Claire Walter
Kim & Jake Make Great Cakes
South Boulder boutique bakery’s unusual (and unusually delicious) cakes From a tiny bakery tucked into a corner of Boulder’s Table Mesa Shopping Center come some of the best cakes in town. Kim & Jake’s Cakes is a bakery, pure and simple. In fact, it’s a cake bakery, even purer and simpler. They don’t do bread. They [...]
Tasting at PastaVino’s Grand Opening
Sampling new Boulder restaurant’s Italian fare Although PastaVino, just west of Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall, has been in business for several weeks, the official grand opening was Sunday evening, May 6, and that was the first time I set foot inside. The stylish new restaurant promised free food samples and live music. Tables had been pushed aside, and [...]
Cold Shrimp in a Mexican Mode
Mexican-inspired shrimp cocktails for a crowd For a Cinco de Mayo party, I made a cold shrimp dish inspired by Mexican shrimp cocktails I’ve enjoyed. In Mexico and finer Mexican restaurants in the states, this lively and refreshing appetizer is often served in a cocktail glass or even in a tall tumbler. My version, made [...]
Meeting Meat Again
Years of minimal meat consumption + low energy + 2 meals with meat = energy restored It is easy not to eat red meat in Boulder, and by and large, the only times I have in the last 15 or 20 years is when I have been a judge at a chefs’ competition (and that’s just a [...]
World’s 50 ‘Best’ Restaurants Listed
S. Pellegrino, a famous brand of bottled sparkling water and other beverages from Italy, annually sponsors a list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Restaurant Magazine in the UK “organizes” what they describe as ”the opinions and experiences of over 800 international restaurant industry experts.” The 2012 list is out now, and Noma, a storied Danish restaurant, retains the number [...]
Early Fast Fooderies: Where They All Started
On-line slide show displays “the first” of famous chains Anyone who knows me is aware that I don’t eat fast food — not even Micky D’s famous fries — though I do occasionally patronize chain locations’ restrooms on a road trip. Still, I enjoyed “McDonald’s, Subway, Taco Bell — Where Were They Born?,” subtitled “A guide to [...]
Oh My Guard! Denver Chef Opening in Boulder
A scoop of sorts on Troy Guard’s new upcoming taqueria on Walnut Note: You need a scorecard to keep track of the players. Less than a week after I wrote the post below, quite pleased that I thought I scooped other local food bloggers, Denver Eater scooped me (and I think everyone else) by reporting [...]
