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After Aunt Jemima was retired, companies are rethinking Uncle Ben, Cream of Wheat and Mrs. Butterworth’s

Last Wednesday, the bell finally tolled for Aunt Jemima, the mascot and name of the 130-year-old pancake brand, as the company announced it would rebrand, minus the racist stereotypes. By la...

DATE: Jun 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Intentional leftovers can be a remedy for cooking fatigue

Do you cook because you love to cook? Like to cook? Because you need to cook? Maybe a combo of all of the above on different days? Whatever your answer, these days, cooking is pre...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Cortez Farmers Market returns, with coronavirus restrictions

Summer event reopens Saturday, with less community gathering

DATE: Jun 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pine River Shares launches Victory Garden Campaign

Garden kits could help improve food access

DATE: Jun 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County residents turn to gardening amid pandemic

Food security concerns drive desire for homegrown produce

DATE: Jun 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Ranchers, lawmakers search for solutions to beef bottleneck

Ranchers struggle as COVID-19 closes slaughterhouses

DATE: Jun 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

How solo cooks are managing in the pandemic — without resorting to cereal for dinner

I did not attend the virtual lasagna party plastered all over my social media a few weeks back. Neither did Candice Springer, Richard Lee or Valen West. Tayari Jones, a novelist i...

DATE: Jun 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Pack the Pantry collects food for local families

With school service ending this week, 9-R hosts drives to help families in need

DATE: Jun 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Canned tuna goes bold with Mediterranean flavors

I love canned tuna. A simple tuna salad piled on toasted bread or stuffed inside a ripe avocado or tomato is my idea of a delicious lunch. I eagerly dig into a salad niçoise-style dish with ...

DATE: May 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

How to make a better bowl of guacamole

Food controversies are a dime a dozen these days, but those of us with any long-term memory – or at least those of us in the business of eating – are unlikely to forget the uproar when a cer...

DATE: May 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

14 days of quarantine kitchen

A journal of stretching groceries across two weeks

DATE: May 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Dalgona coffee is sweet, milky and pretty. It’s also not for coffee lovers.

My hands are shaking as I prepare a second batch of dalgona coffee, the quarantine-chic drink and the latest piece of evidence that we have no idea what to do with ourselves during a pandemi...

DATE: May 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food