Cured: Cheese, Charcuterie & Gourmet Foods Boutique
Cured is built around foods grown and produced by people who are proud of what they make The locavore movement has really gained traction among people concerned with the carbon footprint of the food they buy and eat. Cured, a lovely little fine-food boutique that opened recently on Boulder’s East Pearl Street, takes a more traditional approach to [...]
Back to the Future at The Fort
Iconic landmark restaurant serves heritage foods in a unique setting Whenever anyone asks for a recommendation of a must-visit resturant that feels “Western” or “Colorado,” always recommend The Fort – with the caveat that it is an expensive restaurant. I tell them that is an antique- and artifact-filled landmark overlooking the lights of Denver that itself is [...]
A Riff on Riffs
Riffs Urban Fare an appealing replacement for beloved Book End Cafe For years and years, some of my Boulder Media Women friends and I would meet every Friday morning for coffee and conversation at Boulder’s Book End Cafe, next to the Boulder Book Store. The cafe got grubby, but we loved it anyway for its good coffee, [...]
Tossa is Affordable New Pizzeria & Italian Eatery
Contemporary Italian fare in casual restaurant from the Smashburger folks I applaud Tom Ryan, creator of the Smashburger, which became a smash hit as soon as it burst onto the fast casual restaurant scene in 2007. He recognized that something was missing between high-priced boutique burgers and cheap fast food burgers, and slotted Smashburger into the gap. Times [...]
Colorado Meat Resources, A Sampling
Local ranch-raised meat represents Colorado’s best for carnivorous foodies A lot of Coloradans — myself included — rarely or barely eat beef or other red meat. When we do, we want the best quality and increasingly, want it from locally raised cattle. Beef remains the state’s top agricultural commodity, and Colorado is also well known for its [...]
2 New Murray’s Open as American Cheese Month Ends
New York cheese retailer’s alliance with mainstream Kroger supermarkets October has been proclaimed by no less than Governor John Hickenlooper as the first annual American Cheese Month, which in the manner of “Eats Shoots & Leaves” could be construed as a celebratory month 1) in America for all cheeses, 2) for made-in-America cheeses or 3) for that toned-down cheddar-derived [...]
‘Camera’ Names New Dining Critic
The Boulder Daily Camera’s new dining critic, Liz Moskow, describes her background as
“culinary school, restaurant ownership at 23, stints as a private Park Avenue chef, caterer, yoga teacher/studio owner, outdoor adventure tour guide, trail cook, Montana ski bum, copy writer, food blogger and assorted other experiences.
