Cuisine
St. Patrick’s Day gives new meaning to ‘going green’
If there was ever a day for revelry, it’s St. Patrick’s Day. Many people drink too much, eat too much, and often end up doing both those things too early in the day. On top of that, a pinch looms imminent for anyone not wearing green. Despite the day’s taxing ...
Spring beer news
World Beer Cup results
At this year’s Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America — held in May in Nashville, Tennessee — 2,515 breweries from 66...
My kingdom for a mango lassi
Not all Saturdays are meant for carousing in your finest dancing pants. No, some Saturdays are meant for daylong home improvement projects in your...
Satisfaction guaranteed
The seed of what would become Organic Sandwich Company was sewn in the wilds of Michigan, where Marcy Miller and her three sibling spent their...
Try this week: The Greenbriar Inn’s Pan Seared Diver Scallops, Treat...
Pan Seared Diver Scallops
The Greenbriar Inn, 8735 N. Foothills Highway, Boulder, www.greenbriarinn.com
It’s that time of year when the thought of fine dining in a...
Dear Friuli. Love, Frasca
In the U.S., they’re Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, owners of Frasca, Tavernetta, Pizzeria Locale and the Scarpetta wine label. In Friuli, just outside...
From past to present
Picture a tomahawk steak: a cut of marbled rib-eye beef bigger than your hand and thicker than your wrist with a white bone scraped...
Celebrating balance in Pinot Noir
If a Pinot Noir is overwhelmed with fruit — or, indeed, by any element, like oak, fruit extraction, fruit ripeness or alcohol — you’re...
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 ...
Ginger boom
I once had an alcoholic ginger beer brewed at Mountain Sun and as soon as the crisp and spicy brew hit my lips, I...
Buffaloed in Boulder
It’s hard to miss the buffaloes in Boulder. Everywhere you turn there are business names and large-headed animals on beer cans, signs, T-shirts, the...
Save the bounty!
I can tell you are drowning in fresh, local produce of summer — the lettuces, peaches, etc. — and taking it for granted. You are...