By Stacy Malkan

Typically I wouldn't go for cilantro pesto on cucumbers before noon—or even nasturtium leaf pesto—for that matter. But that's just how my day started at the Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Fair at the New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins this past Saturday. The conditions were blustery, and the very frigid, unlike-September air had me craving hot chocolate rather than the heavenly selection of golden brews available in the beer garden.