Happy

Challenging Elements: Mead

May 20, 2011 Like 0 Brandy Simmons

Happy Noodle’s Executive Chef Sam Proia taught us this month that the mantra “save bees, drink mead” extends even to brining scallops in the age-old booze.

Magazine

Best of the West: Readers’ Choice Food & Drink

April 15, 2011 Like 0 editor

This year, we’re giving our Best of the West winners the red carpet treatment: The readers have spoken, the critics have made their picks and several local celebrities have added their two cents. Here are our picks for the best…

Magazine

Dishes We Love

February 8, 2011 Like 2 Lacy Boggs

Many of our favorite dishes this year found their grandeur in the essence of simplicity, taking advantage of astonishingly good seasonal ingredients.

Features

Best of the West: Critics’ Choice Food and Drink

April 14, 2010 Like 2 Lacy Boggs

Best For When You Want The Best Frasca, Boulder Here, dinner is a symphony that at times feels light and airy and then hits you like a wave of heart-pounding percussion. Frasca’s ever-changing menu includes plates of perfectly sliced prosciutto,…

Foodie

Nibbles: Talkin’ ‘Bout My (Aging) Generation

March 24, 2010 Like 5 John Lehndorff

Whenever there’s a societal problem in the U.S. it’s popular to blame the baby boomers. We’re one big, easy target. Google “blame the baby boomers” and you’ll see more than 406,000 results. Now we’re being labeled as the major culprits…

Foodie

Nibbles: Dine and Dash

February 22, 2010 Like 0 John Lehndorff

Cafés come and bistros go, but when Dolan’s Restaurant went belly-up in January, it spooked restaurateurs and diners alike. I know because they started sending me emails with too many exclamation points.