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March 1, 2021
If 34 Degrees’ Crisps are the cracker darlings of Denver, then the brand’s new
Snaps are its highly snackable sibling. The airy, baked chickpea thins, sold in sea salt, everything, and onion-dip-ready umami flavors, are also produced at the company’s Louisville facility, founded in 2003 by Craig Lieberman, a co-owner of Beckon in RiNo.
Only order delivery of Orlando Benavidez’s green- and red-chile corn
tortillas if you’re comfortable forming a new habit. Made by the New Mexico native and longtime Denver chef using puréed chiles (never dyes), each street-taco-size round is wonderfully supple and fragrant. Bits & Pieces’
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Holidays are a time for comfort and nostalgia and maybe a little tipsiness. Eggnog fits all of those, from Thanksgiving through New Year s Day. Dry Land Distillers co-founder Nels Wroe loves the classic winter tradition, which is why the Longmont distillery is hosting its third annual Nog Off beginning Tuesday, November 25. We found out that all of the founders were competitive about their eggnog, and we all felt our eggnog recipes were better than the other, says Wroe, who started making rum at the distillery just to add to the eggnog. It s kind of ridiculous how we created rum, but that s why.