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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

Yellow Carrot to close after 17 years in Durango

Owner plans national hospitality brand in ‘new cities’

DATE: Oct 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Farmers Market: Mesa Lamb & Wool sells both meat and fiber

Its Navajo churro sheep are raised and grazed on Florida Mesa

DATE: Oct 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

Want to eat more plant-based meals? Maggie Baird, Billie Eilish’s mom, has some ideas

Maggie Baird says her vegan cinnamon rolls are a family favorite – including to her children, who happen to be the world-famous musicians Billie Eilish and Finneas. Growing up, Baird stopped...

DATE: Oct 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

The Dubai chocolate craze is now about much more than bars

NEW YORK – Some flavor crazes flirt with us and fade. Others stay and make themselves at home. It’s too soon to tell for sure, but the Dubai chocolate movement seems to have put down roots a...

DATE: Oct 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

Why low-fat diets can wreck your metabolism

For decades, we’ve been told that losing weight is simple: eat less, move more, and the pounds will melt away. If that were true, wouldn’t it have worked by now? The truth is, it’s not just ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being