Cuisine
The time is right for Belgian beer
While excellent holiday beers pop up from local brewers throughout December, you’ll also notice a stable of traditional Belgian winter beers on the shelves...
Fermenting joy
As far as Daren Cook is concerned, humans never would have made it without fermentation.
It’s hard to imagine a tolerable modern life without beer,...
Putting on condiments
As a former dining critic, I don’t like to admit that there is one restaurant I like to visit for the ketchup. I dine...
In season: Beets from Cure Organic Farm
For the longest time, I couldn’t stand beets. Now, I wasn’t doing them any favors by derisively, skeptically throwing them into the oven and...
Chef Nick Swanson ushers in new offerings at Under the Sun
Like most Colorado transplants, Under the Sun’s executive chef Nick Swanson came to the Centennial State to ski — well, he came to go...
Tour de brew: Stein Brewing Company
If you’ve been drinking in the Boulder craft scene for a while, the Stein Brewing Company — located at 2516 49th St., Suite 5...
The beer battles
There’s a lot of sharing on our beer tour. When I describe six of a brewery’s beers in this column, I didn’t order six beers. I just brought five people. We pass everything around, and even trade or give away beers we don’t care for...
‘To benefit the industry’
It wouldn’t have happened without the pandemic.
“I would have been too busy with events,” Laura Lodge says. “And Candace probably wouldn’t have even had...
Unleash the quiche
When Mark and Carmen Sample set out to found Samples World Bistro in downtown Longmont, they had a couple of objectives. One was to...
The newest Sun shines
South Boulder’s Southern Sun, cousin to downtown’s Mountain Sun, has been a local’s destination for beers, burgers and other relaxed fare. Now, another related eatery, Under the Sun, has recently opened beneath this landmark getaway. This new venue creates more of a ...
New in brew: Picks for Collaboration Fest
On March 16, Two Parts and the Colorado Brewers Guild will host the Collaboration Beer Festival down in Denver’s Hyatt Regency. With an aim...
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...


















