Cuisine
Tour de Brew: J Wells and Cellar West
More than 10 percent of the nation’s craft breweries can be found in the Centennial State. That’s about 230 Colorado breweries, and with a...
Shared recipes
Renee Fajardo and her seven children are from Colorado. Really.
“It’s become more difficult as more transplants have moved here,” Fajardo says. “We’ll go ‘We’re...
A passion for paella
You’re never alone when you eat paella.
That’s not some old Spanish saying. It’s a fact. Paella isn’t something delivered by DoorDash that you ingest...
Rolling with noodles in Lafayette
The brief email arrived late on Saturday afternoon from old friend Daniel, who I hadn’t seen in years. It was a summons to Lafayette’s Udon Kaisha, which he deemed “the best!” Not one to turn down such an invitation, I soon found myself in a strip mall chockablock ...
Let your taste buds blossom with flowery flavor
We’ve all seen dill or chives added to a summer dip. Sage, rosemary and thyme enhanced meals long before Simon & Garfunkel made the troika a part of pop culture. And most everyone at one time or another has pushed around the broccoli and cauliflower on their plate in...
A reasonably priced lunch at a high-end place
My first job out of college was working for the U.S. Forest Service in Rutland, Vt. Unfortunately, lunch choices in this town were limited, and I ate most meals at the family-run Sandwich Shoppe. Pricing was in line with my entry-level salary — today, you can still ...
Praising cheeses
We get excited during October about ales crafted from Colorado hops, barley, yeast and water. Some baker friends pride themselves on making pies using...
Taste of the Week: Frescos Rosa de Jamaica
If you’ve dined at a taqueria or attended a party at a Latin American home, you already know about aguas frescas, the flavored soft...
Boulder Beer relaunches with new look and talk of a new...
Boulder Beer has some staying power. Despite management of Colorado’s first independent craft brewery switching hands last year, and despite the closure of its...
Then and now: Longmont
As far as the economists
are concerned, Longmont’s beer scene is a “cluster:” a dense network of
companies and institutions concentrated within a specific geography. You’ve
heard...
Mussels are good for ya’
It’s a little more than 1,000 miles to the ocean nearest Boulder County (my research indicates that Los Angeles is the winner, edging out...













