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This is an interview about all things food in Boulder, from the mid-1970s to 2009, related by one of Boulder's premier foodies. John Lehndorff was, for many years, the Boulder Daily Camera's food columnist and editor. He talks about having a food show on KGNU radio, heading the American Pie Council (and the scandal of the National Pie Championships), and judging many food contests in Boulder. He describes many of Boulder's restaurants, groceries, bakeries, breweries and cooking schools, in addition to putting into perspective Boulder's growth into a national gourmet and natural foods center, and analyzing what in Boulder's culture has led to those changes in its food scene.

Sue Anderson, a member and past president of two League of Women Voters chapters, including the Boulder County League, discusses a wide array of subjects pertaining to the League, ranging from its role as an organization that provides intellectual stimulation and development of leadership skills to the organization's actions on political issues for the purpose of educating the public and improving government. She describes both the League's general goals and structure as well as some of the specific issues that the Boulder County League has tackled, including campaign finance reform, transportation policy, and the Annexation by Vote Initiative.

Ray Joyce is a Boulder native who started and owned some of the first supermarkets in Boulder in the 1950s and served on the Boulder City Council from 1966 to 1969. In this interview he discusses what went into creating and running the successful Joyce's markets, and talks about some of the important achievements of the city council during his tenure, including the creation and funding of the Open Space Program in Boulder, the acquisition of more water rights for the city, and the end of prohibition in Boulder. He also discusses changes between the 1960s and the early twenty-first century in the makeup of the city council and the way meetings are run.

One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on: Tom Eldridge, owner of Tom's Tavern.