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FEATURES 32 Eating Ethically Three different takes on the world of factory farming—all with the same goal.

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T’S 6 A.M., AND LAUREN AND JOHN MAGGIO ARE BLEARILY LOOKING INTO EACH OTHER’S EYES. They will be with each other all day, and well into the evening; after putting long hours into

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS CENTRAL TO OUR STORY IS REALLY THIS PASSIONATE IDEA LAUREN HAD BASED ON HER UPBRINGING IN NEW ORLEANS

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DID YOU TWO ALWAYS WANT TO GO INTO BUSINESS TOGETHER? DID YOU STUMBLE INTO IT? Lauren: I would say we absolutely stumbled into it. We had zero dreams or plans to work together. We got married pretty quickly, had one child, then very quickly had three, and then four. That was our version of working together.

John: We had three kids in 20 months and four years later had another child. We had been working together for a long time, but not in business.

JOHN, YOU FOUNDED WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS BOULDER CANYON POTATO CHIPS AND HAVE SEVERAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE NATURAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY. LAUREN, YOU WERE AN INVESTMENT BANKER IN NEW YORK AND RUN YOUR OWN INTERIOR DESIGN COMPANY FOR THE PAST DECADE—HOW DO THESE PIECES EQUATE TO A CANNED COCKTAIL COMPANY? John: One of the things that is central to our story is really this passionate idea Lauren had based on her upbringing in New Orleans and our life being about celebration and balance and good times.

We’ve raised four children, we’ve been married 17 years, and we’ve certainly helped each other with our businesses before. I’ve been in the natural food and beverage industry launching businesses and running brands for 25 years—this is right up my alley.

Obviously, you know each other’s strengths and how you can work together.

I think our skill sets allow us to bring the best of what we can bring to the business. We’re not duplicating efforts either.

Lauren: We both have been entrepreneurs along the way but in different industries. I started a small interior design business that I grew over the years. I was a self-starter in that way and self-taught in design and built up a robust business.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT ONE ANOTHER SINCE STARTING COCKTAIL SQUAD? John: Lauren’s a resilient woman anyway, she’s got four children, but there’s a lot of learned resilience around being an entrepreneur on a daily basis; when you’re wearing a lot of hats and like her, you’re able to do a lot of things, but also really starting to be able to parse out the daily stress with what’s important.

At the end of the day, we’re not selling nuclear war triggers, but there is a lot of highs and lows, often before noon. It’s part of being an entrepreneur, where something goes right, and something doesn’t.

We also have a great investor base. People have really responded, and not just to my background; it’s been more about this passionate founder named Lauren. They’ve

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That’s been great to see: People giving Lauren the respect as well.

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WE’RE BOTH USED TO THAT SCRAPPY ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT. Lauren: I’d say that over the last 17 years, I’ve heard people working with John compliment him and his work ethic, and now I’m witnessing it firsthand. I have gained a newfound respect for my husband, who stays very even through the rollercoaster of growing a new brand.

I’ve heard how people outside our family respect him for his business, and I’m seeing that as a business partner now, not just as his wife.

WOULD YOU TRADE THIS EXPERIENCE FOR ANYTHING ELSE? Lauren: I would say absolutely not. This is the life I’ve been leading ever since I’ve met John, and how I feel about this company is I am giving it my everything because I believe in it so much that I have literally just jumped into the fire, ready for anything. I wouldn’t change that for the world.

It’s exciting, it’s rewarding, and I feel that as a female founder, it’s super important to show my children that if you truly believe in something, it’s up to you to make it happen.

John: I don’t know what will define success for us—we’re very early in the business, obviously— but for sure, I do feel like it’s a success. We’ve put a ton of time and energy and love into this business, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

You’ve got to be both feet in with something like this anyway.

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Lighten Up A HOME REHAB PROJECT TO LET THE LIGHT IN

WITH DENVER-BASED FACTOR DESIGN BUILD, YOUR DREAM HOME IS WITHIN REACH—WHETHER OR NOT YOU’RE EXACTLY SURE WHAT YOU WANT. For Co-owner Josh Fiester, that’s an essential aspect of the business.

“All my experience over the years has taught me that the most important skill thing you can have is to bring someone else’s vision to reality for them,” Josh says. “The designers who work for Factor are incredible at extracting that vision, and our clients don’t need to know anything, they don’t even really need to know their tastes. They can even know something they don’t like, and we can take it from there.”

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With Factor Design Build’s team, every detail of a renovation is taken into account— whether you’re doing a full rebuild or just redoing a few rooms. That’s an important detail for Josh, whose team focuses not only on creating a beautiful final result but also on the function of each space for the owners and their families.

“We focus on how an individual client needs their space to function,” Josh says.

“Everything we do is custom. We don’t build spec homes, and we don’t focus on fix and flips, we’re doing things for people in their homes, to improve the quality of their lives.”

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THE RTHEERENOVATION NOVATION For the Farver residence in Denver’s Hilltop neighborhood, pic-

island. With a fresh coat of paint paired with the existing wood

tured, the clients remodeled their kitchen and master bathroom. The

top, the island serves as a functional space as well a gathering

hope was to make each space more functional, update the aesthetic

point during entertaining.

to a more modern look and feel, and to ensure that the kitchen was entertainment-ready.

Factor Design Build is cognisant of recycling or repurposing

Fresh paint throughout the lower level helped create a seamless flow throughout the lower level, along with the kitchen’s light and airy feel.

existing furniture, cabinetry and fixtures. For the Farver res-

“One of the unique things in the kitchen is the Calacatta Lincoln

idence, Factor Design Build repurposed the existing kitchen

Oro marble backsplash,” Josh says. The backsplash, paired with

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subtle custom cabinetry, and gold and glass pendant lights make a statement in the kitchen while keeping the look light and bright.

In the bathroom, the cramped space was updated to have a modern look and create a spa-like atmosphere.

“Most of our clients plan on staying in their homes for a long time,” Josh says. “Yes, looking good matters, but if they’re going to be there for ten years, how well did we think through the details and how it’s going to live for them and their families. That’s extremely important to us.”

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E AT I N G M I N D F U L LY THREE DIFFERENT TAKES ON THE WORLD OF FACTORY FARMING

“MINDFULNESS” IS ONE OF THOSE BUZZWORDS THAT’S SLAPPED ONTO EVERYTHING FROM RELAXATION PODCASTS TO ADVERTS FOR YOGA STUDIOS, ALL OF WHICH PROMISE MORE PEACE IN OUR FRANTIC WORLD. Apart from the advertisement campaigns, the idea of mindfulness—which originates in Buddhist meditation practices—is fairly simple: be here now.

When we apply mindfulness to our bodies, several questions arise: Are we being compassionate with the parts of our bodies that work hard every day to sustain us? Are we honoring our bodies’ needs, which are often separate from what our minds desire? In short, are we treating our bodies like temples? And then, because we don’t live in a vacuum, there’s the larger question: Are we living synergistically with the world around us?

There’s been an uptick in conversations in the nutrition world about mindfulness. Nutritionists who employ this approach shift focus from anything diet related onto more holistic practices like listening to your body when it’s full, eating when your body sends hunger signals and developing healthy eating environments (i.e., cultivating eating habits like sitting at a table for a meal, as opposed to multitasking while eating or grazing mindlessly throughout the day). Another essential aspect of mindful eating is considering where your food comes from.

Since we’re long separated from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and especially since the advent of supermarkets in the 1930s, we’ve become increasingly disconnected from our food.

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Thinking mindfully about where our food comes from involves

many residents are friendly and will come up to you for love,” and

considering who stocked the market shelves, what labor was

the staff considers the animals as ambassadors.

involved in the food’s creation, what resources were neces-

Ambassadors for what? you may ask. Well, Chrissy and her

sary for its cultivation, and what suffering was involved in

co-workers steadfastly believe that once you visit and interact

bringing us what’s on our plates.

with, for instance, Tito the sweet son of a dairy cow or friendly

Let’s take the hamburger, a staple in American cuisine.

Wendy, a chicken who follows Chrissy around as she cre-

Market employees, delivery truck drivers and folks in food

ates social media content, and experience and connect with

packaging plants all have a hand in bringing us the buns,

the personalities of the animals, a shift is bound to happen.

toppings, condiments and the burgers themselves. Focusing

Chrissy told me that she’s witnessed children turning to their

on the beef alone—which is typically around 200 grams per

parents, exclaiming, “I don’t want to eat bacon anymore.”

serving—it takes anywhere from 2,5000-3,000 liters of water

She explained how easy it is to reduce or cut out animals from

(about 100 days’ worth of your showers) to irrigate the meat

our diets. There are alternatives for every animal product and an

for one hamburger. In respect to the land, it takes 1.5 acres

abundance of plant-based recipes. Luvin Arms even hosts cook-

to produce 375 pounds of meat (whereas that same 1.5 acres

ing classes! Chrissy observed that a cruelty-free lifestyle can begin

could yield 37,000 pounds of plant-based food). And, what

with incremental changes: “Some people start with Meatless

about the cow itself? Was it pasture-raised? Was it grass-fed

Mondays, and others are plant-based until 4 p.m.” She remarked

and provided with supplemental grains during winter months?

that giving up one animal-based product at a time may result in

Was it treated humanely? Likely not, but I’ll leave it to films like

wider success, and she promises, “You’ll feel a difference!”

Food, Inc. and Farm to Fridge to explain in more detail.

Let’s circle back to the meaning of mindfulness. A central

I spoke with a few people in the Denver-Boulder area who

part of mindfulness is being in the now and removing judge-

are passionate about the topic of mindfulness and food, albeit

ment. A deep-dive into full-fledged veganism isn’t necessarily

in different ways: Chrissy Dinardo of Luvin Arms Animal

for everyone, and it isn’t always possible to achieve overnight;

Sanctuary, which, according to their site, “is a place of refuge

like the canna-billboards say, “start low, go slow,” right?

for abused or neglected farmed animals”; Lenny Martinelli of Three Leaf Concepts, a management group that supports

LENNY MARTINELLI OF THREE LEAF CONCEPTS

restaurants like Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant and the Boulder

While Lenny recognizes the critical impact veganism has, he

Dushanbe Teahouse, among others, which source their ingre-

focuses more on vegetarian cuisine for the masses, because,

dients from Lafayette’s Three Leaf Farm; and Adam Schlegel

“if you keep dairy and some cheeses, you’re able to bring it to

of Chook Charcoal Chicken (and Snooze: an AM Eatery),

a broader group.” Lenny—who got into the restaurant industry

which is a relatively new Australian-inspired chicken joint that

about 35 years ago when he started working at the Naropa

prides itself on serving responsible food at an affordable price.

Café, which he eventually took over—has focused on making vegetarian cuisine accessible for most of his career.

CHRISSY DINARDO OF LUVIN ARMS ANIMAL SANCTUARY

He emphasizes the sustainability factor because while Three

Chrissy and I enthusiastically discussed animals over nut-

Leaf Concepts’ restaurants are truly farm to table, he says he’s con-

based lattes at one of my favorite Denver vegetarian spots, the

stantly learning and knows there are always more ways to optimize

Corner Beet. She told me about Luvin Arms’ 40 acres that’s

sustainability. “We need to bring farming back into our culture at a

home to animals like the infamous chickens who were formerly

local level,” which can help in the global conflict regarding energy

neglected to such a degree that they resorted to cannibalism

(i.e., the finiteness of energy from oil, gas and coal). When Lenny

(uncharacteristic of chicken behavior), as they were living among

looks at a head of lettuce coming from California, he thinks, “There

frozen and therefore undrinkable water and decomposing

must be a way to grow that here”; but then he wonders if it’ll take

chicken corpses; and other animals like pig siblings Brinkley,

more work and energy to produce it here instead of California.

Garth, and Gilmour who were rescued as infants from Upstate

He wants people to be more mindful of the bigger picture of

NY, where they were living solitarily in cages in a back shed with

food production, which ultimately also demands mindfulness

no sunlight. Luvin Arms, which is 100% donor-funded, is open in

regarding food waste. He stressed that we should respect all

warmer months for tours. But, don’t expect a petting zoo (whose

produce even those with blemishes on them. And, the subject

animals are sent to slaughter after 6 months); instead, Chrissy

always goes back to farming on a local level, because, “When you

explained, “we’re in their home and we respect their space, but

put all your energy into growing it, one little bruise isn’t an issue!”

CONTINUED >

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EATING MINDFULLY

(CON TI N U ED)

Randy Layman, Co-founder of Chook Charcoal Chicken

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CHOOK ADAM SCHLEGEL OF CHOOK CHARCOAL CHICKEN Like Lenny, Adam emphasized that restaurants have a responsibility. Adam’s entire paradigm shifted when he toured a caged egg facility in the required gear: a biohazard suit. The inhumane conditions are cruel for the chickens and the employees. While Chook Charcoal Chicken specializes in, well, chicken, they boast a vegetable-forward menu whose overall practices are more sustainable (e.g., compostable takeaway containers and food that’s sourced more compassionately). Adam is fully invested in reforming legislation so that farmers can survive in this modern industrialized world.

Adam Schlegel, founder of Chook Charcoal Chicken CONTINUED >

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EATING MINDFULLY

(CON TI N U ED)

Kids nook

He’s dedicated to responsible, sustainable approaches—from the soil to the folks working at the co-op he sources from. He advised, “Know where your food comes from and support farmers and ranchers to build the soil rather than perpetuate the cycle.”

Applying mindfulness to what we eat has positive impacts not only on the microcosmic self—body and even mind—but, arguably more importantly, the environment. As we see the effects of climate change develop around us, our everyday choices truly do matter.

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ARTIST’S PALETTE

Indi-Go Wild

EDIE URE’S USE OF COLOR AND HOW SHE USES FLOWERS AND COMPOST TO GET THERE.

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INDIGO SHIBORI IS OUR SPRING CRUSH THIS SEASON. The pattern making technique first arose from Japan and Africa centuries ago, and uses wood blocks and intricate folds, clamps and binds to create resist patterns in the fabric.

“It is essentially grown up tie-dye,” says Edie Ure, a Boulder artist and designer.

Ure, who has worn many hats in the fashion industry, now spends her days as a natural dye artisan and owner of an eponymous interior brand who works with other designers such as Ryan Roche, FairEnds and Garza Marfer (to name a few). Ure gave us a peek at what the Shibori process is like, and filled us in on her life as an artist and embracing natural elements in design.

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ARTIST’S PALETTE

(CON TI N U ED)

DESCRIBE THE EVOLUTION OF YOUR ART PRACTICE AND YOUR BACKGROUND. I am a native Londoner, and after graduating in fashion and textiles from Central St Martins, I worked as a designer in Milan, Paris and then New York working at Ralph Lauren Home. Later, I owned a couple of businesses, one print design company which enabled me to create prints for many major New York brands from Ralph Lauren to Calvin Klein, GAP Ulla Johnson, and Tocca. Before moving to Colorado, I owned a children's wear label, which I co-designed with Ulla Johnson.

My ex-husband's job brought us to Boulder, and we moved to Colorado very suddenly. At the time I had never lived anywhere so un-urban, I was more about human nature than nature. It is quite the opposite now.

After I moved to Boulder, I took a step away for a few years because I had two young kids and there wasn't really a fashion industry here. It gave me a chance to absorb where I was living; the mountains and the remote and wild places in Colorado.

I wanted to communicate that through my work and coming back to textiles was a very natural step for me.

I now work as a natural dye artisan sustainably dyeing textiles for apparel/interior designers, and I own an eponymous interior brand.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SIGNATURE STYLE AND USE OF COLOR? I create easy pieces for the home that convey warmth and spirit, and bring color into a neutral landscape, like a vase of flowers.

Color is key in my work. I make the prettiest shades of pink from botanical sources and hues of blue that are impossible to recreate with flat synthetic dyes. I can't look at a flower or a tree without considering what color I can extract from it.

WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS WHEN STARTING A NEW PIECE? I always start with color first and then consider which fiber would take the color the best. With natural dyes, the color can vary immensely according to whether it is protein fibers, like silk or wool, or a cellulose fiber, like cotton or linen. Silk is brighter and richer, and cotton tends to be more faded and subdued. I create small batches of the dye in my backyard in Boulder.

WHERE DO YOU DRAW INSPIRATION? I travel near and far as often as I can, but visits to a great florist or local garden center like Harlequin Gardens can be very exciting.

I am obsessed with flowers, and I'm always wondering how I can use them for their color.

WHAT GOALS HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON YOUR CURRENT PIECES? In our consumer culture, there are so many throwaway items; I try to make something that lasts and has an impact on the user but not on the earth. I would also like to find a locally produced hemp fabric to use in my collection.

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I UTILIZE RAW MATERIALS TO DYE MY TEXTILES: BARK, LEAVES, FLOWERS, ROOTS, VEGETABLES AND MINERALS, TO CREATE LUMINESCENT COLORS WITHOUT THE USE OF TOXINS OR CHEMICALS.Â

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THE NEWEST “ACE” IN COLORADO'S BURGEONING BLUEGRASS SCENE.

LIFE AS A TOURING MUSICIAN INEVITABLY HAS YOU

eventually helped form a bluegrass band called Mossy Top. Following

AROUND A LOT OF PEOPLE. HOW ABOUT TIMES WHERE

that, I later played in a Portland-based band called Wy’East. As my

YOU WANT TO GET AWAY?

passion for the instrument grew, I ended up moving to Boston in 2011

I love to get outdoors and clear my head; I usually enjoy hiking out at

to attend Berklee College of Music to study the banjo.

Chautauqua and the Flatirons. I’m excited about rock climbing in up in

Boulder Canyon as well this spring when the weather gets a little warmer.

DISCUSS YOUR APPROACH TO SONGWRITING.

My approach to songwriting is somewhere between systematic

TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR MUSICAL JOURNEY.

and spontaneous. Most times, an idea will come to me sponta-

(Laughs) Well, it’s a long and winding road. From classical music pre-

neously, when I’m messing around on a banjo or guitar. I’ll work

sented by my parents as a small child, to my older brothers introduc-

with it and develop it while it’s fresh in my head. What typically fol-

ing me to classic rock guitar, and then the occasional Earl Scruggs

lows, is putting the idea on the shelf for a bit, before systematically

and Bela Fleck records played by my dad around the house. Music,

developing a song form around it and revising lyrics, melody, and

in its various forms, was certainly an integral part of my upbringing.

harmony endlessly before the song is finished. I typically go on a lot

I began playing the violin at age seven and quickly shifted over to

of long walks, playing and replaying the song in my head to write

electric guitar as a 13-year-old. The stylings of Jimi Hendrix and Dave

new verses and revise what I already have.

Gilmour of Pink Floyd, among others, left a big impact.

THE TRAJECTORY OF BILLY STRINGS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE

AND THEN CAME THE NATURAL TRANSITION FROM HENDRIX

TO WATCH.

TO BLUEGRASS?

Playing with Billy (William Apostle) and the band over the past

I’d been interested in bluegrass from the banjo records my dad

three years has been an incredible experience. I met Billy through

showed me, but finally took up playing banjo when I heard Yonder

some mutual friends in Nashville in 2015. I was looking for a gig and

Mountain String Band as a high schooler. My dad showed me the

Billy was looking for a band. At first, he asked me to come out on

basics on his old open-back banjo. By the time I went to college in

the road for a couple of weekend dates. The music got tighter, and

Eugene, Oregon I was starting to play out with other musicians, and

I signed on full-time. Haven’t looked back since!

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TRUE THAT. YOU GUYS HAVE RECENTLY PLAYED ICONIC

concert there as a viewer to get the full energy of the place, but we’re

VENUES SUCH AS THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM, AND MOST

pretty busy this summer, so I may be experiencing it for the first time

RECENTLY, THE GRAND OLE OPRY. ARE YOU PINCHING

from the stage in September.

YOURSELF SOMETIMES?

It’s been pretty crazy. It seems like just yesterday (literally) we were

YOU HAVE SOME “BILLY FAILING BAND” LOCAL DATES

playing bars and early afternoon festival slots. Over the last year, the

COMING UP.

shift has been to larger clubs, concert halls, and prime time slots at fes-

I’m really amped to be fronting my own project at Cervantes (Denver)

tivals. It’s been incredibly rewarding. Having the opportunity to reach

on Friday, April 26th, opening for the Bluegrass Generals (featur-

and play our music for larger and larger crowds is a powerful feeling.

ing members of Infamous Stringdusters, Leftover Salmon, Greensky

Bluegrass, and more). It’ll be the first time since 2017 playing a show

THIS SEPTEMBER, YOU ARE GOING TO SUPPORT GREENSKY

as the Billy Failing Band, and I couldn’t be more excited about the

BLUEGRASS AT RED ROCKS. STOKE LEVEL ON THAT?

musicians I’ll be playing with for that show. I’ll be playing with Silas

Stoke level is very high! I’ve still never been to a show at Red Rocks,

Herman on mandolin, which I’m sure most bluegrass fans in the area

and am hugely honored to be playing there with Billy and the band

are familiar with. Also joining us will be Eric Thorin on bass, and Todd

opening for Greensky this fall. I was hoping to catch Cory Henry &

Livingston, who’s a fantastic dobro player. See you there!

The Funk Apostles there with Vulfpeck and Khruangbin, but we’re traveling to another festival that weekend. I’d love to experience a

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ORIGINAL PRICE

SOLD PRICE

%SOLD/ORIG

DOM

BDRMS

BATHS

301 Monroe St, Cherry Creek North

$3,249,000

$2,975,000

92%

28

5

5

10 S Ivy St, Crestmoor

$2,695,000

$2,485,000

92%

90

6

7

975 S Jackson St, Belcaro

$2,265,000

$2,265,000

100%

1

4

5

1011 S Josephine St, Bonnie Brae

$2,299,000

$2,110,000

92%

72

6

5

330 Monroe St, Cherry Creek

$1,995,000

$1,950,000

98%

190

4

5

55 S Dexter St, Hilltop

$1,895,000

$1,750,000

92%

53

5

6

5675 S Alexander Ct, Greenwood Village

$2,000,000

$1,720,000

86%

148

4

5

2 Elm St, Hilltop

$1,395,000

$1,450,000

104%

6

4

4

278 Dahlia St, Hilltop

$1,500,000

$1,410,000

94%

102

5

4

991 S Columbine St, Bonnie Brae

$1,450,000

$1,406,668

97%

10

4

4

945 S Downing St, Washington Park

$1,395,000

$1,400,000

100%

5

5

4

3940 Nassau Circle West, Cherry Hills Village

$1,700,000

$1,400,000

82%

230

4

4

51 S Dahlia St, Hilltop

$1,450,000

$1,340,000

92%

2

5

4

545 S Race St, Washington Park

$1,375,000

$1,325,000

96%

4

4

4

780 Bonnie Brae Blvd, Bonnie Brae

$1,375,000

$1,275,000

93%

60

5

4

547 S Corona St, Washington Park

$1,199,000

$1,168,500

97%

4

4

3

450 Kearney St, Crestmoor

$1,150,000

$1,150,000

100%

1

3

4

1427 S Lafayette St, Washington Park

$1,275,000

$1,060,000

83%

123

5

4

648 S Gaylord St, Washington Park

$1,195,000

$1,060,000

89%

69

3

4

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BY THE TIME ASPARAGUS AND SPRING

+ Salt and pepper

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1. PREHEAT OVEN to 400

OF THE SEASON’S FIRST PRODUCE. This

2. PREP VEGGIES: Cut asparagus in ½.

recipe is endlessly adaptable—substitute the

Quarter and thinly shave fennel on a man-

asparagus and fennel with charred spring

doline—if it's not thin it won’t be sweet

leeks or with radicchio, green beans or egg-

and tender (substitute a couple of handfuls

plant in the summer. Romesco is a fabulous

watercress or arugula if you don’t have a

sauce to have in your culinary repertoire

mandoline). Remove stems from parsley.

and is a nutritional powerhouse packed

3. START SAUCE: Place olive oil and

with healthy fats, antioxidants, minerals and

garlic in a small saucepan over low heat.

vitamins. This recipe yields more romesco

When it begins to color, use a slotted spoon

than you’ll need for the salad so play around

to remove garlic to a bowl. Repeat with

with it throughout the week—I like it on lamb,

almonds. Cool slightly.

salmon and farro—or freeze it in large sili-

4. MAKE CROUTONS: On a sheet pan,

cone ice cube trays for another day.

drizzle bread with oil, add salt. Bake 10 mins

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5. COOK ASPARAGUS: Add 1 tablespoon water, a drizzle oil and asparagus to a large frying pan on high heat. Cover, steaming 2-3 mins, or more if asparagus is thick. When they’re starting to get tender remove cover, evaporate juices. Season, then spread out on a sheet pan to cool. *When the asparagus is close, have a taste: it should be tender but still have integrity 6. MAKE SAUCE: Puree all ingredients except oil in a blender, adding oil slowly while blending.

7. ASSEMBLE THE SALAD: Lay half the asparagus, fennel, parsley and parmesan in a shallow platter. Drizzle romesco, top with rest of veggies, croutons, salt and pepper.

Serves 4 as a side.

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