Lifestyle

1 scoop or 2? Raw cookie dough is latest NYC food fad

Scoops of cookie dough, purchased at DO Cookie Dough Confections, are displayed on Tuesday in New York. People are standing…

March 2, 2017

Food

DIY tortillas take time. These bean-topped corn cakes don’t.

Corn Cakes With Black Bean Spread.Goran Kosanovic/The Washington Post When I think of corn and beans, I naturally think of…

March 1, 2017

Food

Simply easy: Japanese food within reach

Four homestyle recipes from the land of the Rising Sun

February 28, 2017

Food

This healthful pear recipe can start your day or sweeten the end of it

Pear Crumble. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Goran Kosanovic for The Washington Post.du1-i-syn This dish of warm, cinnamon-scented pears with a…

February 27, 2017

Food

Irish Car Bomb returns for Firkin Fridays at Steamworks

du1-i-syn Steamworks Brewing Co. will reprise the popular “Irish Car Bomb” as Firkin Fridays continues at the brewpub on Friday.…

February 27, 2017

Southwest Life

History students have virtual dialogue with WWI kaiser

DENVER – Kaiser Wilhelm II is angry and wants to go to war. His eyes flare red when talking about…

February 27, 2017

Food

Make the Frito Pie that keeps on giving

Scissor open a snack-size bag of corn chips, spoon in chili, cheese and sour cream and you have a walking…

February 26, 2017

Southwest Life

Residents say 1st atom bomb test caused cancer cases

ALBUQUERQUE – Residents say the world’s first atomic bomb test caused generations of southern New Mexico families to suffer from…

February 26, 2017

Food

From restaurants to reefs: recycling discarded oyster shells

ON LAKE ATHANASIO, La. – If you slurp oysters from the half-shell in New Orleans, you may be doing more…

February 25, 2017

Religion

Christ the King to hold Seussian sermon

The Journal file To honor the birthday of Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss, (March 2), Pastor Tim Orlowski will present his…

February 24, 2017

Religion

Dharma Center to offer conscious parenting class

du1-i-syn Maureen Fallon-Cyr, mindfullness-based psychotherapist, will teach a five-session series on conscious parenting from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays on…

February 24, 2017

Religion

U.S. bishops denounce folk saint ‘Santa Muerte’

They join Mexican colleagues to say figure isn’t a saint

February 24, 2017

Southwest Life

Drought, warming shrink Colorado River

Scientists high temperatures draw moisture from basin’s waterways

February 24, 2017

Food

Taco Bell will take popular chicken-shelled chalupa off menu

Taco Bell spokesman Rob Poetsch said Feb. 23, 2017, that the Naked Chicken Chalupa, a sandwhich with a shell made…

February 24, 2017

Food

A healthful risotto that doesn’t cause a stir

Butternut Squash and Sage Oven RisottoDeb Lindsey/The Washington Post I have a risotto conflict. I love the traditional dish –…

February 23, 2017

Southwest Life

Baby steps toward literacy at Durango Public Library

This storytime gives littlest ones the building blocks for reading

February 23, 2017

Southwest Life

Trails 2000 to host open house at Ska Brewing

du1-i-syn Trails 2000 will host an open house for trail enthusiasts from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, at…

February 22, 2017

Food

To elevate a side dish, put something on top

Protein raises couscous to main course status

February 22, 2017

Food

Rohwer’s Farm turns up the heat

Pleasant View farmers use plasticulture to produce fresh food in winter

February 22, 2017

Southwest Life

McPhee Reservior levels look promising for boating release

Invasive mussels remain a threat

February 21, 2017

Food

Give your oatmeal the glam treatment

Breakfast Grain Bowls with Caramelized BananasGoran Kosanovic/The Washington Post This sumptuous breakfast bowl is what happens when frumpy regular oatmeal…

February 21, 2017

Food

Animas Valley Grange to show two agriculture documentaries

The Animas Valley Grange will show two documentary film about agriculture on Feb. 24 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.JERRY McBRIDE/Durango…

February 21, 2017

Southwest Life

Feds: Mexican gray wolves see increase in wild population

ALBUQUERQUE – There are now more Mexican gray wolves roaming the American Southwest than at any time since the federal…

February 20, 2017

Food

Durango breweries gear up for Collaboration Fests

Joe Hull, brewer at the small-batch Mod Brewery at Ska Brewing Co., brews this year’s collaboration beer with David Zuckerman,…

February 20, 2017