Cuisine
Try this week: Mushroom trio pie, ‘The Elegante’ and more
Mushroom Trio Savory Pie
Humble Pie, 3550 E. Colfax, Denver, www.humblepiestore.com
Although the savory pie has been around for a while, it’s mostly been relegated to the...
From menudo to beet sugar rum
Bone broth was big in 2015 in Boulder — so popular it is even available on tap in multiple flavors. Personally, I’ll take my bone broth — animal bones boiled in water — in the traditional form of Jewish chicken soup, Japanese ramen and Vietnamese pho. Other hot ...
The new kitchen ingredient: old cookbooks
Peter Peckham and Patricia Edwards, who goes by the nickname Ed, are the husband-and-wife team behind an Internet company called www.oldcookbooks.com that sooner or later will show up on the computer screen of any serious cook or food lover. Their inventory of ...
Try this week: Toffee apple crunch, spicy pig, and more
Toffee Apple Crunch
Tungsten Toffee, Available throughout Boulder County, tungstentoffee.com
The family behind Nederland’s Tungsten Toffee never intended to make candy. But when kids Nick, Norah and...
Try this week: The Spinwich, charcoal thyme lemonade, and more
The Spinwich
The Yellow Deli, 908 Pearl St., Boulder, yellowdeli.com
Stepping into The Yellow Deli is like stepping into another world. Outside is the bustle of...
Hops for days
If you’re like me, you’re eager for breweries to open at full capacity — to try samplers of beers and unique taproom-only offerings; to...
Try this week: Centro’s torta, and more
Carne Asada Torta
Centro Mexican Kitchen, 950 Pearl St., Boulder, centromexican.com
We all pretty much know that tacos are a staple of Mexican cuisine, at least...
Try this week: Barbacoa Nachos @ Nopalito’s
Nopalito’s is a hidden gem. It’s on the south side of the Boulder driver’s license plaza — go past the old Sports Authority until...
Tour de brew: Redgarden Restaurant and Brewery
The Colorado Brewers Guild likes to call us “The State of Craft Beer,” and they’re not far off. According to the Brewers Association —...
New in brew: IPAs from Oskar Blues and Crystal Springs
What is your favorite American-style India pale ale? West Coast IPA: clear as a bell and bracingly bitter with aromas of pine and flavors...
Try this week: Wondervu Cafe, Peckish, and more
Steak fajitas
Wondervu Cafe, 33492 Highway 72, Golden, wondervucafe.net
Fall has come to Colorado, which means driving into the mountains provides sweeping views of stoplight aspens,...
Save the bounty!
I can tell you are drowning in fresh, local produce of summer — the lettuces, peaches, etc. — and taking it for granted. You are...













