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Chef's Issue

Teaching A Horse New Tricks

Regardless of what trick or technique has become the new fad, most everyone has heard of—or even experimented with—everything from clickers to the “calm-assertive” style of the Dog Whisperer. Especially in Boulder County, where most residents have more dogs than kids. Canines have been bred and domesticated for centuries to view people as the center of their universe. So it makes sense that they have become the “normal” pet

Features

Young Guns: 2nd Annual Chef’s Issue

This ain’t a playground. From the kitchens of Boulder County, chefs are making names for themselves in the national press, on reality TV and among their own. But there is a new generation making its way into the food world—raised in the age of the celebrity chef and schooled in both traditional techniques and mad-science methodology. Move over Hosea Rosenberg and Lachlan

The Lion’s Share

If there is one major misconception about training a cat, it’s that a cat cannot be trained. Yep, that little, fuzzy thing that attacks your screen door and pees in your closet is not the mysterious, solitary being that you think it is. Your cat may have trained you to get up at dusk and trained the dog to cower in fear, but few cat lovers realize that they do have the ability to manage the

Tooling Around

Just like chefs have knives and musicians have instruments, trainers wield a bevy of tools. The tools of the training trade should also be in your arsenal as you and your pet learn to communicate, adapt to your life together and bond.—AC Clickers: A clicker is a mechanical device that makes a clicking sound (surprise, surprise). A click alerts your pet that they are doing something good

Above and Beyond

Pairing service dogs with injured U.S. veterans is nothing new. Man’s (and woman’s) best friends have long been trained to act as an extra pair of eyes, ears, feet and hands for people with serious injuries and disabilities. For those wounded in combat, a service dog can help with their mobility, their independence, and their transition back to civilian life, which can be all the harder when

Teaching A Horse New Tricks

Commentary

Here’s to Beer

I attended college on the central coast of California—a beautiful little town nestled among the morros and cuddled up around a simple Spanish mission. It was a college town and a retirement town, and that left little room for anyone else. Which meant that San Luis Obispo was just a tad disconnected from the real world…more so than the rest of California. And that meant my peers considered

Scene

Editor’s Picks

It’s Art Lafayette’s Art Night Out is the third Friday of the month from May through September, ending the 2012 season on Sept. 21 with a fantastic night of entertainment. Check out the band Girls on Top, peruse the art walk or beer garden, take the kids to the face painting booths or children’s activities, or just enjoy a beautiful night out. Check out the art booths and family friendly

Also in This Edition

Month in Review: August 2012

Neil Armstrong died, and an intoxicated woman in Longmont was arrested for shoving a puppy down her pants. The USA Pro Cycling Challenge roared through Boulder in what one event organizer said was the “biggest day” in the event’s history. Some 35,000 waited on Flagstaff Mountain for the Stage 6 finish, which was won by Australian (and Boulder resident) Rory Sutherland. A Boulder man retired

Cheat sheet

Cheat Sheet: The Beer Runs Through It

“I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer.” Homer Simpson said that, of course, and it makes you wonder whether Springfield is located in Colorado. While not resorting to Homer’s extremes, the simple truth is we love our beer, with the emphasis on our. There are few other places in the country where you can earn so many looks of puzzlement (or, on occasion, outright