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Keto Friendly Fare in Boise

Keto Friendly Fare in Boise

Sip a Champagne Cocktail in Boise

Sip a Champagne Cocktail in Boise

Boise's Best Cheese and Wine Spots

Boise's Best Cheese and Wine Spots

Where to Dig into Korean Cuisine in Boise

Where to Dig into Korean Cuisine in Boise

Sample Some Sour Beer in Boise

Sample Some Sour Beer in Boise

A Peek Inside Boise's Petite 4

A Peek Inside Boise's Petite 4

I’ve got a confession that’s not really a confession to anyone who’s ever met me. I’m a Francophile. Like I’m pretty sure I could subsist on rosé and oysters and pâté and steak tartare until the gout came and slapped me off the gilded bar stool where I’m fantasy chilling with all my other red-lipped Frenchies and chain-smoking Gauloises. Sadly (and perhaps luckily?) that place has never existed in Boise. Until now. Petite 4 quietly opened this week on Latah Street, adjacent t

Barnyard Kitchen and Bar Serves Up Southern Fried Fare in Meridian

Barnyard Kitchen and Bar Serves Up Southern Fried Fare in Meridian

**Now Closed** I did a double take when I stumbled across the website for Barnyard Kitchen and Bar. Fried green tomatoes with house-smoked pork belly? Fried chicken on buttermilk biscuits with house pickles? Fresh local goats milk and sheep’s milk cheeses made in an on-site creamery? Wait ... is this in Idaho? Turns out it most definitely is, near the big box dominated corner of Fairview Avenue and Eagle Road. Housed in the former Muse Bistro & Wine Bar building in Meridian,

A Night With Basque Chefs at the Arid Club

A Night With Basque Chefs at the Arid Club

We were lucky enough to attend last Saturday's sold out dinner at the Arid Club featuring three chefs and a sommelier from the Basque Country. Chef Aitor Elizegi of Restaurante Gaminiz in Bilbao; Chef Beñat Ormaetxea, former Head Chef at the Guggenheim Bilbao and owner of Jauregibarria in Amorebieta-Etxano; and Chef Josu Ibarra of Asador Zuria in Bilbao whipped up six unique courses. The evening also featured Txakoli and Rioja pairings from sommelier Mikel Garaizabal Pildain,

Review: Gangnam Brings Legit Korean to Boise Bench

Review: Gangnam Brings Legit Korean to Boise Bench

I've been fairly unimpressed with Boise's Korean offerings. But I changed my tune after a recent trip to Gangnam Korean Restaurant, which opened in the former Wasabi space on Orchard. Here's my review, which came out in today's Boise Weekly: Banchan, or "side dishes," are an essential component of any Korean meal. The small plates boast everything from squiggly japchae to spicy kimchi to savory pancakes, and they're set in the middle of the table to share. Like any good Korea

Review: Rotary Sushi on Fairview

Review: Rotary Sushi on Fairview

Photo via Laurie Pearman at Boise Weekly The first kaiten-zushi, or conveyor belt sushi shop, opened in Japan in 1958. From there, the fast food sushi concept slowly crept across the world. In the Treasure Valley, Shige Express has owned the floating sushi boat scene for the past few years—with two locations that serve small plates that drift by diners in a revolving moat. Now there is a new rotating sushi spot in town—fittingly called Rotary Sushi—that has ditched the water

Eat This: Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sliders and Pork Street Tacos at The Lift

Eat This: Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sliders and Pork Street Tacos at The Lift

I've always enjoyed The Lift's shady, grape-vine-draped back patio in the summertime. It's a quick bike jaunt down the Greenbelt and is somehow insulated from the chaos of nearby State Street. Not to mention, I can get a stiff $3 gin and soda during happy hour. But apart from The Lift's famous fish tacos, I tend to shy away from the food—nachos, burgers, etc. That is, until recently, when I spotted a couple of intriguing new additions to the appetizer menu: Pork Street Tacos

Eat This: Madhuban's Lunch Buffet

Eat This: Madhuban's Lunch Buffet

It’s no secret that Madhuban has a great lunch buffet. Not only does the spot consistently win Best Local Indian in BW’s Best of Boise contest, but there’s regularly a line stretching out the door. We stopped by today for a late Memorial Day lunch and the place was as packed as ever. We gladly lingered outside the of the State Street strip mall space for around 20 minutes until a table was available. Inside, families picked up clean plates and waited in another line to ladle

Sunday Brunch at The Modern Hotel

Sunday Brunch at The Modern Hotel

So, I'm a tad biased (considering my husband's the chef) but brunch at The Modern Hotel is freaking awesome. Today, I snagged a shady patio seat and ordered the housemade corned beef tossed with hunks of perfectly roasted beets and potatoes, topped with a sprinkling of chive flowers. It was fantastic (and beautiful, just look at that oozy, deep yellow yolk!) My mother-in-law opted for the Cured Steelhead Lox with thin rye toasts, housemade crème fraîche and a zippy parsley an

13th Street Pub Adds Some Interesting New Apps

13th Street Pub Adds Some Interesting New Apps

Hyde Park's 13th Street Pub has had essentially the same menu for as long as I can remember—a fairly standard line-up of salads, sandwiches and burgers. So when I swung by for happy hour last week, I was surprised to see some more adventurous new items on the menu. The Risotto Goat Cheese Cakes ($10) were particularly impressive—both in size and execution—with a super crispy, deep-fried exterior that gave way to soft risotto with a core of creamy, pesto-laced goat cheese. Tho

Eat This: Spicy Tuna Lunch Special at Sushi Joy

Eat This: Spicy Tuna Lunch Special at Sushi Joy

I'm not typically a fan of the spicy tuna roll. It's an excuse to serve sub-par scraps of tuna riddled with stringy sinew that are bound together with enough spicy mayo to conceal the fact that the fish isn’t great. My ideal sushi roll is something simple—like tuna and asparagus or salmon and avocado—with ample hunks of fresh fish and zero mayo. But having said all that, Sushi Joy has officially won me over with its spicy tuna roll. The Sushi Lunch #2 combo features six plump

Eat This: Pig and Fig Flatbread at BodoVino

Eat This: Pig and Fig Flatbread at BodoVino

For Mother's Day, BodoVino partnered with nearby Lit & Co. Candles to offer a special package: Make a candle with your mom, then head to BodoVino for a glass of wine, a flatbread and a dessert for $49. From the dozens of scents available at Lit & Co., my mom and I both opted for the surprisingly manly combo of leather, barnwood and Kentucky bourbon. While we were waiting for our rustic soy candles to set, we grabbed a window-side seat at BodoVino and ordered a couple glasses

Eat This: Red Feather's Chorizo and Truffled Potato Pizza

Review: El Cafetal Colombian Restaurant

Review: El Cafetal Colombian Restaurant

Some lunches necessitate a nap. Indian buffets, for example, with their rich coconut curries, fried samosas and plump pakoras, always have me yawning before I've finished my naan. Now there's a new cuisine to add to my list: Colombian food. Teeming with carbs of every kind—plantains, potatoes, rice, corn, yucca—this fare is not for the faint of appetite. At El Cafetal, between Kibrom's Restaurant and The Goodness Land in the Boise International Market, the deep fryer is alway

Where to Find Awesome Coffee in Boise

Where to Find Awesome Coffee in Boise

Unlike our West Coast neighbors, Boise hasn't really jumped on the Third Wave coffee train. It's slim pickings if you want a properly pulled espresso made from locally roasted Fair Trade beans. But on the bright side, that means Boise lacks some of the coffee pretention you'll find in bigger cities. No one's going to lecture you on the difference between a latte and a flat white or refuse to serve you sugar or soy milk. Here are a few of my favorite local spots that consisten

Eat This: Fork's Fried Chicken and Waffle Sliders

Eat This: Fork's Fried Chicken and Waffle Sliders

Fried in a lightly crispy batter that barely clings to the chicken, Fork's fried chicken brunch sliders get most of their crunch from thick, cratered waffles. Served with a side of orange butter blended with floral local honey and a ramekin of balsamic-infused maple syrup, these skewered breakfast buddies are both savory and sweet. They also boast a lovely Southern charm that dissolves as soon as you try to cram one inelegantly into your mouth. #fork #review #sliders

Top 10 Boise Brunch Spots

Top 10 Boise Brunch Spots

Want to know where to get poached and sauced after a night of debauchery? Then check out this list of the best Boise brunch spots. The Modern Hotel and Bar-Whether you go for the truffled egg toast in a buttery bread box or the housemade corned beef on a pile of creamy cauliflower mash with wild mushrooms, Chef Alex gets it right every time. The fish sauce Bloody Mary with a Sriracha salt rim ain't too shabby, either. Red Feather Lounge-The second-floor booths at this brunch

Review: The Goodness Land

Review: The Goodness Land

As muffled cheers from a TV soccer game echoed in the distance, Salam Bunyan skewered hunks of raw chicken, slabs of lamb and citrus coins onto a large spit. Spinning the block of meat slowly with one hand, he shaved off thin slivers with the other to form a cylinder, packing the excess bits on top of the pile as he went. Bunyan owns The Goodness Land, an Arabic restaurant that opened in the Boise International Market in mid-December, and prides himself on making everything f

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