Cuisine
New in brew: It’s Stout Month
It’s a silver anniversary for Mountain Sun’s Stout Month — the brewpub’s annual celebration of roasty, toasty, malty goodness. For the next 28 days,...
Try this week: Steak and eggs, whirled peas toast and more
Paramount “DiGiacomo”
Black Diamond Restaurant and Tap House , 103 N. Public Road, Unit C, Lafayette, blackdiamondrestaurant.com
Black Diamond is becoming an increasingly popular spot for brunch...
Change a-brewing
I’m staring at a giant pink map of the world plastered onto the wall at Gunbarrel’s Ampersand Coffee Roasters. I’ve always been drawn to...
Try this week: Chocolate croissant, pork belly buns and more
Chocolate Croissant
Breadworks Bakery and Cafe, 2644 Broadway, Boulder, 303-444-5667
If croissants were cars, Breadworks’ take on the pastry would be a Land Rover — hulking,...
Profiles in brew: Tom Horst of Crystal Springs Brewing Company
You don’t have to be an economist to see that trends drive marketing. And when it comes to craft beer, that trend is “new”...
S#!+hole cuisines
My father escaped from Nazi Austria in 1938 with his sister and parents. All of them were doctors. The family name was changed to...
Know your brew: Barley wine
Right off the bat, barley wine confounds drinkers. Is it beer? Is it wine? Is it both? And is it spelled as one word...
Goats don’t use Twitter
As an infant, Kallie Beebe was weaned on goat’s milk. Her parents would have to research places that sold goat’s milk when they went...
United tastes of Mexico
Johnny Curiel is the ideal candidate to bring real regional tastes of Mexico to Colorado, like grilled panela cheese with huitlacoche, corn gremolata and...
Try this week: Red rooster, machaca burrito and mroe
Red Rooster
Village Coffee Shop, 1605 Folsom St., Boulder, villagecoffeeshopboulder.com
Maybe the last restaurant holdout of Old Boulder, Village Coffee Shop is still worth the wait. And...
Fear of frying
I hadn’t fried anything in years.
I pan sauté ingredients all the time in olive oil, but that’s not the same. It has been drilled...
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...
