Long a familiar North Boulder java and pastry stop, Logan’s Espresso Cafe has reopened at 2490 Junction Place. Denver’s Raquelitas Tortillas has crafted a limited-time tortilla made with regeneratively farmed India Jammu wheat grown in Longmont and milled at Boulder’s Dry Storage.
Pie crust challenged? Tip Top Savory Pies (Lafayette and Gunbarrel) is offering their French butter pastry in ready-to-bake 8-inch pie plates for Thanksgiving.
Moksha Chocolate recently won two silver medals for its 65% Kokoa Kamili Dark Mylk and 65% Oko Caribe with Blood Orange at the prestigious 2024 Americas Bean-to-Bar and Craft Chocolatier Competition.
Be sure to check out the winners of the 2024 Best of Boulder East County competition. Our readers voted Moxie Bread Co. (Louisville, Lyons, Boulder) as their favorite East County bakery. The Longmont winner is Babettes Bakery, and Jeannot’s Patisserie & Bistro took Lafayette honors. Once again, LaMar’s ruled the doughnut category. Other winners include Landline Doughnuts & Coffee (Longmont) and Nok’s Donuts (Lafayette).
See all the categories and winners: bit.ly/BoBEastCountyBW.
Culinary Calendar: Yule Log School
Longmont’s Journey Culinary cooking school offers holiday season classes including: Kids Panettone Baking for 7-11 year olds (Dec. 14); Bûche De Noël – Yule Log (Dec 14); Caramel Holiday Gifts (Dec. 5). Visit journeyculinary.com to sign up.
Words to Chew On: Kerouac on Pie
“Wafts of hot pumpkin beckon from the oven. The three of us stuff ourselves further with pie while watching the six o’clock news side by side on the living room couch.” — From Trainsong, a novel by the late Jan Kerouac, former Boulder resident and daughter of Jack Kerouac.
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