Nora Boutemeur enjoys a glass of Beaujolais Nouveau in Lille, northern France, at the start of the wine world’s best-known party, the ritual uncorking of Beaujolais Nouveau every November.Michel Spingler/Associated…
As food has morphed ever more into a pop culture fixture, cookbooks – with their lush photos, their provocative prose, their tempting, come hither recipes – have become the porn…
A plate of vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner reflects the increasing complexity of Americans’ dietary preferences and requirements.Matthew Mead/Associated Press There will be steak for people who don’t like turkey. No eggs…
This picture appeared in the Oct. 11, 1963, paper. The cutline read: “The pile of wood for the bonfire at Fort Lewis College grows higher and higher as the start…
75 years ago: A classified advertisement read: “Lost – One red sow, crippled left hind leg. Notify Port of Entry Cedar Hill. Reward.” 50 years ago: Durango – “Are you…
A Durango Veterans Acupuncture Clinic will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays and from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays at 635 East Fifth Ave. This is a free,…
The findings, based on an insomnia treatment that uses talk therapy rather than drugs, are the first to emerge from a series of closely watched studies of sleep and depression…
A 30-year Harvard study shows that eating nuts lowers the risk of death. Benefits were seen from peanuts as well as from pistachios, almonds, walnuts and other tree nuts.Associated Press…
But that doesn’t mean you should guzzle gallons of java. Previous research has shown that moderate coffee consumption may have some beneficial effects on cardiovascular health. However, the precise mechanism…
If disease is a threat, lifestyle changes can beat it back
75 years ago: “Durango police are holding in custody two men suspected of having stolen some laundry from the C.O.D. Laundry delivery truck. The two men in custody are two…
Crime creeps up on this small town
Dave Bailey, curator of history at the Museum of the West in Grand Junction, holds a mariner’s astrolab, which is included in the museum’s current exhibit “Distant Treasures in the…
This picture appeared in the Oct. 16, 1988, Herald. The cutline read: “A garden of illegal plants was discovered in the basement of a medical office on West Second Avenue…
75 years ago: This item appeared in the section called Animas Valley News: “Residents of the valley are making considerable use of the auction sales held in Durango each week,…
First United Methodist Church of Durango, 2917 Aspen Drive, will host its 40th annual Holiday Bazaar from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today. There will be refreshments throughout the day,…
Schaeferdu1-i-syn The United Methodist clergyman convicted of breaking church law for officiating at his son’s same-sex wedding was suspended late Tuesday, and ordered by a jury of his fellow pastors…
75 years ago: The following appeared in the section titled Sunnyside News: “The first copy of the Buglers Blast the school paper is being prepared for distribution.” 50 years ago:…
75 years ago: The Kiva theater was showing “Broadway Musketeers” starring Ann Sheridan and Marie Wilson. The billing read: “Three main stem maidens out for no good!” 50 years ago:…
These simple and somewhat healthy lace cookies are made with oatmeal, butter, white sugar, a whole egg and vanilla extract.Matthew Mead/Associated Press They were sweet, but also lacy and crispy.…
Betty Fraser, right, owner of Los Angeles restaurant Grub, delivers an online order to customer Chantel Mines. Like many restaurants that offer takeout service, Fraser’s restaurant Grub, has joined the…
But don’t bank on those savings for any big Black Friday splurges. The average Turkey Day dinner will cost $49.04, or just 44 cents less this year than it did…
Farmer Joe Morette fills trough with beer at his farm in Henniker, N.H. Morette has been adding beer to the daily diet for his birds, saying it makes them fatter,…
Workers at King Orchards in Central Lake, Mich., prepare apples for shipment. Michigan producers are using technology called “SmartFresh” to preserve this year’s bumper apple crop and avoid flooding the…
