Cuisine
The return of the giant squid
The Humboldt squid is the stuff of seafaring legend, something Captain Nemo would battle in a Jules Verne novel...
The Big Dipper
The muggy summer afternoon snapshot features a back seat crammed with bathing-suit clad siblings united in a desperate plea: “Dairy Queen, please!”
Going out for...
Sipping and spinning
“The wine must have done its job, because I am relaxed and finally at ease. Yes, it’s definitely the wine. Otherwise I wouldn’t have...
Fort Collins Beer Week: Un-festival for local businesses
Savvy beer fans know that May 12-18 is American Craft Beer Week, in which breweries nationwide offer deals, brew special batches and participate in festivals. And though the event was conceived by the Boulder-based Brewers Association, signs of American Craft Brew ...
An old favorite endures
I’m not sure if this is more Pavlovian or Proustian, but for many normal folks, hearing a particular song transports them back to a particular time and place. For example, I’ll always associate the first day I set foot in Boulder in 1994 with Seal’s “Prayer for the ...
Try this week: Two burgers and two beers @ The North...
Simply put, The North End at 4580 makes one of the best burgers in Boulder County (in addition to a number of refined new...
Summer s’mores secrets
S’mores — originally created to feed large groups of Girl Scouts — contain one key ingredient that has long been considered an aphrodisiac. Ironically,...
Seats at the table
At its best, the restaurant industry provides places where communities come together and memories are made. For all the things the restaurant industry can...
Nightmare on Gourmet Street
Chefs dressed in their whites and apron cut imposing figures as they glide through restaurant dining areas. They happily talk about complex cooking techniques,...
A column about beer
Savor, dear readers, the rare industry that doesn’t require constant branding and marketing...
The buzz and the bees
Tim Brod has spent a lifetime having close encounters of the stinging kind with the bees he lives and works with. But he’s not...