NIBBLES

SEASONS EATINGS: SWEET RESCUED FLAVORS

Preserves handmade in Boulder using locally picked fruit by the nonprofit Community Fruit Rescue are available for the holidays. Order pear sauce, apple butter, applesauce and dried apple chips. fruitrescue.org/store

LOCAL FOOD NEWS: TASTEFUL LONGMONT

Get local vegetables, honey, baked goods, gifts and more at the season’s finale of the Boulder Farmers Market Winter Market, Dec. 2-3 at the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont.

Longmont’s Journey Culinary offers a series of classes/dinners including Christmas Spanish Tapas Dec. 15; Peruvian Christmas Dinner Dec. 8 and 21; and a Dec. 15 Noël Francais Dinner. journey culinary.com/class-calendar

Founded in Longmont in 2004, Ziggi’s Coffee recently announced 50 new franchise locations in the Atlanta area.

The winners of the Longmont Latino Chamber of Commerce La Feria del Tamal 2023 tamale competition are: Danny’s Tacos Y Tortas, Longmont (1st place); Adelita’s Kitchen, Westminster (2nd place); and Mi Lola, Boulder (3rd place).

Denver’s Que Bueno Suerte hosts a Tamalada – a tamale making class/gathering – on Dec. 2, 9, 16 and 23. Reservations: quebueno suerte.com

WORDS TO CHEW ON: IT’S ABOUT SEX

“Food is about agriculture, about ecology, about man’s relationship with nature, about the climate, about nation-building, cultural struggles, friends and enemies, alliances, wars, religion. It is about memory and tradition and, at times, even about sex.”

— Mark Kurlansky