By John Lehndorff - February 27,2024

Growing hotties

Yes, I know it is only February. Our snowiest month is still ahead. Veteran gardeners know that Colorado’s sunny spring weather is designed to break their hearts and crush their...

By John Lehndorff - February 20,2024

Watching what we eat

The first time I noticed food on the movie screen was probably the spaghetti-stand kiss in The Lady and the Tramp. Once I started paying attention to cinema, it seemed...

By John Lehndorff - February 13,2024

Boulder’s ‘tea spirit’

Rev. Bu Nan Brown, co-founder of Boulder Tea Hut, likes a mug of Earl Grey now and again. “That’s what we call tea with a small ‘t’ rather than Tea...

By John Lehndorff - February 6,2024

Big truffle makers

Willy Wonka undergoes dire challenges on his unlikely path to become a chocolatier whose sweets make people fly in Wonka, the new prequel film about Roald Dahl’s famous character.  “I’ve...

By John Lehndorff - January 30,2024

An ode to okonomiyaki

During my freshman year in a college dorm, the eating was easy, if not especially tasty. The first time I had to feed myself was a year later as a...

By John Lehndorff - January 23,2024

Back to (food) school

When I think back to all the stuff I learned in high school and college, it’s no wonder I don’t use much of that knowledge every day. (Sorry about that,...

By John Lehndorff - January 17,2024

Tour de Skratch

Dr. Allen Lim is a study in perpetual motion as he wends his way through Skratch Labs Cafe, greeting familiar diners and delivering plates of rice cakes, salads and bowls....

By John Lehndorff - January 9,2024

Master of the (beer) universe

Boulder County has been dubbed the “Silicon Valley of beer” for good reason. There may be more beer tasting knowledge per capita on the Front Range among brewers and sippers...

By John Lehndorff - January 3,2024

The future bites

First, I want to reassure readers that this Nibbles column is not written by an AI bot; at least not at the moment. However, advanced technology is very much on...