Up and Over: The Sneffels Highline Trail
Switchback your Way up to a ridge line so steep and razor sharp that a whole new world pops into view in that split second you step on top. 14 miles. 3,600' up. 7 hours. 4,000 calories. Burned.
Romesco on everything
In Spain, it goes on vegetables, meat, chicken and fish. It's a full-bandwidth sauce. A huge range of flavors spreading across your tongue. Deep flavors that make you pay attention and eat Slower. Mild or spicy. Your choice.
Fall Colors Risotto. In a Summer Pepper.
The world's best rice. With very fresh red and yellow late Summer sweet peppers. Stuffing for an orange pepper. You can make a great risotto in 30 minutes. Required kitchen skill: stirring. And not that much.
Early Fall Pizza
This caramelized eggplant & soffrito pizza is a perfect example of Better being Cheaper. Not just a great $2 pizza. A great pizza, period. Seasonal vegetables, 34 cents worth of pizza crust and a beautiful, colorful finish.
Age Slower. And Better. And Cheaper.
Nobody's getting out of here alive. But while you're here, you might as well live Better and Cheaper.
Slower Sunday: Talking points
Wonder what they're talking about. Sounds like everyone's into it, but it's all talk. Not much action out there. Maybe they're singing. Probably sounds great to them. They keep doing it. Press Play. Eavesdrop. Just for a minute. It's Sunday.
Chocolate Mousse. Tastes like Paris.
A luscious, transporting dessert for about $1 per serving. Rich flavor. Light texture. Like injecting fudge sauce with air bubbles. And cream. Unusually low calorie count.
The Walk That Ate Paris
Six or seven hours Walking one of the greatest walking cities on the planet. A few more hours for Eating in one of the world's great food capitals. Fifteen miles. 24 kilometers. More than 2,000 calories burned.
Killer Potato Chips. Good or Evil?
Make a bowl of your own crisp, light, healthy ones for 20 cents. Or buy a bag of the commercial chips more responsible for long-term weight gain than any other food. Weight gain that leads to diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.
Size didn’t matter.
What I learned on my summer vacation: hiking the "small" mountains of New England can be tougher than hiking the "big ones" out West. Why? Might be the rocks.