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Cuisine

Le French Café’s Agnes and Quentin Garrigou on casual French food

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Agnes and Quentin Garrigou, the husband-wife owners of Boulder’s Le French Café, grew up around food. For, they are French. “Food is so important,” Agnes...

Mainlining cured meats and cheeses

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Back in the ’70s, Dad would often return from overseas business trips with his battered black briefcase freighted not with paperwork, but culinary treasures. Returning from Lisbon, Dad once brought back an enigmatic hunk of salted meat. “It’s Portuguese prosciutto,” ...

Seeding a dream

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Boulder's resident seed expert explains how picking the right plants assures a healthy summer garden

Tour de brew: Shine Brewing Co.

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Science is a beautiful thing. It has taken us to the moon and back, found cures for all sorts of diseases and connected every...

Try this week: Tavernetta’s maiale Milanese, and more

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Maiale Milanese Tavernetta, 1889 16th St., Denver, tavernettadenver.com Boulder’s own Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon Patterson have been showing up on James Beard Award and other prestigious...

I’m a Garfinkel, you’re a Garfinkel

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There are 10 of us total. Front of house and back,” says Dan Garfinkel, co-collaborator of Gunbarrel’s Finkel & Garf Brewing Company. He’s the...

How not to make coffee

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First, buy coffee beans and leave the bag half-open on the counter for a month.  Then, run the beans through a spice grinder until thoroughly...

Il Pastaio is food for the soul

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We’re taught in early language arts classes to write what we know. But in writing about food, the adage creates a paradox: When a...

Tour de brew: Cellar West Artisan Ales

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In its former location, Cellar West Artisan Ales, one of Boulder County’s smallest breweries, was not happened upon by accident. Located on the edge...

Let your taste buds blossom with flowery flavor

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We’ve all seen dill or chives added to a summer dip. Sage, rosemary and thyme enhanced meals long before Simon & Garfunkel made the troika a part of pop culture. And most everyone at one time or another has pushed around the broccoli and cauliflower on their plate in...

Tour de brew: Nighthawk Brewery

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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...

A tradition, and a guild, unlike any other

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In Italy, Alberto Sabbadini’s family and neighbors butchered a pig every winter. His father or a neighbor would shoot it in the head with a .22-caliber rifle, slit its throat just so and hang it from a tree, snoutdown, to drain the blood. They’d catch the blood in a ...