Nibbles

09/05/2026

“When we go out to eat, what do I do?” – “You Enjoy Myself” by Phish

Ras Kassa’s Ethiopian Restaurant
802 S. Public Road, Lafayette
Forget the forks: Chill with a hands-on communal meal at the iconic Ras Kassa’s, off the beaten track in Lafayette. Heartwarming meals at this longtime bastion of Ethiopian cuisine involve grabbing bites of various stews, vegetables and salads using only pieces of spongy injera flatbread.

Let the lyrics of this iconic jam band be your guide to Boulder County's best food and drink. Boulder Weekly

09/03/2026

Bova’s Market will come home to the Hill
Boulder’s iconic Bova’s Market & Grill moved from the Hill when its longtime home was redeveloped into the Moxy Boulder Hotel. Now, its location at 1100 28th St. will close Sept. 12 for renovations. Bova’s plans to return to the Hill at 1134 13th St., the former University Market site.

The forthcoming “A Bite of Boulder: Volume 2” cookbook from Savor Productions features home-friendly recipes from current restaurants such as Café Aion, Ginger Pig and Hapa Sushi, as well as recipes from legendary local favorites including John’s Restaurant, The Med and Mataam Fez. Preorder the cookbook here.

Opening
Boulder’s Dagabi Cucina has opened Dagabi Wood Fired Pizza at 11410 Via Varra in Broomfield.

Closing
Tip Top Pies has closed in Lafayette.

Coming Attraction
Slice House, 725 Harvest Moon Drive, Longmont, will hold its grand opening Sept. 12.

Tour Longmont farm where solar energy meets agriculture
The agrivoltaic operation at Longmont’s Jack’s Solar Garden was recently profiled in The Guardian. Schedule a public tour of Jack’s Solar Garden here.

Colorado State University researchers are also testing whether saffron, the world’s most expensive spice, can thrive beneath photovoltaic panels in Colorado.

Plan ahead: Boulder’s Taste of Orthodoxy Greek food festival runs Sept. 11-13 at Sts. Peter & Paul Greek Orthodox Church. The annual Black Family Reunion Cookout is Sept. 19 in Arvada and features a barbecue side-dish competition.

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09/02/2026

KTT: The Next Generation!
Please tune in Thursday - 8:30-9:30 a.m., September 3 – for our inaugural show with a studio audience at the shiny new
KGNU Gnu Community Media & Cultural Center, 1720 14th St., Boulder.
Kitchen Table Talk is a ridiculously good time if you love food. I co-host KGNU’s 3-year-old monthly gourmet gathering of local food notables with Daniel Asher, Chef/Partner of River and Woods. Our guests this month are Philippa Clark, owner, Moxie Bread Co., and Deb Britton, owner Dolly Mama’s Farmstead Goat Cheese in Boulder.
This event also celebrates that fact that this will be my fifth studio location since I got involved from the cabanas on the creek to Broadway, Folsom and 25 years of radio on Walnut.
Listen to Kitchen Table Talk:
Streaming at kgnu.org
Broadcast:
88.5 FM – Boulder, Boulder County & North Denver
1390 AM – Greater Denver
For kids who don't know what radio is: This program will be posted as a PODCAST at kgnu.org.

09/01/2026

RIP Wendell Berry .......
“The passive American consumer, sitting down to a meal of pre-prepared food, confronts inert, anonymous substances that have been processed, dyed, breaded, sauced, gravied, ground, pulped, strained, blended, prettified, and sanitized beyond resemblance to any part of any creature that ever lived. The products of nature and agriculture have been made, to all appearances, the products of industry. Both eater and eaten are thus in exile from biological reality.”
― Wendell Berry

09/01/2026

By fall, he and Curiel had partnered with the MASA Seed Foundation in Boulder to grow 20 acres of Chihuahua blue, Oaxaca green, and Co**ha white corn. (The name of the heirloom seed bank and farm is an incredible coincidence: It’s not a reference to dough but an acronym for Mutual Admiration Seed Association.)
Though MASA’s founder, Richard Pecoraro, has been working with the plant seeds for decades, said director of operations Laura Allard, “These open-pollinated heritage corns are not grown in Colorado for food. But that’s no reason not to try them. The Chihuahua blue is known for tolerance to stress, and the Co**ha white tends to do really well with yields, even under the solar intensity.”
Thanks to some assistance from chef Eric Skokan of Boulder’s Black Cat Organic Farm, who grows polenta corn, the results of the first harvest in January were promising. Yielding 5,000 pounds, that corn has made its way into dishes at both Milpero and The Wolf’s Tailor.
Putting sweet varieties like Olathe corn aside, Curiel said the question now is, “How many more people can get on board? If we started with 20 acres, can we be doing 200 acres with chefs other than just us in 10 years?” Agreed Whitaker, “This isn’t a short-sighted one-off. This is a generational project.”

08/28/2026

Poblano chile relleno at Tierra y Fuego in Boulder

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08/27/2026

In her neighborhood, Dolly is very much the GOAT.
Dolly is the resident matriarch of a herd that includes Polly, Lolly, Nicki and Audrey on a piece of property located just north of Boulder. Dolly and her friends are producing the goat milk used to craft chevre at Dolly Mama’s Farmstead Goat Cheese.
Boulder County is famously home to award-winning restaurants, brewers, distillers, bakeries, apiaries and even cracker makers. But until Dolly Mama’s opened earlier this year, there was no artisan cheese being produced locally to put on those crackers.
The enterprise is a second-career dream for Deb Britton. “I’m the owner, milker, cheesemaker and goat herder. I do it all,” she says with a grin.
https://boulderreportinglab.org/newsletter/%f0%9f%a7%80-artisan-cheesemaking-returns-to-boulder-county-at-dolly-mamas/

08/27/2026

https://boulderreportinglab.org/2026/08/25/boulder-market-meals-turn-locally-grown-eggplant-into-smoky-baba-ghanoush/

Grill fresh eggplant from Boulder County farmers markets to make this creamy, smoky dip for vegetables, grain bowls and sandwiches.

08/22/2026

An eggplant Parm grinder

Psychologists Say It Perfectly Natural To Fantasize About Sandwiches Other Than One Currently In Hand https://theonion.com/psychologists-say-it-perfectly-natural-to-fantasize-abo-1819579393/