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13 Front Range Makers to Have On Your Foodie Radar Enliven your diet with these stellar condiments, spices, baked treats, and more.Denise Mickelsen and Patricia Kaowthumrong •
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’
These Two North Metro Area Bakers Will Deliver Goodies to Your Doorstep
Satisfy your sweet tooth with Black Knife Bakery’s macarons and Phresh Baked Goods’ cookies, cupcakes, whoopie pies, and other treats. Allyson Reedy •
February 22, 2021
Deviny Herrera is obsessed with macarons, and while that obsession may cause her some sleepless nights and OCD flare-ups, it means stunningly beautiful and creatively delicious cookies for you via her
Black Knife Bakery. Herrera’s fixation on the colorful cookies began during a trip to Las Vegas, when she first bit into a chocolate macaron at Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Bakery. When she got home, she couldn’t let that taste memory go, and, newly unemployed at her job as a phlebotomist, the self-taught baker began devouring all things macaron she could find from the cookies themselves to YouTube tutorials to dozens of online recipes.