Cuisine
In crust we trust
I love a pretty pie, but as a pie judge for the past 30-plus years, I’ve learned that many pies hide their craveable flavors...
A new cookbook from the blissful sisters
A great cookbook offers an open window into someone’s kitchen. It’s a place where we hear stories about family and traditions as told through anecdotes,...
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...
Try this week: Shamane’s Bake Shoppe, Via Perla, and more
Breakfast Sandwich
Shamane’s Bake Shoppe, 2825 Wilderness Place, Unit 800, Boulder, shamanesbakeshoppe.com
Shamane’s is one of those places everyone needs to know about but you selfishly...
Crazy flavor
There is no shame in the occasional indulgence. As long as your actions don’t hurt anybody and you don’t cross the invisible line of no return, joy becomes you during the indulgence of booze, pizza, burritos, fried food and ice cream. Especially ice cream. And ...
The ethics of ‘ethnic’
Can you tell me which aisle has the Anglo foods?” I asked the clerk at a Boulder supermarket information desk.
“I want to cook...
Farm to neighbor
If we’re to believe author and local agriculture advocate Michael Brownlee, we need to localize our food system, as of about yesterday.
Brownlee runs Local...
Try this week: Jalapeno chorizo hush puppies, bison short ribs and...
Jalapeno Chorizo Hushpuppies
Four Friends Kitchen, 2893 Roslyn St., Denver, fourfriendskitchen.com
A great hush puppy is two crispy-on-the-outside, moist-on-the-inside bites of comfort — any bigger than two...
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...
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...
My Own Devices
Do you have certain “appliances” that are hidden away in your house that you would rather not talk about?
If you answered “yes,” you are...
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...


















