Food - The Durango Herald

Trump says Thanksgiving dinner will cost 25% less this year. His numbers are misleading

With Thanksgiving less than three weeks away, the question of how much this year’s turkey and trimmings will cost looms large, especially with grocery prices 2.7% higher than they were in 20...

DATE: Nov 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

Pizza Hut's parent company says it's considering selling the chain

Pizza Hut could soon be up for sale. Yum Brands, Pizza Hut’s parent company, said Tuesday it’s conducting a formal review of options for the brand, which has struggled to compete in a crowde...

DATE: Nov 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Business

SNAP has provided grocery help for 60-plus years; here’s how it works

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8 Americans, to help buy groceries. Originally...

DATE: Nov 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

A new ‘Blue Food’ cookbook champions fish and other seafood for any meal

NEW YORK – Andrew Zimmern and Barton Seaver are what you’d call seafood fanatics. Or blue food evangelists. They want us to eat more things from the water, even first thing in the morning. “...

DATE: Nov 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

A cheese lover’s cheat sheet to picking the right mozzarella for every dish

If you’ve ever wandered into the cheese section with the innocent intent of “just picking up some mozzarella,” you know it’s not that simple. What was once a single white orb in plastic wrap...

DATE: Nov 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

Where can La Plata County residents turn if SNAP benefits disappear?

Local nonprofits prepare for influx in demand for basic food needs

DATE: Nov 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Don’t toss your Halloween pumpkin – bake, compost or feed it to farm animals instead

Don’t let your Halloween pumpkin haunt the landfill this November. More than 1 billion pounds of pumpkins rot in U.S. landfills each year after Halloween, according to the Department of Ener...

DATE: Oct 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

By the Numbers: Why trick-or-treaters may bag more gummy candy than chocolate this Halloween

Ghouls, goblins ... and gummy bears. Trick-or-treaters may find more fruity candy than chocolate among their Halloween handouts this year. That should be fine with younger consumers, who hav...

DATE: Oct 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

Japan’s sushi legend Jiro Ono turns 100 and is not ready for retirement

TOKYO – Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to do so. He has served the world’s dignitaries and his art of sushi was ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

Producers at Durango Farmers Market reflect on wild weather season

Saturday shopping venue winds down at TBK Bank

DATE: Oct 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

How to cook, freeze or pickle plant scraps instead of throwing them away

My beets were slow to grow this year, so I bought a bunch at the farmers’ market. I was taken aback when the seller chopped off the vegetable’s foliage and attempted to discard it after hand...

DATE: Oct 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

An old tradition finds new life as Germans flock to forests to collect mushrooms

POTSDAM, Germany – Wolfgang Bivour carefully emptied a basket of freshly collected mushrooms onto a forest floor covered with fallen autumn leaves. Brown-capped porcini and bay boletes lay b...

DATE: Oct 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

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