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How to cook a turkey breast in an oven, Instant Pot or slow cooker

It’s impossible to talk about Thanksgiving without mentioning how strange and unusual the holiday will look this year. At best, most gatherings will be smaller. There may be pre-Thanksgiving...

DATE: Nov 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Durango Botanic Gardens to host climate change conference

Durango Botanic Gardens will produce an online conference about climate change in Southwest Colorado, “Adapting Landscapes in the Four Corners to a Changing Climate,” starting Saturday, with...

DATE: Nov 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

After being laid off during COVID-19, Dave Cuntz finds a home at The Roost

Chef was formerly in charge of the kitchen at Carver Brewing Co.

DATE: Nov 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Chef Marcus Samuelsson celebrates the variety of Black food

NEW YORK – If anyone asks chef Marcus Samuelsson what African food taste like, he has a ready answer: Have you ever had barbecue? Rice? Collard greens? Okra? Coffee? “All of that ...

DATE: Nov 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Caring for your garden bed now will pay off next year

By Clint Kearns Ah, fall. The time when our thoughts and garden labors turn to putting beds to rest, stuffing the compost bin with the leftover vegetation and draining our irrigat...

DATE: Nov 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Ottolenghi’s cacio e pepe comes with a wonderful Middle Eastern twist

Of all the Italian pasta dishes, few approach the perfection – and seeming simplicity – of cacio e pepe. Pasta noodles in a sauce of cheese (traditionally pecorino Romano) and cracked black ...

DATE: Nov 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Don’t order out. Dive into Jamie Oliver’s new cookbook

NEW YORK – Jamie Oliver knows one of the biggest obstacles home cooks face isn’t the drudgery of shopping, the chore of chopping or the mess of washing up. It’s delivery apps. Wha...

DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Colorado Building Farmers goes virtual

The Colorado Building Farmers program will present the Principles of Business Planning and Management virtual short course though Colorado State University Extension on Thursday nights from ...

DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

White evangelicals like Trump, but Catholics split their vote

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump won support from about 8 in 10 white evangelical Christian voters in his race for re-election, but Catholic voters split almost evenly between him and Dem...

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Religion

Christian churches mirror country’s political division

NEW YORK – The messages in Christian houses of worship on the first weekend since the election were as divided as the country’s electorate, with religious leaders mostly calling for peace an...

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Religion

Study: Fix to food climate problem doesn’t require veganism

The world likely can’t keep global warming to a relatively safe minimum unless we change how we grow, eat and throw away our food, but we don’t need to all go vegan, a new study says. ...

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

How to get the most out of your supermarket butcher and fishmonger

It started when I was working as a private chef. Clients would often request a meal or dinner for four only an hour or two in advance, meaning I sometimes had to dash to the market, cook and...

DATE: Nov 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food