Cuisine
Meat the future
Cultured, fermented and 3D printed foods are almost on the table, but will dinner still taste good?
How many slams in an old screen door?
Shel Silverstein once asked, poetically, “How many slams in an old screen door?” The answer, he said, “Depends how loud you shut it.”
The...
The noodle nerd
In Greek mythology, the chimera (pronounced kai-mere-uh) was a fire-breathing creature with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, a serpent’s tail and some complicated personal...
New climate tools predict a murky future for winemakers
Say you’re a winemaker in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. The last few decades have grown the region’s profile and esteem, and though you produce a...
Taste of the week: Milanesa de res torta @ La Choza
Driving up North Broadway last week I suddenly realized it was torta time. Luckily, La Choza (4457 Broadway) was on my route. This tiny...
Mateo is authentic, affordable high-end dining
Mateo is the place you wish existed in the U.S. when you’re abroad, eating simple and wonderful food, so abundant that you hate yourself...
The people’s vegan
Vegans are hard to find in much of the United States. Not so in Boulder, a town awash in vegans and vegan-friendly folks plus...
Ras Kassa’s is back and that’s a very good thing
Back in the late 1980s, an Ethiopian restaurant called Ras Kassa’s set up shop at the junction of Eldorado Canyon and U.S. 93. It...
Knuckle Puck Brewing
Located just east of I-25 and State Highway 66, in the murky region that is sometimes Longmont, sometimes Mead, Knuckle Puck Brewing brings kombucha...
Try this week: Vindaloo @ Kathmandu Restaurant II
Chances are you’ve reached for comfort food over the last several weeks, and it doesn’t get much more comfortable than curry. Kathmandu came down...
Boulder’s Buddha Thai has a lot to like
When I moved to Boulder several years ago, I asked the Comcast guy installing our cable for restaurant recommendations in town. Better to ask...
The United States of stuffing
Stuffing is the Rorschach test of American foods. Tell me how you stuff your turkey and I’ll tell you who you are, where you’re...
