What dishes did Denver try making at home in 2024? Part of that answer can be found within the city’s libraries, which loaned cookbooks to thousands of hungry readers over the year. They include volumes on purely soups, one-pan meals and healthy and sustainable cooking. Ina Garten’s memoir from this year was a New York … Read more
Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems. The seventh and final move of my childhood was to the Texas Panhandle. My … Read more
More than 450 people gathered at the JCC Denver last Sunday for a latke competition, and the aroma of potato pancakes filled the air outside the building and into the parking lot. The Latkes and Lights event – which also featured vendors, a menorah competition and live music – attracted some of the biggest restaurant … Read more
I live alone, in a tiny house with a kitchen for which the term “galley” is a compliment. I rarely cook; dinner is usually a salad or a bowl of ramen. But if I have a holiday tradition, it’s thoroughly covering my counter (and often my floor) with flour and sugar, cocoa and cracker crumbs, … Read more
Admit it: By the weekend after Thanksgiving, you’ll be bored with turkey leftovers and looking for the anti-fowl. Something beefy to stock your freezer with, a yummy, big-batch dish that will tide you over until baking Christmas cookies and planning for holiday dinner parties commence. It’s likely that over the holidays, you’ll have a bunch … Read more
Surrounded by a swirl of dried corn stalks, hay bales and black-and-orange Halloween festoonery, the Café at Nick’s Garden Center would be easy to miss — except for the line. Read more: Denver’s green chile roadside roasters a cultural, culinary gift Hungry shoppers and Halloween revelers stood for 10 minutes or more on a recent weekend … Read more
Just because the summer season is long gone doesn’t mean you have to stop eating local. On the contrary, Colorado’s many hard-working growers and farmers continue to tend to their fields while the leaves turn — and even after that, into October and November. You can find Colorado-grown fruits and veggies at farmers markets, farm … Read more
One of my favorite childhood memories is the attention I got from my mom when I wasn’t feeling well. She’d keep me home from school and feed me comfort food. This included her chicken soup and buttered toast, followed by preserved peaches. That fruit went down so smoothly that any ache was immediately soothed, and all … Read more
We grow them because we love them. Are they easy? Not always, but their delicious ripe rewards confirm why tomatoes continue to be the most popular crop grown among home gardeners. In this, Part II of tomato care through the summer (read Part I here), let’s explore what can go wrong despite our good garden … Read more
As Colorado rolls into arguably its most beautiful time of year, even the most barren foothills lining the Front Range turn a vibrant green for a few weeks. If you look closer at this lush ground cover, you’ll be amazed at the detail within the rainbow hues sprouting amid the greenery. Related: Colorado wildflowers are … Read more
