Like most words beginning with "al," alfalfa derives from an Arabic word, the name given to a legume of ancient Persia. It translates roughly as the "best fodder," and now, thousands of years later, ...

Boulder isn’t exactly fried-chicken central. For years, choices did not veer much between thighs shriveling under heat lamps at supermarkets, and the occasional upscale rendition (The Pinyon, a ...