Cuisine
Big air and bountiful beers
If you can’t make it to the mountains this weekend to celebrate the spring snow, then head out to Longmont for the third annual Hops Handrails event, presented by Lefthand Brewing this Saturday, March 28...
The happiest hour
Boulder’s coolest mid-week happy hours have returned with the reopening of the Wednesday night edition of the Boulder County Farmers’ Market in Boulder for...
My Own Devices
Do you have certain “appliances” that are hidden away in your house that you would rather not talk about?
If you answered “yes,” you are...
A well-designed and hospitable Kasa
You’d be hard-pressed to find a restaurant in Boulder with a more conscious design aesthetic than the Japanese eatery known as Kasa Japanese Grill. Decor here is anchored by leafy trees painted monochromatic white, setting off light hardwood floors in a cheerful, ...
A local chef shares her sweet secrets
Fall is in the air, everywhere I look around. Fall is in the air, every sight and every sound. Come on, you know you are singing along, and I love you for it...
The Cure for retirement
Jim Smailer is a true restaurant legend. As the longest-serving chef in recent Boulder history, he cooked for an unheard-of four decades at the...
Getting lucky in Louisville
Intriguing goings-on are afoot in downtown Louisville as summer draws near. Making my way to meet friend Kuvy for a weekend lunch, I picked my way across a criterium bike race like a real-life Frogger. My destination was the modern, minimalistic environs of Lucky Pie...
Introducing iDinner 8.0
The Food Marketing Institute reminded me recently that September is the third annual National Family Meals Month. Apparently we need an official commemoration to...
Tour de brew: City Star Brewing
Let’s hear it for those City Star Workers,” The Stanleytones singer said to a packed house last Saturday night, and the people obliged the...
A Cup of Peace offers asylum for the west side
A Cup of Peace doesn’t look like much from the outside. A plain storefront in an unglamorous lot on the side of the less-distinguished end of Arapahoe. The best thing it has going for it is a big vinyl sign advertising budget Korean lunch specials within like some ...
Hooked on curds
My transcendental fromage moment occurred in 2004 during an epic lunch with my family at L’Espadon restaurant in the Paris Ritz hotel. I was...
Chocolate and coconut porter is a good detour
We’re in the heart of dark beer season. Every so often, it’s pleasant to come across a beer that both honors the season with...