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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.

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Going Round

August 18, 2010 Like 1 John Lehndorff

Maybe it’s a sign of our growing interest in locally sourced, handmade fare or simply a result of our growing culinary sophistication, but there’s an amazing artisanal pizzeria boom arising in Boulder and the North Metro area.

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Ho Hos at Home

July 12, 2010 Like 3 Lacy Boggs

When it comes to buying food, things have gotten a little bit complicated: local, sustainable, organic or all-natural. Food producers and marketers add labels to their products touting the health benefits and natural ingredients—whether they’re actually healthy or not. They…

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Formation of a Foodie: Natural Nosh

June 10, 2010 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

My husband and I bought our first house last year, and with it came a large and beautiful back yard—that was almost completely overrun with weeds. I spent many a summer afternoon of 2009 pulling said weeds, many of which…