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Potato salad + deviled eggs = love
Food

Potato salad + deviled eggs = love

June 16, 2015

For best results, make this potato salad a day ahead, to allow the flavors to marry.Matthew Mead/Associated Press This also happens to be a lovely do-ahead recipe. In fact, we…

This July 4, ditch the dogs
Food

This July 4, ditch the dogs

June 16, 2015

Bratwurst grinders with apple, cheddar and sauerkraut are a flavorful departure from standard hot dogs.Matthew Mead/Associated Press Let’s start with the meat. Rather than your basic dog, up the ante…

Impossible? Vegan cheese tastes like real deal
Food

Impossible? Vegan cheese tastes like real deal

June 16, 2015

In fact, Kite Hill’s dairy-free “cheeses” taste so authentic, Whole Foods Markets actually sells them alongside its real deal Parmesans and cheddars. The cheeses are the work of celebrity vegan…

Summer of Shedders
Food

Summer of Shedders

June 16, 2015

Maine marketers look to rebrand soft-shell lobsters as treat

And the West is History
And the West is History

And the West is History

June 15, 2015

75 years ago: “Fred Hutchings, Allison fox farmer, was in Durango. This years fox crop includes 76 fox pups, an average of slightly more than six per litter.” 50 years…

And the West is History
And the West is History

And the West is History

June 15, 2015

75 years ago: The Kiva Theatre, 813 Main Ave., was showing “Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise” starring Sidney Toler. Billing read, “The best of the Chan series!” 50 years ago: “Littering…

And the West is History
And the West is History

And the West is History

June 14, 2015

75 years ago: “Supper outdoors formed a novel and a pleasant introduction to the bimonthly games of the Thursday Evening Card Club. Members convened a top Reservoir Hill with delicious…

Our best beaches
Travel

Our best beaches

June 13, 2015

Hawaii’s Waimanalo Bay Beach Park tops list

And the West is History
And the West is History

And the West is History

June 13, 2015

75 years ago: “Durango will need a new airport, if a federal-sponsored pilot training school is to be established here, Civil Aeronautics Inspector Le Boutillier of Denver warned. The inspector,…

Religion briefs
Religion

Religion briefs

June 12, 2015

R. Carlos Nakai will perform in concert to benefit Tara Mandala at 8 p.m. July 11 at Tara Mandala Retreat Center, 4000 United States Forest Service Road 649 in Pagosa…

And the West is History
And the West is History

And the West is History

June 12, 2015

75 years ago: “The time of arrival of the Rio Grande train from the east in Durango will be changed beginning next Sunday and thereafter train No. 115 from Alamosa…

And the West is History
And the West is History

And the West is History

June 11, 2015

75 years ago: “The ranch owned by Mrs. Doris Shaw in the Pine River Valley was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Colley of Trinidad, Colorado.” 50 years ago: “When…

And the West is History
And the West is History

And the West is History

June 10, 2015

75 years ago: “Fishermen at Electra Lake, while reporting fair catches of fish say that the water was rough, and it took a better sailor than fisherman to handle the…

July 4th pasta salad is far from ordinary
Food

July 4th pasta salad is far from ordinary

June 9, 2015

Ditch the dressing for this Florentine Pasta Salad.Matthew Mead /Associated Press For our improved pasta salad, we kept the Italian inspiration, but ditched the bottle of salad dressing. Instead, we…