Cuisine
Tour de brew: Great American Beer Festival
When the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) held its inaugural gathering in 1982, 24 brewers came, 47 beers were poured and roughly 800 people...
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...
Chews wisely
Me and fad diets go way back. Mom told me that when I was a toddler doctors advised her to feed me an egg...
The Odd Couple
Alastair Brogan calls them an odd couple — he, a hulking Scotsman in a purple polo shirt with the bow of a ship for...
Try this week: Vina Pho, turkey reubens, and more
Combination Pho
Vina Pho & Grill, 1630 30th St., Boulder, 303-444-1809
Nothing satiates like pho. It’s salty, savory, umami and spicy, and when you’re craving it,...
Giving soup a good rap
At some point in John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden, Samuel Hamilton comes down with a hallucination-inducing fever that puts him out of commission...
Getting served
Study shows customer service on the decline Think of the last meal you paid for. How was the service? Did a server fill your water glass before it emptied, or were you left stranded and parched? Did an employee smile graciously, or did he barely glance up as he ...
Cup or cone
Bryce Licht never saw it coming. He had left Colorado, left CU, traveled around South America, moved to Los Angeles, then back to Boulder,...
Making it bloody good
Molotov had his cocktail; I have mine — a fiery Bloody Mary, three parts tomato juice, one part vodka. Crumble in bits of crispy bacon, add a splash or two of horseradish and hot sauce for extra tingle. There’s more to this classic drink, but that’s the basic ...
Try this week: Green Curry Chicken, Yerba Mate Latte, and mroe
Green curry chicken
Busaba, 133 S. McCaslin Blvd., Louisville, busabaco.com
There’s something comforting about warm and spicy Thai food on these cold winter days, especially as a...
‘The Water Knife’ and Dale’s Pale Ale
With the sun blaring, it is the perfect afternoon for reading, but not for sitting in the sun. I’m 60 pages away from finishing...












