Nutrition-conscious drawn to diet for those who can’t digest wheat
The gluten-free diet is no picnic...
It’s in the name
There’s no better name for Precision Pours in Louisville than what they chose. Like many in the craft coffee world, there is a focus on acquiring the best beans from around the world, and there is a second focus on using the best methods available to extract flavor, ...
Why not Niwot?
Like a freight train running downhill, the Colorado craft beer scene keeps gaining momentum. And as long as beer lovers continue chugging, our state will keep churning out new places for locals to savor their quaff. It’s time to say hello to one of your newest ...
Embracing the Rhone Rangers
Raise your hand if customers regularly come in and ask for a good Cabernet.”
I recently issued this directive to a group of 40 sommeliers,...
Worth it
The food at Frasca Food & Wine was so good that, at one moment, I cried. It had never happened to me before, nor should it have — the only times one should cry while eating is if they’ve been rescued by a cargo ship and offered a hot meal for the first time in ...
Great American Beer Festival: Counting up the medal haul
Clarification: Beers served at Boulder's Mountain Sun and its other establishments, Southern Sun and Vine Street Pub, were restricted during the Great American Beer Fest. However, the brewpub was still allowed to pour its beers at the festival. The story appears ...
Little restaurants that could
In a foodie town with freight engines like Frasca, Centro and The Kitchen, it is easy to get overshadowed. Yet with optimism, family support and fresh, authentic food, restaurants like Il Pastaio and Arabesque exemplify the little engine that could. Despite the ...
Eat a plant and spare a tree
Say goodbye to the steaks. Forget the foie gras. Put that pork chop away (assuming you can afford any of them). UK-based scientists say eating less meat is a vital part of tackling climate change...
The coffee is sweeter at Bittersweet
By Imagine! CORE-Longmont Reviewers Editor’s note: Boulder Weekly received this submission from the Imagine! CORE-Longmont reviewers and decided to let them head off this week’s Cuisine section with a story on their experience at Bittersweet in Louisville. Imagine! ...
Cuckoo for cocoa nog
When the weather turns cold, we turn to hot cocoa. Like the vanishing sun, that steaming cup is a source of warmth and energy,...
A special place
It’s prime rib night at the tavern. There’s a happy murmur in the dining room, likely because it’s the kind of place where you can get a fat prime rib and baked potato for ten bucks on a Monday night...


















