Yellow Scene Magazine

3…2…1…Bikini! Local Chef creates Latin cuisine for Atkins

January 12, 2011 Like 1 Paige Nickell

The countdown to the New Year quickly came and went, and thoughts of springtime are now creeping out of dusty cupboards. The negative temperatures make it difficult for me to even believe that there is a warm, bright light at…

Online News

Words, words, words… Local researcher connects blogging and personality

January 11, 2011 Like 0 Paige Nickell

When I say “together” do you perceive me to have an agreeable personality? If I say “lazy” do you automatically presume me to be a person showing neuroticism? The typical human being might not link such subtleties in word choice…

Online News

Drink Wine, Be Merited

January 7, 2011 Like 0 Hali Young

Ripened grapes sit saturated in the long vineyard waiting to be picked or fall from their vines. The weathered hands of the vineyard worker pick the grapes individually and place them in a sack to be toted off to a…

Closing Scene

Who Would Jesus Help?

January 7, 2011 Like 0 James Burrus

Could we as a country be in deeper doo-doo? That was what immediately popped into my mind as I watched in disbelief and disgust the collection of video from news broadcasts compiled about the Black Friday shopper stampede.

Foodie

Bring on the Bubbly

January 7, 2011 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

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…

Cuisine

Eatery Update: December 2010

January 7, 2011 Like 0 John Lehndorff

OPEN, CLOSED & COMING SOON The founding chef at Boulder’s Sushi Tora recently opened Sushi Leo at 2315 Clover Basin Dr. in Longmont. Meanwhile, Yurihana Sushi Bar and Pan-Asian Cuisine is dishing everything from firecracker rolls to garlic pork at…

Foodie

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.

Restaurant Reviews

Rockin’ Moroccan

January 6, 2011 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

The real reason to visit Kasbah, a cozy piece of Morocco in downtown Lafayette, is not the lamb—which is delectable—or the mint tea or the b’stella. It’s the all-encompassing experience: a taste of a different culture, a brief visit to…

Challenging Elements

Challenging Elements: Rice Krispies

January 6, 2011 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

An unsophisticated, mass-produced ingredient needs a sophisticated dish,” Connie Ruel, owner of eight-month-old Tutti in Lafayette told us as we settled down to taste her Challenge dish, and that just perfectly sums up what she and her chef did when…

Duly Noted

Green!?!

January 6, 2011 Like 1 French Davis

In this month’s column, I’d like to respond to a reader e-mail: Dear Yellow Scene, Please remove (address withheld) from your mailing list. My family is a very green family and are trying to decrease our footprint by unsubscribing from as…