Cuisine
Giving soup a good rap
At some point in John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden, Samuel Hamilton comes down with a hallucination-inducing fever that puts him out of commission...
A brewery from another world
Just across the Weld County line there is an outpost. It’s a little bit of Mos Eisley Cantina and a little bit of David...
To bake the perfect croissant
You’ve had a croissant. When you had it, though, did you really consider it? Did you consider how it is that it’s lighter than...
Colorado restaurant servers could see pay raised by about $2 an...
Since the State of the Union speech in January, President Obama has made a push to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10, from $7.25, where it has sat since 2009...
Brewing with coffee
It’s not unusual to start your day with a coffee and end it with a beer. I do it all the time. They are...
Try this week: Sea scallops, crispy broccoli and more
Seared Sea Scallops
Urban Farmer, 1659 Wazee St., Denver, urbanfarmerrestaurant.com
After a risque show at Lannie’s Clocktower, or perhaps before you head to one of Larimer Square’s ultra0-hip...
Changing reservations
If you’ve ever made a reservation at a Boulder County restaurant, chances are you did so through OpenTable. A long list of restaurants in...
To judge a crust
Being a pie contest judge sounds like a lot of fun, but you aren’t qualified just because you like pie a lot. You can’t...
Local organic brewery celebrates first anniversary
When asked what got him and his fellow brewer Chris Asher into the beer business, Asher Brewing Company’s Steven Turner can actually name a person...
Magic is in the air at Shine
Much is made of Boulder County, and particularly the city, being different from the rest of the country. I can’t speak to that as a whole, but I can say it’s pretty different from my hometown in Northeast Ohio. And nowhere was that more apparent than Shine Restaurant...
Taste-trepreneurs
In recent years, Boulder has become a haven for startup companies and locally crafted products. One typically mass-produced item, chocolate, has blossomed in Boulder’s local craft market. Working with small batches and quality ingredients, local chocolate crafters ...


















