April 2010

1426 Pearl Street
Suite 206
Boulder, CO 80302

Saturday:
Partly cloudy
Temp: 40/63

Sunday:
Partly cloudy.
Temp: 42/69

Almost-Summer Rice Noodle Salad

This salad is very versatile, and you can't go wrong with any variety of ingredients. Try using shrimp or roasted tofu in place of the chicken and roasted salted almonds instead of peanuts, or substitute basil for the cilantro. If you like, add slivered fresh spinach leaves, diced jicama, blanched and slivered snow peas, or a bit of julienned mint. The recipe makes quite a bit of dressing, so you’ll have some left over; it will keep in the refrigerator for several days and can be used to marinate poultry, beef, pork, or seafood before grilling.

1 pound thin rice noodles (roughly the thickness of linguine)
3 large cloves garlic, peeled
½ cup Thai or Vietnamese fish sauce
2/3 cup water
½ cup fresh lime juice
½ cup rice vinegar
¼ to ½ cup brown sugar, to taste
1 to 2 hot chilies (red bird, jalapeño, or serrano), seeded and minced, or to taste
6 to 8 leaves Napa cabbage, thinly sliced
8 scallions, thinly sliced
1 large carrot, peeled and shredded or julienned
½ cup tightly packed cilantro leaves, coarsely chopped
2 grilled or roasted chicken breasts, shredded
1 cup salted peanuts, coarsely chopped

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the rice noodles and cook for 5 minutes, or until tender but not mushy. Drain the noodles into a colander, rinse with cold water, and then place them in a large bowl.

Place the garlic cloves in the bowl of a food processor, and pulse to mince. Add the fish sauce, water, lime juice, rice wine vinegar, brown sugar, and chilies, and purée them together. [The mixture will get quite frothy.] Taste, and if necessary, add more chile and adjust the sweet/tart balance. Pour the dressing into a serving bowl, and set it on the dining table.

Toss the vegetables and cilantro with the noodles, and mound the mixture on a platter. Scatter the chicken and peanuts over the top, and serve. Traditionally, this salad is eaten in individual bowls, so invite your dining partners to scoop their own portion from the platter and dress it as they see fit.

Serves 4-6.

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Four Boulder County firms make Outside magazine's 'Best Places to Work'Camera staff

Boulder-based Natural Habitat Adventures, which specializes in providing nature expeditions around the globe, nabbed the top spot on Outside magazine’s 2010 “Best Places to Work” list.

Natural Habitat Adventures and three other Boulder County companies were among the 50 firms ranked in the magazine’s third annual edition, which hits newsstands on April 13. The companies and nonprofits that made the list have more than 15 employees and were selected because their ability to “enable employees to balance productivity with an active, eco-conscious lifestyle,” Outside officials say.

Other area companies to make the list include: Boulder-based Rally Software, a 165-employee project-management-software developer, at No. 6; Louisville-based Pearl Izumi, a 116-employee outdoor apparel maker, at No. 33; and Lafayette-based Peaksware LLC, a 22-employee online fitness trainer, at No. 38.

Art After Dark
Date: Friday April 16th, 2010
Time: 7:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Location: Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
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Walk the red carpet in your favorite cocktail attire, grab a drink and mingle with 2140 members. Enjoy a tasting tour of Aji, Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse, Hapa, Leaf, ModMarket, Pasta Jay's, and Restaurant 4580. The festivities will move upstairs at 9 pm for music and dancing with DJ CJ.

When the clock strikes 11, you won't leave empty handed. Admission includes a one-year BMoCA membership: free unlimited exhibit admission, invitations to exclusive members' only events, exhibit preview with artists' talks, framing discount at 15th Street Studio, a discount to neighboring Boulder Dushanbe Tea House, and free bicycle tune-ups at the Boulder County Farmers' market through Community Cycles.

Green Route Restaurant Tour
Mon., April 5, Wed., April 7, Mon., April 12, Mon., April 19, Tue., April 20, Mon., April 26, Wed., April 28
Denver Metro Area

http://www.greenroutedenver.com

If you care about where your food comes from, then April is a great month to eat out. More than a dozen food temples are participating in the Green Route Restaurant Tour, a month-long environmentally turbocharged map crawl ballyhooing restaurants (and other businesses and organizations) that are practicing sustainability.

Downtown Boulder's Tulip Fairy and Elf Parade
Date: Friday April 30th, 2010
Time: 11:15 a.m. (gather) / 11:45 a.m. (start)
This year, Downtown Boulder's Tulip Fairy and Elf Parade will kick off Colorado Children's Day at Boulder! Join the beautiful Tulip Fairy for a parade around Children's Day (marching up the 1400 block, through the County Courthouse lawn and back down the 1300 block) click here for parade route.
Following the parade, the Tulip Fairy will be available to pose for pictures during Colorado's Children's Day at Boulder. (Please note there is no school in the BVSD on April 30). Children's Day officially starts at noon and runs until 4 p.m. Don't forget your cameras!