Cuisine
Taking off
After two “bonks” on the head rendered John blind, Ham the space monkey showed up, and Sheila quit her job as a landscape architect...
Try this week: Triple chocolate espresso torte, pheasant corndog and more
Triple Chocolate Espresso Torte
Blackbelly, 1606 Conestoga St., Boulder, blackbelly.com
When three separate people recommend a dessert in a restaurant as well-reputed as Blackbelly, you get that...
The raita stuff
Looking at the vast wall of dairy treats at most supermarkets, you would never know that yogurt wasn’t supposed to be a dessert. As...
What Would Tony Do?
I’ve been writing Nibbles for 30 years or so. Some columns have virtually written themselves. This one has been agony, a bitter pill to...
Crack, twist, crush and slurp
Most people tip-toe up to the table and say, ‘Woah, this is weird. Crawfish? Like mini-lobsters?’ And they don’t know how to eat them,”...
Try this week: Austin steak sandwich, mojo chicken and more
Austin Steak Sandwich
Waterloo, 817 Main St., Louisville, waterloolouisville.com
Waterloo’s Austin steak sandwich falls somewhere on the meat sandwich spectrum between the Philly cheese steak and...
Know your brew: Lager
Much like penicillin and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, lager’s genesis was accidental. As the story goes, lager was discovered in Bavaria (or neighboring Bohemia,...
Farm to neighbor
If we’re to believe author and local agriculture advocate Michael Brownlee, we need to localize our food system, as of about yesterday.
Brownlee runs Local...
Try this week: Spirulina bowl, chili chicken and more
The Spirulina Bowl
Peachy’s Superfruit Cafe, 1926 14th St., Boulder, peachysboulder.com
Good food, good mood” is the name of the game at this superfood joint, which recently...
Tour de brew: The Boulder Passport Program Summer Edition
Ah, to be in Boulder in the summertime; so much to do, so much to see, so much to drink. Whether you reward yourself...
The art of dinner
Barbara Shark is a painter. She discovered a passion for art in high school and began pursuing it as a way of life. She...
Wild swing
In the Olympic sport of hammer throw, bulky men and women grip a handle, which is attached to a steel wire with a heavy...
