The midwinter feast of our ancient ancestors is thought to be the ancestor of the Christmas dinner we enjoy today. Archaeological excavations have uncovered that pork and beef were the most commonly served meats at pagan midwinter solstice feasts. Boulder has a number of excellent restaurants where you can spend Christmas Eve. Based on the […]

Meet Chelsea! This Indiana native is a full time student and musician, that loves going to shows in her free time. Some of her favorite things about living in Colorado is the easy access to hiking, and the clean mountains air. Her grandparents currently live in Erie, and she visits boulder regularly. Thanks you for […]

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Mid-1990s Boulder was busy with activity. Fitness was king. Local businesses were prized. Hacky Sack circles and jam band opuses were ubiquitous anywhere students congregated. Simultaneous to that, though, was something wholly different. Buried in the corridors of the JILA tower on CU’s campus, a breakthrough was purring along quietly. Professors Carl Wieman and Eric […]

Photo credit: Sherrie Stille

Photo credit: Sherrie Stille

Sushi originated in Southeast Asia between the fifth and third centuries BC as a method of preserving raw fish in fermented rice. Fish that had been gutted and salted and wrapped in fermented rice could be kept for months without spoiling. The practice spread to southern China before reaching Japan in the 8th century. According […]

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