Lex Nelson Guides Lonely Planet Through a ‘Pefect Day’ in Boise
Lonely Planet named Boise, Idaho, one of its Best in Travel 2023 cities — and invited Lex to show it off.
Part 8 Is Out! Read ‘Love Tastes Like Falafel’
Iraqi Hana Mutlak cooks up hope for Afghan refugees from the kitchen of Food Land Market. “We are refugees, they are refugees,” she says.
Lex Eats Local: Rooftop Dining at 105 Degrees
This summer, Boise broke a 20-year-old heat wave record — yet locals are still eating outside. Why?
8 Great Places to Find Vegan and Vegetarian Food in Boise — Plus a New Restaurant Coming Soon
Although Idaho will likely always be a beef-and-potato state, more plant-based options are appearing every day.
Lex Eats Local: Boise’s Boba Tea Boom
Since 2017, nearly a dozen boba shops have opened in the Boise area.
The Idaho Beverage Industry: Behind the Solar Power Curve?
Hells Canyon and Zhoo Zhoo wineries help pioneer solar power in Idaho’s beverage industry.
Garden City: Boise's Produce-Growing 20th-Century Chinatown?
Many Boise-area families in the early to mid-1900s bought their produce from Garden City — a hub for Chinese immigrants whose gardens gave the municipality its name.
Part 7 Is Out! Read ‘Petite 4 Grows Community’
An unlikely partnership between a chef and a gardener helped Boise flourish through COVID-19.
Part 6 Is Out! Read ‘Boxing Boise’s Kindness’
Meet City of Good, a Boise-based nonprofit that works with chefs to deliver local food to people in need.
Beer Done Better
Lost Grove Brewing, Idaho’s first B-corp brewery, launches a sustainable brewfest for Earth Day.
Farmers, Farmworkers and Advocates Prepare to Battle Another Scorching Idaho Summer
Meet the advocates who distributed masks, water, and more through the 2021 heat wave.
Lex Eats Local: Pop-Up Kula + Nosh Brings ‘Side-by-Side’ Dinners to Boise
It’s vegan fine dining — and carnivores are invited.
Part 5 Is Out! Read ‘Hope Is High-Protein’
BACON, a Boise brunch hotspot, supported a Marsing children’s home through the pandemic.
Lex Eats Local: Chimney Cakes Are Back in Boise
Two Transylvanian immigrants serve up homemade desserts in Southeast Boise.
4 Treasure Valley Chefs/Bakers Become James Beard Semifinalists
2022 brought a record-breaking number of James Beard semifinalists to Idaho — these are their stories.
Part 4 Is Out! Read ‘A FARE Fight for Idaho Food’
Meet Katie Baker, the food industry advocate leading FARE Idaho through COVID-19.
Lex Eats Local — Mystery: It’s What’s for Dinner
Step inside an exclusive Boise supper club.
Part 3 Is Out! Read ‘Giving Under the Radar’
Boise restaurateurs Chad and Kristi Johnson worked behind the scenes to support their community through COVID-19.
13th-Century Rice Comes to Boise
On Fairview Avenue, the Taste of Nigeria food truck dishes up historic African cuisine.
Part 2 Is Out! Read ‘Meet Boise’s Food Waste Warriors’
Have food to spare? Call Rolling Tomato, a Boise-based nonprofit that redistributes food waste to feed people in need.