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Food

(Graphic illustration by Rachel Macias | The Collegian)

Scotty’s Skillet: How to cook red beans and rice

Scott Powell April 19, 2020

Anyone who has read the Scotty’s Snacks series before (which is to say my editors, my parents and maybe some guy in, like, Delaware or something who mistakenly clicked on the link once thinking that...

(Graphic illustration by Rachel Macias | The Collegian)

Scotty’s Snacks: How to cook spaghetti

Scott Powell April 12, 2020

If you’re anything like me, you’re a horrible, despicable, rotten and uncaring person whose first response upon learning about the state mandated stay-at-home order was to do a happy little jig because...

(Graphic illustration by Rachel Macias | The Collegian)

Top 5 potatoes in Fort Collins to dream of while quarantined

Scott Powell April 1, 2020

Potatoes truly are incredible. Not only do they contain all nine essential amino acids and are thus a wholly self-sustaining food source, but they are also capable of conducting enough electricity to light...

Cooking with Scotty: How to pour a bowl of cereal

Cooking with Scotty: How to pour a bowl of cereal

Scott Powell March 31, 2020

Well folks, it’s finally happened. You’ve dreaded this day your whole life. You've lost hours upon hours of sleep lying awake in bed, drenched in sweat, anxiously awaiting its most dreadful and terrifying...

The carnivore omelette from the Back Porch Café. (Ian Fuster | The Collegian)

Top 5 omelets in FoCo to upgrade your most important meal

Scott Powell March 11, 2020

Life is too short to be wasted eating breakfast one section at a time. This is America after all, where taking time to enjoy life is an act of treason on par with disliking cheeseburgers or peeing on a...

Mainline Ale House revealed the front of their building July 26. Photo By Logan Martinez

New Old Town restaurant and nightclub to open soon

Greta Nelson-Bechtold March 5, 2020

Get your taste buds ready for a fresh new taste coming to Old Town this spring. Rove, a restaurant, and Element, a nightclub, are moving into the space once occupied by Mainline Ale House in Old Town. Executive...

A sushi roll at Mi Sushi on Prospect. (Brooke Buchan | The Collegian)

Top 5 sushi rolls to brighten your mood

Scott Powell March 5, 2020

Apart from a 10-foot-high red velvet cake exploding with fireworks and topped with a life-sized fondant tiger, there is perhaps no food more colorful or more awe-inspiring than sushi. With its rainbow-colored...

Top 5 FoCo hot wings to ignite your taste buds

Top 5 FoCo hot wings to ignite your taste buds

Scott Powell February 27, 2020

Chicken wings. Where would we be without them? Probably a couple of spots lower in the ranking of the world's most obese countries. But what fun is life when it isn’t fueled by saturated fat and hydrogenated...

Lemongrass Seafood Noodle Soup from Young's Vietnamese Cafe.

5 most heavenly Fort Collins soups to slurp on

Scott Powell January 27, 2020

Nothing satisfies that “I want to eat, but I’m not actually hungry” feeling quite like a nice piping hot bowl of soup. This sodium deluge is perhaps one of the most versatile foods in the world,...

The Gold Leaf Collective interior. (Brooke Buchan | The Collegian)

4 FoCo restaurants to cure cottonmouth

Elena Waldman January 22, 2020

Editor's Note: The Collegian does not condone or promote the illegal consumption of marijuana for individuals under 21 years old.  As far as college town activities go, getting stoned and going out to...

The simple chocolate mug-cake recipe rises in the microwave and in total only requires cake mix, water, a small amount of counter space, and a microwave. Dec 10. (The Collegian| Alyssa Uhl)

How to make a four-course meal in your dorm room

Scott Powell December 12, 2019

Of all the marvelous machinery introduced in the 20th century — personal computers, the internet, digital watches — the microwave oven is by far the most impactful. How did we live without it? Did...

Employee Eryn Coyle pours a juice mix known as the Toxic Flush, composed of parsley, spinach, apple, lemon, and ginger, into a cup behind the counter at Néktar Juice Bar. Opened just over a month ago in Fort Collins, the franchise originated in Texas in 2010. Their mission is to reinvent the juice and smoothie world, similar to the way the coffee industry expanded in the 1990s. (Brooke Buchan | The Collegian)

Restaurant review: Nekter Juice Bar doesn’t impress

Autumn Sorrentino December 5, 2019

Nekter Juice Bar's ethos is as follows: no artificial sugar, no fake ingredients, no toxins (whatever those are), and as I've found, no fun.  Nekter Juice Bar began in 2010, with its first shop in Costa...

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