Community Table
From A to B and back again
Eric Lee has done a lot in the food industry. He’s worked every restaurant position from dishwasher to owner; he’s written a cookbook; and...
You can’t outsmart Mother Nature
Next month, we’ll celebrate the Lafayette Peach Festival here in Boulder County. For those of you willing to take the drive, you can also...
What’s in the sauce
Smatta Phairatphiboon is explaining what makes Thai food exceptional. The truth is, the steaming bowl of bua loy in front of her says enough...
Colorado, distilled
Today, you might peruse the aisles at your neighborhood liquor store and find dozens of bottles of craft spirits made right here in Boulder...
Dining al fresco
Well, this could be fun.
On May 25, Gov. Jared Polis outlined the state’s rules for reopening restaurants; a day later, the Boulder Chamber of...
To save the Earth, should we be shipping meat halfway around...
Sustainable does not always equal local.
That’s the next-level thinking going on at eateries across the country which are shipping in food, mostly meat, from...
‘It’s just French peasant food’
I had barely met Michael DeBoer before he invited me to board Louise. Louise was on her big, yellow second life — she started...
The easygoing style of Cafe Aion’s Dakota Soifer
There’s an overflowing stockpot of synonyms for “intense” that would describe most chefs and restaurateurs — “laid-back” is not in the pot. In a...
The uncommon tale of Cellar West’s uncommon beer
Zach Nichols lives on the edge. He dumped his shares in a successful and popular microbrewery and used the money to open a funky,...
Bulking up
When Verity Noble moved from London to Boulder eight years ago or so, she was surprised to learn the city, so in-tune as it...
The first to 40
“What are these hippies doing up here in Boulder?” Randolph Ware, co-founder of Boulder Brewing Company, remembers Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) inspector Lou...
The next biggest thing in alcohol is… seltzer?
You know, we should’ve seen this coming. There were whispers. Ghosts of future day-drinking excursions. Go back to the mini-fridge in the garage of...