Nibbles
Enjoy going nude
Small natural foods stores and co-ops have been an essential part of Boulder’s zeitgeist since the 1970s, when New Age Foods, Green Mountain Granary,...
Eat the season
Romantics wax poetic about slowly strolling through farmers’ markets for hours squeezing this tomato and smelling that loaf. In reality sometimes you need to...
Barbecue meets basmati
DJ’s Watering Hole has flown under the radar since opening in November, its location at 988 Dillon Road near U.S. 36 almost invisible from...
The ethics of ‘ethnic’
Can you tell me which aisle has the Anglo foods?” I asked the clerk at a Boulder supermarket information desk.
“I want to cook...
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...
From Syria with love
Food is culture,” says Samar Aoutabachi, manager and partner at Boulder’s Ali Baba Grill.
And when it comes to her homeland of Syria, culture...
A year of nibbling
I remember the soulful taste, chew and aroma of the braised ham hock at Jin Chan Zhang in Boulder as if it was yesterday,...
The beauty of butchery
With prices soaring, a butcher says forget the tenderloin and explore tastier, cheaper cuts
Got rituals?
From the first fingerpicked acoustic guitar licks, the tune sounds just like Thanksgiving to me:
“You can get anything you want at Alice’s restaurant.
“You can...
Turkey Day terrors
Every November for 30 years or so I’ve written about the big day and shared my family’s recipe for Italian sausage and potato stuffing.
Every...
Buffaloed in Boulder
It’s hard to miss the buffaloes in Boulder. Everywhere you turn there are business names and large-headed animals on beer cans, signs, T-shirts, the...
Rx: bread and butter
The Nibbles column has survived some serious ups and downs in various publications since it debuted in 1985, but I have always made sure...
