Cuisine

How Boulder became the birthplace of National Pie Day

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On Saturday, the people of the United States will enjoy a day devoted to the dessert that defines our country, National Pie Day. Few...

Red Frog Coffee finds its groove

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Charm is the currency by which I quantify the value of a coffee shop. Red Frog Coffee in Longmont has vast reserves of it...

Rethinking the tasting note

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This first wine is a fighter; he’s loud. The second wine is pensive; she has a dark side.” As I led a recent seminar,...

Arugula’s Alec Shuler started with chicken and rice

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After earning a biology degree in 1995 from the University of Colorado, Alec Schuler had two urgent goals. “To travel and to ski,” he...

Mumtaz Mediterranean Food elevates street fare

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In four street food dishes, Mumtaz cultivated unique flavor and elevated the routine to the exceptional. The first dish was a lamb and beef gyro...

Why your bartender hates you

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Sometimes, it just seems like the bartender can’t stand you. You’ve made your usual endearing jokes, you’ve kept the outright flirting tasteful and you’ve...

All you can eat and more

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There are few institutions we hold more sacred in Boulder County than the Indian buffet. Not only do we have a relatively high concentration...

Grocerants and pulses rising

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For as long as I can remember I’ve been a food trend nerd and fascinated by the food of the future as depicted in...

Austrian reds: Difficult to pronounce, but easy to drink

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Blaufrankisch. St. Laurent. Zweigelt. The names of these Austrian red grape varieties do nothing to put consumers at ease. Wine is intimidating. And consumers...

From menudo to beet sugar rum

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Bone broth was big in 2015 in Boulder — so popular it is even available on tap in multiple flavors. Personally, I’ll take my bone broth — animal bones boiled in water — in the traditional form of Jewish chicken soup, Japanese ramen and Vietnamese pho. Other hot ...

Worth it

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The food at Frasca Food & Wine was so good that, at one moment, I cried. It had never happened to me before, nor should it have — the only times one should cry while eating is if they’ve been rescued by a cargo ship and offered a hot meal for the first time in ...

Big love for big Champagne

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Wine writers love explaining why Champagne and other sparkling wines deserve a spot at the dinner table all year long...