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March 17, 2011 Like 0 John Lehndorff

Almost everything good I know I learned around the dinner table.

Keep the Change

February 8, 2011 Like 1 John Lehndorff

So I am second in line at the local coffee place and two large jars are staring at me.

If there’s one question as important as who you’re going to kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve, it’s where’s the Champagne? What to buy, what to order, what to drink—it’s enough to make any partygoer’s head spin. Not to…

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Dishing on 2011

January 7, 2011 Like 0 John Lehndorff

As we head into 2011, I glance over my shoulder at a remarkable year of food in the North Metro area. Farm-to-table dinners became commonplace as farmer’s markets inched closer to being open year-round.

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DIY Merriment

November 30, 2010 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

When I was a child, every Christmas was marked by at least one full day of cookie-baking madness. Family friends would come to the house where my mother was busy mixing and rolling and cutting dozens upon dozens of sugar…

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Season’s Fleeing

November 29, 2010 Like 2 John Lehndorff

‘Tis the season for the gathering of the tribes. From November through New Year’s Day, the dining table will be circled by family and friends. While that thought may fill you with joy, you’d be less than honest if you…

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Beyond Boulder

October 18, 2010 Like 1 John Lehndorff

I’ve given out hundreds of food-related awards over the years ranging from local “best of” lists to the James Beard Awards, and I learned one thing: awards are designed to instigate debate and make people really mad.

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Can-Do Spirit

September 20, 2010 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Any recipe that starts with “Peal and chop two bushels of tomatoes” is not going to be high on my to-try list. Neither is anything that has warnings about botulism and other nasties at the end. I don’t have a…

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Chile Power

September 20, 2010 Like 0 John Lehndorff

I’m old enough now that I can admit that I was a virgin when I moved to Colorado. I’d never even seen a green chile (or jalapeno pepper) when I moved to Colorado. Growing up in Massachusetts in the 1960s,…

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Shh!

August 18, 2010 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

There’s something about a secret that just makes everything more exciting. Surprise parties, secret rendezvous and private dinners all take on a special, surreal quality above and beyond their well-publicized counterparts.