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Katie Burford
Position: Staff reporter
Phone Number: (970), 375-4575

Divining Christmas past

Candy-making whips up sweet memories of a grandmother’s love

Keepin’ on truckin’ in Durango

Popular chile vendor Rylee Mac’s reinvents itself on wheels

Cleaning up

Juice fasts have become increasingly popular but are they healthful?

10 tips for preventing the holiday plump

Each year in Islamic cultures, believers eschew food and drink between sunrise and sunset for the month of Ramadan. In modern America, for a little over a month, we do the opposite. ...

To err is human, to forgive (past culinary atrocities) is divine

When I was a little girl, I remember my paternal grandmother giving as Christmas gifts boxes of a curious homemade candy. The packages looked so inviting: mounds of fluffy white candy dotted...

Out with the old

Drivers along North Main might have noticed the old Mama’s Boy location at 2659 Main Ave. has been torn down. The Italian restaurant has been closed for over a year, though it remains open a...

Holiday market on Saturday

The Holiday Farmers Market will take place 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the La Plata Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall. The market, which has an Old English theme this year, will include more than 3...

Flour Sack finds a home

Flour Sack Bakery has been creating buzz around town since clinching the Best Booth honor at Taste of Durango in May. While the ladies behind the venture, which specializes in extravagantly ...

Winter’s bounty

While weather is frightful, greens are delightful

For the frugal foodie, Be Local

If you are in a quandary over what to buy your favorite foodie for Christmas, the 2014 Be Local Book may be just the ticket. The popular coupon book, which went on sale last week...

Get activated

Almonds, walnuts, pine nuts, even the humble peanut – all these nuts make me swoon. I’m one of those people who thinks pretty much anything can be better with a handful of toasted nuts (same...

When in Spain ...

When I read Herald food writer Pamela Hasterok’s article on fat in September www.durangoherald.com/article/20130917/LIFESTYLE02/130919569/, I could really relate. She talked about...