Cuisine
Beer for dinner
Food and wine go hand in hand. While perusing the wine aisle at the liquor store, you’ll think about what you’ll be having for dinner, and make your selection based on what would pair best. But when it comes to food and beer, pairing beer with dinner is oftentimes an...
Taste of the Week: The Brexit Sandwich @ Le Frigo Deli
My inner child was feeling cranky after the first of the year, in need of an uplifting lunch. I wanted a singular sandwich, memorable...
Try this week: Sriracha Noodles @ Aloy Thai
Talk about comfort food. The spicy, savory, salty sriracha noodles at Boulder’s Aloy Thai warm the body and soul. Choose your level of spiciness...
Beers of Pride
June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate, commemorate and support the LGBTQ+ community. Colorado brewers are getting in on the action with a...
Push your vegetable envelope with scallions, kohlrabi, fava beans and chard
This time of year I love sweet ripe tomatoes, freshly dressed lettuce and buttered roasted corn as much as any person can, but there...
The raita stuff
Looking at the vast wall of dairy treats at most supermarkets, you would never know that yogurt wasn’t supposed to be a dessert. As...
New beers, officially
Maybe you’re at a local craft brewery and you come across something wacky — say a cotton candy stout or a corn saison or...
A promising FATE for tavern food
"Smoke gets in your food,” declared John, considered by many to be the dean of local food scribes. Indeed, our lunch courses at the recently opened FATE Brewing Company were adhering to a certain fire-seasoned theme. A rich aroma of smoke wafted off our chicken wing ...
The 10 scary food news items keeping me up at night
My name is John and I’m a food-news junkie despite the fact that my habit often horrifies me. Here are 10 recent non-fake news...
Chef Nick Swanson ushers in new offerings at Under the Sun
Like most Colorado transplants, Under the Sun’s executive chef Nick Swanson came to the Centennial State to ski — well, he came to go...
Hiding in plain sight
Whether you like it or not, there is a perception outside of Colorado that steakhouses abound in this state. The assumption is that cattle farms abound out here, and that meat from top Angus and Kobe beef farms throughout the West is shipped to a bevy of hungry ...
Scratch-made doughnuts, a Titanic meal and an old-timey Boulder recipe
We all have tasted a lot of chocolate-glazed doughnuts, varying from good to barely worth dunking. The chocolate-glazed cake doughnuts at Nok’s Donuts are...