Pizza Panini/Sandwich Made With My Sweet Sandwich Maker

Question of the Day: do you have to use a panini maker to make a panini? See, I’ve got this sweet grilled cheese sandwich maker, which I usually use to make grilled cheese sandwiches. It’s been serving me well ever since I yanked it out of the trash whilst dumpster diving at the University of [...]

The Other Side Restaurant in Estes Park, CO

Sometimes, when I start writing one of these, I have a hard time figuring out a good lead-in to the subject at hand. This is particularly hard with restaurants. With other things, I can discuss how a giant salmon leapt out from the freezer at me, longing to be cooked. Or how, after desperately craving [...]

Sticking Tofu in the Toaster

My block of tofu that’s been sitting in the fridge for the past several weeks was originally going to be reserved for miso soup. Thing is, I was sick recently. While being sick, I ate entirely too much soup of the instant and canned variety, as being sick = being lazy. So, being officially sick [...]

Elke’s German Deli in Fountain, CO

Elke’s German Deli is magical. We were really just planning to have a look around when we first went in. We are greatly inspired by the selection of chocolate, but uninspired by the expected prices of products imported from Germany. But the salami reeled us in for a purchase, as salami always does. We decided [...]

Charlie’s Pit Bar-B-Que in Manitou Springs, CO

The exciting thing about (or the problem with, depending on your half full/half empty choice of philosophy) moving to a new location is that you have no idea whatsoever if any of the food places near you are delicious or awful. You just don’t know, unless you get a recommendation from someone, take the time [...]