Food - The Durango Herald

Your food scraps deserve another shot. Here’s how to use peels, stems and more in your cooking.

If you dump your pickle juice and bean water, compost your kale stems, spit out your watermelon seeds and chuck your orange peels, you’re probably not alone. But it’s time to give...

DATE: Jul 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Manna, Garden Project merge to advance food security mission

Groups join to have a larger impact on vulnerable populations

DATE: Jul 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Want to add depth to your fruits and vegetables? There’s a ferment for that.

The proposition sounds a little dubious: Leave some vegetables in a jar on your counter. Just leave them there. For weeks. Then eat them. It’s perfectly safe, say the pickling enthusiasts. T...

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Mancos Farmers Market in full bloom

Thursday afternoon event now three weeks in

DATE: Jul 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Why you should use your toaster oven as more oven, less toaster

Given the name, it’s no surprise that people might put the emphasis on “toast” when thinking about their toaster oven. But these days, as the countertop appliance gets smarter and better, yo...

DATE: Jul 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

How do you buy local beef?

Misconceptions, confusion surrounds process, Montezuma County rancher says

DATE: Jul 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Picnic-ready, classic slaw gets a healthful upgrade - and a flavor boost

Cole slaw is a good friend to me all summer long. This is the version that’s on my table so often that making it feels breezily familiar – thinly slice the cabbage and onion, grat...

DATE: Jun 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Chef Safari has a ‘gift’ for Durango: Eat Zawadi

African cuisine features dishes from across the continent

DATE: Jun 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

How to turn single-purpose kitchen tools into multiuse gadgets

I have a pretty small kitchen with a limited amount of room (ask my basement how it feels about being the overflow storage space). So whenever I feel the inclination to add “just one more th...

DATE: Jun 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Ice pops are a quintessential summer treat. Here’s how to make your own.

Few summer treats are as iconic as the ice pop. Hot days, a rainbow of colors dripping down your arm: It’s pure bliss. And it happens to be bliss that you can easily create in your own kitch...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Greek potato nachos are the snackable, craveable mash-up you’ve been missing

Inspiration often strikes unexpectedly. While I was doing errands a few weeks back, I walked past a blue-and-white decorated Greek food truck and a side dish on its menu board caught my eye:...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

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