Food - The Durango Herald

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

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

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday