Cuisine

When I first heard the name of Boulder’s new eatery Shine, I was hoping it would feature entertainment by a troubled pianist portrayed by actor Geoffrey Rush. Alas, Shine appears more to refer to notions of maximized self-actualization than David Helfgott, although ...

Settings into a venerable locale such as the Boulder Cork restaurant, one can’t but help wonder if the dapper sports coat-clad gentleman at the next table might be a regular who’s come here for decades. Perhaps a younger version of him showed up here in the ’70s, ...

There is something charming about running out. A few blocks where my associate and I live is a diner that has every possible photo...

Lots of Colorado food companies call their products “local,” but it may really mean “regional.” Many restaurants detail the local source of their ingredients...

When Devin Donohoe walked into Babette’s Bakery in Longmont looking for a job in 2020, he was surprised by a question: Do you do...

Aaron Uhl believes in excellent products and excellent service. A homebrewer for 10-plus years, Uhl hit the commercial scene in 2018 as a contract...

100% Mexicano, which has been open a little more than a month, is the latest local eatery to deliver an authentic “south of the border” street food experience...

There’s a bit of magic in curing meat. Letting a fresh cut muscle or sausage hang just below room temperature while a salt cure slowly marbleizes and condenses the flavor of the meat over the course of months until you take it down, slice a few pieces and share it ...

Out of the disemboweled corpse of a failed Chili’s emerged the shiny new Murphy’s Tap House in Louisville earlier this month. And though there are definite similarities in the skeletal structure of the two restaurants, Murphy’s Tap House has done enough in its ...

It was one of those chilly, grayish Saturdays that was a harbinger of upcoming winter. Too cold to go out on the bike and not enough snow on the ground to enjoy wintry sports, so why not go out for a leisurely breakfast? In this spirit, friend Justin joined me on an ...

The hot cocoa in my life had never been acceptable. It was always too thin and runny. Too much like liquid, and I didn’t...

Sunday feels like the end of summer because Monday morning is cloudy and the wind is blowing hard. But Sunday is hot, and I’m in the sprawling yard of the Greek Orthodox Church. The yard is roped off to form a temporary parking lot, like a family reunion at an aunt’s...