Cuisine
The very, very scary menu
Once upon a dark and stormy night last week, I was consumed by the thought that food is as much about fear as it...
Convenient choices
So, you’re a vegan. Or vegetarian. Or just conscious about the food you put into your body. You just got off an airplane, and...
Labored days
It had been ages since our water glasses were refilled. No one had taken our drink or appetizer orders yet. We were hungry.
A chalkboard...
Try this week: Hoppy meatballs, Korean BBQ sandwich, and more
Hop Chef Meatballs
C Squared Ciders, 2875 Blake St., Denver, csquaredciders.com
They say when it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and we figure that’s why pub food...
Tour de brew: Great Divide Brewing Company
It’s high time for conferences in the Centennial State because down in Denver, the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America (CBC) returns to the...
Black Pepper Pho keeps the menu small and the quality high
You may have noticed that menus are shrinking. No, that’s not an index card on your table, that’s the menu.
People like it that...
Beyond beer
Every week brings beer releases, anniversary parties and a festival or two, but there are ancillary aspects of beer that sometimes fall between the...
George’s Food & Drink hauntingly delicious
George's Food & Drink, adjoining the Boulder Theater, is named for the unfortunate George Paper who perished in the theater decades ago. Supposedly the victim of an accidental hanging, he's a restless soul said to still roam the building, a wispy shape in a drape. ...
Turkey Day terrors
Every November for 30 years or so I’ve written about the big day and shared my family’s recipe for Italian sausage and potato stuffing.
Every...
SPAM shaming
A lot of us live in Tofu Town and its surrounding communities. Boulder is the epicenter of the natural foods industry. National press journalists...
Pumpkin craze returns to Boulder County
The autumnal equinox and falling leaves seem to make America a little pumpkin crazy. Grocery stores are quick to feature piles of pumpkins outside their doors, while numerous local businesses don pumpkin décor in their windows at the changing of seasons. After wet ...
Snap judgment
At first glance, Casa Alvarez might as well be decorated exclusively in red flags. It occupies the back corner location of a 30th Street strip mall and has an interior that looks like every Mexican restaurant in every town, with light pastel coloring and tile, overly...