by Emily Kemme | Jan 31, 2025 | NOCO Food & Drink
Steaks are often expensive cuts of beef, so it’s natural that cooking them at home might make you nervous. After all, you don’t want to burn them into charred, inedible bricks. But if you’re equipped with a quality cut of meat and these tips from local experts,...
by Emily Kemme | Dec 30, 2024 | NOCO Food & Drink
Growing up in Vicenza, a northern Italian town near Venice, Giancarlo Scalzotto watched his mom, Emilia, make pasta by hand several times a week for their family. She made fettuccine, tagliatelle and thin capellini for brodo, a brothy soup. Then there were plump...
by Emily Kemme | Oct 31, 2024 | Editor's Picks, NOCO Food & Drink, NOCO Holiday
Sweets makers pull out all the stops with holiday treats that warm our hearts, tell a story or put icing on the cake in the most meaningful ways. From gourmet chocolates to Yule logs, here are some local favorites. Robin Chocolates robinchocolates.com 600 S....
by Angeline Grenz | Sep 26, 2024 | NOCO Food & Drink
Blake Ernst’s friend delivered pizza to the home of New Belgium Brewing’s founders in 1995. His buddy came back with a new hobby for them to try. Many messes and almost 30 years later, Ernst, of Fort Collins, is more serious about making his own beer than ever. He...
by Emily Kemme | Aug 26, 2024 | NOCO Food & Drink
Speakeasies have seen a resurgence over the last 20 years, although their resemblance to the dark, often dingy speakeasies of the Prohibition era is more fanciful than factual. In 1920, after the passage of the 18th Amendment made producing and selling liquor illegal,...
by Emily Kemme | Jul 31, 2024 | NOCO Food & Drink
Tabasco sauce emerged in 1868 so that people could drizzle a dram of liquid fire onto their morning eggs, and for nearly half a century, it was the only way. But then craft food innovators, armed with the knowledge that red tabasco peppers aren’t the only way to spice...
