BY MIGUEL OTÁROLA, @MOTAROLA_EATS

You know the way certain smells bring you back to a place? This weekend, it was the smell of cannellini beans for me. Legumes are a common dish in my native country, Chile. Peas, lentils, pintos, garbanzos and others I would always pretend not to like as a kid and then eat up anyway. There I was, however many years later, adding them to my own chicken-and-vegetable soup, their earthy fragrance wafting through the kitchen.

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La Fillette Bakery

The two-time champion of the Golden Croissant, an award handed out by a co-op of Denver bakers, makes a mean hash brown, too. La Fillette Bakery's version is technically a "rosti," a Swiss variety made with fried potatoes. A bed of warm gruyere cheese under it takes the dish to another level. Strong flavor and presentation from a bakery that just celebrated 11 years in operation.

6217 E. 14th Ave., Denver; lafillettebakery.com