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Last Christmas, my aunt and uncle left a special gift on my parents’ doorstep: a spiral-bound book labeled “Grandma Schubach’s Recipes.” It contained scanned versions of the typewritten notecards and magazine and newspaper clippings that composed my late grandma’s robust recipe collection—dishes that were staples at the family birthday parties and holiday gatherings of my childhood. As I flipped through the book’s pages, I could practically taste the sticky sweetness of her Oatmeal Cake (Grandpa’s favorite), and I winced at Cottage Cheese Salad, an off-putting concoction of orange Jell-O, cottage cheese, and canned mandarin oranges that my family called Orange Stuff. I laughed at the cheeky name of Man-Catcher Brownies and squinted at my grandma’s annotations jotted down in her cursive scrawl. These recipes are a good reminder that memories…

“Food has always been a big deal in my family. We’re not even finished with one meal when we start talking about the next,” says Lola Wiarco Dweck, a Mexican-American food blogger, recipe developer, and entrepreneur. In the kitchen of her Highlands Ranch home, she creates vibrant dishes using classic Mexican flavors and shares them—often alongside stories of the family members and traditions that inspired her love of cooking—via her blog, Lola’s Cocina (and her colorful Instagram account, @lolascocina). Here, Wiarco Dweck provides a twist on a tried-and-true recipe that’s perfect for your next fiesta—or even just a weeknight dinner. lolascocina.com TURKEY PICADILLO TOSTADAS Picadillo is a traditional Latin American dish made of ground beef, potatoes, and spices, and is typically served with rice. Wiarco Dweck’s leaner version uses ground…

DESIGN PROS INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Julee Wray, Truss Interiors CONSTRUCTION Josh Rose, Rose Renovations; Joe Woods, Woods Remodeling…

“THE STYLE WE LANDED ON IS A SUMPTUOUS, MODERN-YET-CLASSIC, ENGLISH-INFLUENCED FEEL. DEFINITELY A TWIST ON TRADITIONAL.” —designer Susan Hall The owners of this Craftsman-inspired home in Boulder’s Newlands neighborhood aren’t afraid of a bold design, but when interior designer Susan Hall first met them, she had to do some creative sleuthing to figure this out. “The owners had just moved here from California, and I showed up at the house to take a tour,” recalls the principal of Susan Hall Studio. “I was looking all around for clues—anything that would help me get a sense of their taste. But you know how it is here in Boulder, everyone was wearing exercise clothes.” Not helping matters, the house, built in 2007, was top-to-bottom, builder-grade beige. The tour wasn’t offering any inspiration.…

Linda Hampsten Fox, owner and head chef of the Bindery restaurant, recalls a kitchen drawer in her childhood home. It held her mother’s collection of recipes—some of which had traveled with her ancestors from Slovakia; others came from Fox’s father’s Polish family. “From this drawer,” Fox wrote in her 2019 cookbook, The Bindery: A Collection Of Recipes, “grew my family tree.” One of the most-used tomes in the beloved collection? A 1951 edition of the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook. Fox remembers her mother tucking her own food-splattered recipes between the red-gingham-print covers, adding them to the book’s lessons on meal preparation and nutrition. Some of that advice lives on at the Bindery: “I remind my employees of the book’s third rule: ‘The eye eats first,’” says Fox, who…

Jess Blackwell PHOTOGRAPHER Morning drink of choice: Chai latte—the spicier, the better! Favorite space in your home: Our big comfy bed with two puppies curled up next to me. Bold colors or calm neutrals: Bold colors! Our house is full of teals and electric oranges; they light me up inside. Jess photographed three of the kitchens in “Cooking Up Cool” (page 45) Tate Gunnerson WRITER Maximalist or minimalist: I’d call myself a “miximalist.” I’d go crazy in a cluttered environment, but I also enjoy layers of texture and color. Favorite space in your home: My cozy den, which is painted in Benjamin Moore’s Iron Mountain. Homemade meal or takeout: If your partner cooks as well as mine does, homemade is the way. Tate wrote “Center Stage” (page 26) Dana Lapinel…

Three must-haves from Wiarco Dweck’s mercadito, an online shop full of gourmet pantry items and colorful artisan-made goods. etsy.com/shop/ lolasmercadito 1. Salsa Morita, $14 for 12-ounce jar Wiarco Dweck makes this spicy, smoky, oil-based salsa in micro-batches with no preservatives. Drizzle it onto eggs, add it to soups and sandwiches, or enjoy it as a gourmet dip for bread. 2. Flores Wooden Flower Salt Spoon, $7 each, $18 for set of three Forget the shaker: These one-of-a-kind wooden spoons are a beautiful way to add a dash of salt to any dish. Handmade and painted in Oaxaca, Mexico. 3. Embroidered Apron, $75 Aprons are more than utilitarian clothing items in Oaxaca; they’re a statement of identity, style, and social class. Handmade by female Oaxacan artisans, these aprons feature embroidered floral…

1/ Black & Light You might not expect a data engineer to design—brilliantly—her own kitchen, but that’s exactly what Emily Hagedorn did for her newly built home in Vail. “I basically spent all of my free time on this project for a year and a half—I taught myself SketchUp, learned about interior design, all of it,” she says. Emily’s husband, Brad, who owns real estate development firm ArcWest Properties, worked alongside architects at TAB Associates to execute her vision. And that vision was…black. “It was sort of an agonizing decision—kitchens are so expensive, you don’t want to make a mistake,” Emily says. But the dark hue was calling to her. “A white-on-white kitchen is beautiful and timeless, but I was just kind of sick of it—I felt like every…

ART FOR ALL Cherry Creek Arts Festival Back for its 30th year, this free festival invites art enthusiasts of all ages to browse and shop the works of 250 national juried artists—including sculptors, glass-blowers, painters, and photographers—and get creative with interactive, family-friendly projects along Artivity Avenue. Typically held in Cherry Creek North over the Fourth of July, this year’s Labor Day weekend festivities are relocated to an open-air site just a few blocks away, near Cherry Creek Shopping Center. September 4–6; cherrycreekartsfestival.com DESIGN HISTORY 101 Denver Modernism Week Calling all history buffs: This 10-day event celebrates midcentury-modern architecture and design in Denver, and the talented design pros who made their mark on the Mile High City from the 1940s through the 1970s. Tour local buildings designed in quintessential mid-mod style,…