Cuisine

Pairing chocolate and beer is art and science

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Beer and chocolate pairings aren’t exactly new, but they are growing in popularity...

Feeding the Front Range

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President John F. Kennedy once quipped that the farmer is “the only person in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale and pays the freight both ways.” As long-term droughts continue to dry out the fertile valleys and plains of ...

Peep this

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It would be a lie to call Le Peep “Boulder’s best kept secret.” For one, the diner is a chain with dozens of locations, and it’s been in Boulder for 30 years or so. The chain has been around even longer. Then there’s the fact that it’s got a reasonable level of ...

The Magical Ingredient

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Last year, thirsty Americans enjoyed almost 9.5 million barrels of beer. That’s a lot of beer! Every time one of them cracked a can or popped the top on their favorite brewski, they unknowingly paid homage to the side effects of Humulus lupulus. The amount of ...

A little cheesy

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When the Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy opened in 1989, no one was really making cheese in Colorado, according to John Scaggs, the dairy’s director of sales and marketing...

Bite-sized

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Though downtown Boulder has its share of classy joints, when discerning Boulderites are looking for somewhere to wear their dress North Face jacket, or that little black dress that perfectly matches their nice Chacos, they head downtown to The Bitter Bar — this year’...

Fate Brewing Company floats a summer special

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Summer is officially upon us, marking three months of kicking back, maxing and relaxing all cool with a nice cold beer in hand...

Pain and growth

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So long as you have those cushy gardener knee pads from Home Depot and a sufficiently brimmed hat, working the fields (or even just pulling the weeds in your yard) is a remedial activity that does most people the favor of letting them relax, zone out and reconnect ...

Sun Rose Cafe does things Texas-sized

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There I was, sandwiched in between some of my worst restaurant pet peeves (parents at the next table encouraging their child to stop screaming by encouraging it to watch a video on a laptop, and the dull ambiance killing roar of an overly loud refrigeration unit) ...

Pucker up

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Recently, New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins added Snapshot to their year-round lineup, which is billed as a citrusy and tart wheat beer. Although not listed on the bottle, Snapshot utilizes a mixed-fermentation which includes lactobacillus (a yeast strain which can...

Drive-thru

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June 21 marks the official first day of summer, and that means the season of road trips is officially here. It’s time for fresh vistas, new trails and trying some new eateries along the way, because food, like adventure, nourishes not only the body, but the soul...

Rain or shine

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It’s hard to quantify something like “best patio.” But even without statistics wunderkind Nate Silverapproved objective data, it’s fair to say to that La Revolución Taqueria and Cantina in old town Louisville is in the running. At least half the total square footage ...