By John Lehndorff - Apr. 24, 2024

Under the radar

No other Longmont restaurant has a view that can beat the panoramic sights at the Flight Deck Grill. Far from Broomfield’s retail districts, the Blue Sky Bistro boasts wood-smoked ribs...

By John Lehndorff - Apr. 16, 2024

Pickler-in-chief

The pickling gene runs strong in Laraina James’ family — one that thrived as it migrated from New York to Louisiana to Colorado. Her great-grandmother taught her grandmother how to...

By John Lehndorff - Apr. 10, 2024

A guide to mindful dining

Waylon Lewis may be the most famous vegan in a city famous for its natural foods. Through Elephant Journal, his independent Boulder-based media platform, Lewis connects with thousands of people...

By John Lehndorff - Apr. 2, 2024

Tastes like home

Food halls have proliferated across Colorado, many featuring the same cuisines. Mango House is something completely different.  Entering through a colorful alley entrance, you find yourself in a bubbling nexus...

By John Lehndorff - Mar. 19, 2024

Tipping point

One of life’s most awkward moments gets repeated every week for me. A person stands smiling over me. I gently insert my red debit card into their black device. They...

By John Lehndorff - Mar. 12, 2024

Boulder, food influencer

Across the United States at this very moment, people are tasting Boulder food.  Suburbanites are enjoying natural herb tea, nut butter and chai with that all-important “Boulder” imprimatur prominently displayed...

By John Lehndorff - Mar. 5, 2024

On top of spaghetti

Spaghetti sauce has been a serious thing in Boulder County since the first Italians settled here, many of them around Louisville. That’s where one of the first Italian eateries, the...

By John Lehndorff - Feb. 27, 2024

Growing hotties

Yes, I know it is only February. Our snowiest month is still ahead. Veteran gardeners know that Colorado’s sunny spring weather is designed to break their hearts and crush their...

By John Lehndorff - Feb. 20, 2024

Watching what we eat

The first time I noticed food on the movie screen was probably the spaghetti-stand kiss in The Lady and the Tramp. Once I started paying attention to cinema, it seemed...

By John Lehndorff - Feb. 13, 2024

Boulder’s ‘tea spirit’

Rev. Bu Nan Brown, co-founder of Boulder Tea Hut, likes a mug of Earl Grey now and again. “That’s what we call tea with a small ‘t’ rather than Tea...

By John Lehndorff - Feb. 6, 2024

Big truffle makers

Willy Wonka undergoes dire challenges on his unlikely path to become a chocolatier whose sweets make people fly in Wonka, the new prequel film about Roald Dahl’s famous character.  “I’ve...

By John Lehndorff - Jan. 30, 2024

An ode to okonomiyaki

During my freshman year in a college dorm, the eating was easy, if not especially tasty. The first time I had to feed myself was a year later as a...

By John Lehndorff - Jan. 23, 2024

Back to (food) school

When I think back to all the stuff I learned in high school and college, it’s no wonder I don’t use much of that knowledge every day. (Sorry about that,...

By John Lehndorff - Jan. 17, 2024

Tour de Skratch

Dr. Allen Lim is a study in perpetual motion as he wends his way through Skratch Labs Cafe, greeting familiar diners and delivering plates of rice cakes, salads and bowls....

By John Lehndorff - Jan. 9, 2024

Master of the (beer) universe

Boulder County has been dubbed the “Silicon Valley of beer” for good reason. There may be more beer tasting knowledge per capita on the Front Range among brewers and sippers...

By John Lehndorff - Jan. 3, 2024

The future bites

First, I want to reassure readers that this Nibbles column is not written by an AI bot; at least not at the moment. However, advanced technology is very much on...