Cuisine
Try this week: Coconut Shrimp Bowl @ The Bamboo Skewer
How do the folks running the Bamboo Skewer food truck, which specializes in Japanese-inspired street food, get so much coconut flavor into the shrimp?...
Drink of the week: Pumphouse Brewery’s Red Alert Amber Ale
The day has finally come where we can once again enter a watering hole, sidle up to the bar and enjoy a cold one....
Second helpings
My first taste of Wayne’s smoked pork belly was a revelation, as was a bite of the Mediterranean Market’s spinach pie. Hidden among the...
Brewing change
Some breweries make beer. Some make beer... and change.
Team Left Hand, a group of employees and supporters of Longmont’s Left Hand Brewing, recently announced...
Grateful chefs
As young kids we naturally assume that every other kid lives like we do and eats the same foods because our family is all...
Helping those who help
When the pandemic hit and forced restaurants to shut down (and eventually open, but restrict diners), there were several programs that popped up aimed...
Colorado beer takes the world by storm
On May 6, the beer world held its version of the Oscars. Every other year the World Beer Cup doles out its prestigious awards...
Sharing is caring
For better or worse, we live in a culture of sharing. We share our photos, our statuses, our relationship highs and lows, favorite recipes, workouts, selfies, DIY projects and even our meals. The rise of the Internet tapped into our innately social mindset, lit a ...
Know your brew: Stout
Trying to pin down exactly what makes a stout is no easy task. We know they originated in Britain during the 18th century, are...
Boulder County hop growers contribute to craft beers
The female Humulus lupulus, or hop plant, is something that all beer drinkers encounter every time they indulge in a cold one. And in Colorado, which was ranked fifth in craft breweries per capita for 2012, hops are not a rarity — in beer form. The crop itself, ...
Try this week: Asian Chicken Salad @ The Corner
Lucky are you if you’re hungry and on The Hill. No matter the time of day, or the food you’re craving, you’re likely to...
That local spirit
Bitters are to craft cocktails what salt is to baked goods: an important elevation. I’m always surprised when I don’t see salt in the recipe for any baked good. It’s the secret of great bakers — that seemingly small addition that draws out more fully the other ...
