Cuisine
The water’s fine
One thing every diner needs in their toolkit is good, simple Asian food. Not simple in the sense that it’s of poor quality, but simple in the sense that it isn’t decorated to death, to the point of terminal tackiness. Just something approachably tasteful, and tasty...
Make it stop
Saturday morning in Boulder. Your eyes are bloodshot. Your mouth tastes like the venue. When you try to stand up, it feels like food poisoning on a ship in bad weather. But you promised yourself you wouldn’t waste this Saturday, given last weekend’s take out-and-...
Cooking under the hood
How hot is it today?
For sure, it’s just too toasty to turn on the stove, never mind the oven in your house. While it...
No brown-bagging
The best nutritional advice continues to advocate the importance of eating breakfast. Yet when the alarm clock goes off and we set about our work or exercise, it becomes easy to forget feeding the body. For Boulder residents peckish after a morning of activity on an ...
Picnics with bison
I hate to be a bummer, but there are only 144 shopping days until Christmas. More importantly, there are only four weeks left until summer...
How I turned my seriously tart sourdough starter into fantastic holiday...
I named it KimChee after the friend who shared the sourdough starter which now lurks in a Mason jar in the refrigerator. KimChee has...
Third-generation chocolatier: Go soft on the fudge
Maryann Boho’s mother, Evelyn Dixon, started The Williamsburg Chocolatier in 1985...
An independent state of mind: Part 2
In 1978, there were 42 brewing companies and less than 100 brewing locations in the United States. Today, there are 5,600 breweries.
“Something amazing happened...
New beard-themed brewery in Longmont
On a below-freezing Tuesday evening, half of the taproom at Großen (pronounced ‘grossen’) Bart in Longmont is filled with smiling people sitting in front of can-shaped glasses adorned with pictures of various facial hair styles and sampler trays in the shape of ...
Oak has recovered — and then some
When assessing the recently reopened Oak at Fourteenth, the lazy tendency would be to open with a sentence such as this: “Like a phoenix rising out of the ashes, Oak has returned from months of rebuilding from a debilitating fire.” Given this tough history, it’s also...
Copper Kettle’s Mexican Chocolate Stout is still a winner
Let’s all agree that this past snowstorm was the last throe of winter. In exchange for politely ushering winter out the door, we’ll drink...
Making a beer run
Cheers and clapping come from the road as two eager runners take off in a sprint in the 800-meter road challenge for Shoes and Brews in Longmont. As the two runners loop back and head to the finish line, with Longs Peak looming behind them, owners, bystanders and ...
