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United Way's Flapjack Feed: Pancake Paradise

Thursday, Aug. 22

• By Chris Grapes
There are some opportunities in life that should not be turned away. Eating pancakes to benefit a good cause is one of them.
• Tags: Dish, United Way, Flapjack Feed, Boise Centre

Local Food Festivals Help Boise Taste The World

Friday-Saturday, May 17-18

• By Andrew Crisp
Forget the robbins, roving lawn companies or rising hemlines. In Boise, the true sign that the season is changing is the return of annual cultural food festivals.
• Tags: Dish, Tres Bonne Cuisine, St. Seraphim of Sarov Russian Orthodox Church

Boise Samples Its Own Food Culture at Culinary Walkabout

Thursday, May 16

• By Harrison Berry
Thursday, May 16, from 6-9 p.m., $60 buys a ticket to one of Boise's premier culinary events, where local chefs from 20 restaurants around the Treasure Valley try to outdo each other for the benefit and delight of ticket holders, who sample items at dozens of kiosks.
• Tags: Dish, Boise Centre

Boise Savors Taste208 at Powerhouse Event Center

Saturday, April 13

• By Morgan Barnhart
As Boise's premier tasting event, Taste208 focuses on the best local beer, wine, spirits and food in Idaho and the West. The event sold out last year, with more than 500 people clamoring for offerings from 41 exhibitors, and organizers expect the same kind of response this year.
• Tags: Dish, Powerhouse Event Center

Boise Explores Bown Crossing Eateries at Latest Dishcrawl

Wednesday, March 20

• By Lauren Bergeson
If you're looking for culinary miracles and mystery, head to the Boise Dishcrawl at Bown Crossing. Wednesday, March 20, food enthusiasts meet at 6:30 p.m. at the group's secret meeting place and get a taste of some of the East Boise food nook's finest eateries.
• Tags: Dish, Food, Bown Crossing

Chili Cook-Off Brings the Heat to Idaho City

Saturday, Feb. 16

• By Sam Alderman
Contestants start cooking as early as 6 a.m. and panel judging begins at noon, which leaves plenty of time for hungry chili lovers to try all the offerings from the best chefs in the area. Cups for taste testing cost $3 and raffle tickets for killer prizes cost $5 each.
• Tags: Dish, Chili, Idaho City Visitor's Center

Woodriver Cellars Cooks Up Gourmet Superbowl Treats

Wednesday, Jan. 23

• By Andrew Crisp
Those in search of classy Super Bowl snacks are invited to join Owen's class Wednesday, Jan. 23, at the Eagle winery. Priced at $30 for wine club members and $35 for nonmembers, the class will take participants through the concoction of six different treats, tastes included, designed to pair with different wines offered by Woodriver Cellars.
• Tags: Dish, Superbowl, Woodriver Cellars, Snacks

Some Like it Hot

Warm up with these liquid treats

• By Tara Morgan
In preparation for the pending frosty season we hit up some of Boise's best cocktail spots to find out what warm wonders are waiting to add a glow to cheeks this winter.
• Tags: Dish, Hot Drinks, Hot Cocktails, Modern Hotel and Bar, 13th Street Pub and Grill, Bardenay, Mai Thai, Red Feather, Red Feather Lounge

Learn About Getting It Local at Boise WaterShed

Saturday, Nov. 19

• By Garrett Horstmeyer
Local food growers and organizations will teach Get It Local attendees about the benefits of local food.
• Tags: Dish, Boise WaterShed, Sustainable foods

Mai Thai Adds a Twist to the Izakaya Trend

Sampling the new small plates fusion menu

• By Guy Hand
Often described as a Japanese version of tapas, izakaya dishes are small meals meant to be shared and ordered progressively as the whim strikes and drinks flow.
• Tags: Dish, Mai Thai, Izakaya

Barbacoa Brims with Bombast

Parkcenter's splashy eatery returns

• By Guy Hand
When my main course arrives, that hoary Madison Avenue mandate to "sell the sizzle, not the steak" is made utterly, sputteringly physical.
• Tags: Dish, Barbacoa

Fried Zucchini at Bad Boy Burgers

• By Amy Atkins
Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, these little treats are tastier than a truckload of fries.
• Tags: Dish, Bad Boy Burgers, Bad Boy Burgers 2

Naan at Madhuban

• By Amy Atkins
Where most naan is often just plain white clay-oven cooked bread, Madhuban offers a variety of both savory and sweet options.
• Tags: Dish, Madhuban, naan

Bacon Maple Bar at DK Donuts

• By Amy Atkins
Bacon, you are at a greasy saturation point. But you are also undeniably delicious, especially when resting on one of DK Donuts' maple bars.
• Tags: Dish, Bacon Maple Bar, DK Donuts

Onion Rings at Stan's Hot Dogs

• By Amy Atkins
The thin slices of onion are totally biteable, and although some of the breading crumbles off, the rings tend to stay mostly wrapped up in their crunchy little jackets.
• Tags: Dish, Stan's Char-broiled Hot Dogs, Onion Ringsjavascript:popUpLinkChooser('Content','Headline','f:new:Content:relatedstory:1','1')

Basque Market Marinated Green Queen Olives

• By Amy Atkins
A big green substitute for chips.
• Tags: Dish, Basque Market, Queen olives

Tree City Smoothies

• By Rachael Daigle
Healthy can be sooooooo sweet.
• Tags: Dish, Tree City Juice and Smoothie Cafe, Tree City Juice and Smoothie Cafe-Downtown

Chiang Mai Thai's Mango Sticky Rice

• By Tara Morgan
Though it may not be a looker, it's the mayor of tasty town.
• Tags: Dish, Chiang Mai Thai, Mango Sticky Rice, Chiang Mai Thai Restaurant

Pie Hole's Potato and Bacon Pizza

• By Amy Atkins
Hello, bacon, my old friend.
• Tags: Dish, Pie Hole, potato and bacon pizza

Pollo Rey Fish Tacos

• By Tara Morgan
The crunch of the cabbage plays off the flakiness of the fish and the creamy sauce counters the dryness of a corn tortilla.
• Tags: Dish, Pollo Rey, Fish Tacos

Stroopwafels, Capital City Public Market

• By George Prentice
Wow, dat is goed.
• Tags: Dish, Capital City Market, stroopwafels

Sub Zero

• By Tara Morgan
The employees at Sub Zero are ice cream sorcerers.
• Tags: Dish, Sub Zero

Summer Rolls at Pho Nouveau

• By Amy Atkins
The aptly named fresh summer rolls are light and refreshing, but plentiful enough to quiet the grumbling hunger monster.
• Tags: Dish, Pho Nouveau

Duck Eggs Benedict at Le Cafe De Paris

• By Jennifer Hernandez
Leave it to the French chefs at Le Cafe de Paris to restore eggs Benedict to the lofty heights from where it once commanded breakfast respect.
• Tags: Dish

Tossed Salad at Pizzalchik

• By Josh Gross
The name "salad" comes in a conceptual box
• Tags: Dish, Pizzalchik, salad, Evan Mandery