AltWeeklies Wire
Be-gin the Morning With Ginnew
"What we're doing is comparing our standard batch of gin with the proposed batch of gin," he said as he poured two separate gins into glasses set on a table in front of us. "We're going to smell and taste and see how they match up."
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
08-31-2011 |
Food+Drink
Back To School, Back To Video Gamesnew
Staying inside means more opportunities to crank up gaming rigs, which is a good thing for the lagging videogame industry.
Boise Weekly |
Michael Lafferty |
08-29-2011 |
Video Games
Idaho School Lunches Surprisingly Healthynew
More than 70 percent of our schools in Idaho are serving locally grown food, but nobody knows about it.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
08-29-2011 |
Food+Drink
The Time is Ripe for Urban Fruit Foragingnew
Mid-August is the sticky sweet thick of wild fruit season. Though red and black currants have come and gone, scattering their pea-sized fruit along the banks of the river, plums, apricots, blackberries and apples are currently coming on in spurts.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
08-22-2011 |
Food+Drink
The Storied History of Beer Brewing in Idahonew
Back in 1888, Idaho had 33 breweries scattered across the territory, but the excitement then was fueled not by cream ales but by gold and the unquenchable thirst of camp miners.
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
08-10-2011 |
Food+Drink
You Stream, I Stream, We All Stream For Ustreamnew
Websites like Ustream are full of user-made content that is not only pleasing to our eyes and ears but feeds our intellectual and emotional needs as well.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
05-25-2011 |
Tech
It's Not TV. It's on Your iPhone or Droidnew
Available at hbogo.com
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
05-11-2011 |
Tech
Tags: HBO GO
Kiss My Apps: Geology IDnew
Geology ID ($6.99 on iTunes) may be the best iPhone, iPod and iPad app about Idaho rather than the stuff that people say about Idaho or what people do in Idaho.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
04-20-2011 |
Tech
Get Gnarly With the Red Bull Rampagenew
See the footage of Red Bull's annual mountain bike competition and get a thousand easy answers to your kids questions about why you won't buy them a bike.
Boise Weekly |
Alex Blackwell |
04-07-2011 |
Sports
Idaho Vodkas Make High-End Use of the Humble Potatonew
From boutique distilleries to multi-brand companies, Idaho's most famous crop is getting fermented instead of fried.
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
04-06-2011 |
Food+Drink
Searching the World for the Perfect Steaknew
Author Mark Schatzker traveled the world in search of the perfect steak. He found it in Idaho.
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
03-18-2011 |
Food+Drink
Idaho Caviar Industry is in the Blacknew
Travelers whizzing past Southern Idaho's sagebrush desert on I-84 are likely thinking about anything but caviar. Rattlesnakes, lava rocks and the next restroom, sure. But not glistening black beads of high-end sturgeon roe. In the last 10 years, Idaho has become one of the country's top caviar producers.
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
03-02-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Caviar
What The Font Is That Font?new
Is it Comic Sans? Is it Papyrus? New smartphone app will tell you . . . sort of.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
02-18-2011 |
Tech
SnapTax: Making Filing Easier Since 2011new
The future is here: You may now file your taxes on your mobile phone.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
02-09-2011 |
Tech
The Seedy Side of Localnew
When phony farmers threaten the integrity of farmers markets.
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
02-03-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Buy Local, Farmers Markets
