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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

This one-bowl Russian apple cake reminds us of hospitality in difficult times

While I was growing up in Russia, several things were a given: If you saw a long line, you got in it – no questions asked (because if there was a line, it must be for something good); if in ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

This tortilla egg wrap can power you through a busy morning or quick lunch break

“Are you with me?” Nadiya Hussain says as she whisks eggs in a measuring cup. “Can you see how quick” – she drops the whisk to wave her hands in circles – “this is happening?” I w...

DATE: Nov 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

A guide to lentils: How to choose and use the tiny protein-packed powerhouses

Lentils don’t always have the most exciting reputation. People tend to associate the tiny pulse with dark brown, mushy and bland soups, says cookbook author Crescent Dragonwagon. ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Burger King’s latest dig at McDonald’s: Creepy clowns to haunt your dreams

Nearly 30 years ago, Hollywood released the horror flick “Candyman” about a Chicago graduate student who researches an urban legend involving a boogeyman who materializes whenever you say hi...

DATE: Nov 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

As winter approaches, Eat Zawadi diversifies its menu

New African eatery also getting into catering business

DATE: Oct 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

This Instant Pot Beef Stew is rich, hearty and ready in 45 minutes

Do you ever give yourself kitchen challenges? Every now and again I impose a set of parameters on myself to see if I can bring a meal in at a certain cost, with a specified number of ingredi...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Halloween at home? Here are some tricks for making treats with kids

Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. That’s every child’s dream, right? No school the next day, so they can trick or treat, go to haunted houses and ... But this is 2020 – a y...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Bacon- and chicken-scented masks are here and, really, you shouldn’t be surprised

It was, perhaps, inevitable that food companies would see the masks that we’re wearing these days and envision them as blank canvases onto which they could project their brands’ advertising....

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Winter farmers market to return for its second season in Durango

Vendors will be set up every Tuesday at La Plata County Fairgrounds

DATE: Oct 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

COVID can’t stop Chile Challenge, it’s just different this year

Participants need ‘passport’ to grade vendors on their chile concoctions

DATE: Oct 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

How to make light, chewy, flavor-packed flour tortillas at home

Proficiency in Italian and counted cross-stitch are two things I thought I might learn during quarantine. I don’t know what happened to all those months, but I can’t speak Italian and I have...

DATE: Oct 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food