Cuisine
Kitchen gifts: Little things that do a lot
There are two ways to gift shop for a cook. You can drop a wad on a spectacular piece of equipment that will get used three or four times a year and sit in the pantry the rest of the time. Or you can convert a relatively small amount of money into a potful of tools...
Niwot’s gourmet pizzeria delivers
This is the sort of place you’d find in the Northeast,” declared Kurt, a Massachusetts transplant, as we took our seats inside Lefty’s Gourmet Pizza and Ice Cream. We had been bicycling for the last few hours on the back roads north of Boulder when this homey Niwot...
Local organic brewery celebrates first anniversary
When asked what got him and his fellow brewer Chris Asher into the beer business, Asher Brewing Company’s Steven Turner can actually name a person...
Cook with wine, time to dine!
Cold weather and the winter holidays are closely associated with family, travel, food — and drink...
Solid Italian for a song
A sign outside Boulder’s Il Pastaio sums up the experience at this eatery, as it features the famed Leaning Tower of Pisa juxtaposed against the mountainous backdrop of the Flatirons. Assuming this graphic isn’t intended to serve as a vivid reminder of the power of...
Local tastes available for Thanksgiving
Although most people celebrate Thanksgiving at home with family and friends, many local restaurants are concocting Thanksgiving feasts for those in need of a sound holiday meal. The Cork, Greenbriar Inn and Peaceful Valley Ranch have unique Thanksgiving menus and ...
Blogger turns disease into opportunity
The long, narrow plate arrived at her table, and, like any good food blogger, Shauna James Ahern paused to take it all in: roasted red piquillo peppers — plump with a lentil stuffing — alongside graceful strands of quick-pickled green beans and red onions, and ...
Good ol’ pub fare
Neither an homage to the silent (but perhaps most cerebral) of the Marx Brothers, nor a clandestine Oprah operation, Boulder’s Harpo’s Sports Grill is precisely what its name implies. It’s a casual joint spotlighting affordable drink specials, tavern staples ...
A dream come true
Opening a restaurant is always a long process. But the chain of events that led to the opening of one Boulder restaurant and the realization of a lifelong dream spanned two continents and intertwined the fates of two women in a way neither of them could have ...
The classic, comforting deli sandwich%uFFFD
As prosaic as it is, the humble sandwich can possess comforting — if not tranquilizing — qualities. Consider the Peacemaker, a New Orleans specialty consisting of a baguette stuffed with fried oysters. Husbands in the region would give these to their spouses as a way...
Waiting in line: Skip it with Splick-It
Tired of looking for iPhone apps to keep you occupied while you wait in line for a coffee and a sandwich? Well, now there is an app for skipping that line entirely...