Tips for an easy, appetizing Thanksgiving feast

Durango-area cooks share their Turkey Day secrets

Late-night food options few and far between in Durango

As darkness descends, Durango’s food scene dries up

Nuts bring the heat and the sweet

These scrumptious nuts, glazed with maple syrup and seasoned lightly with warming hints of cinnamon and cayenne, are practically effortless to make. They have the seemingly magic power of el...

Give your Thanksgiving green beans something beyond the casserole treatment

Green beans seem to take on a new, inclusive holiday identity when they’re cut in this Indian-inspired style (a la Beans Thoran recipes of Kerala) and flavored with mustard seed and fresh gi...

Rules lack teeth for defining a ‘healthy snack’

While shopping at Walmart, I saw something weird: One of the aisles had an overhead sign touting “Healthy Snacks,” however, the “healthy” items on the shelves were anything but. We’re talkin...

Thanksgiving turkey can be as simple as rub and roast

Just rub the bird with oil, this simple dried seasoning blend and roast it: What you get is a nicely browned turkey and pan juices that are flavorful enough to serve on their own. ...

Spice, condiment shop Durango Artisan Foods warms up winter

Former engineer creates flavors ‘scientifically, methodically’

Three tips for surviving the holidays

Worried your willpower will let you down this holiday season? You should be, but read on because there’s still hope. As the holidays kick off, it usually means extra time with fa...

For the juiciest roast turkey around, coat it with something familiar

If we had called it mayonnaise-slathered turkey, would you still give it a chance? As it happens, the coating of chopped fresh herbs mixed into your favorite mayo keeps the bird incredibly m...

Instead of Thanksgiving pie, serve tarts or parfaits

If you’re looking for something a little different to serve for dessert at Thanksgiving, here are two ways to go that offer a lot of adaptability. The first involves only a little effort and...

Editor quits food magazine after joking about killing vegans

LONDON – The editor of a British food magazine resigned Oct. 31 after sparking a furor with a joke about running stories on “killing vegans.” Waitrose Food magazine said editor Wi...

We love a good banana pudding, and this one’s better than we remember

I will always have a soft spot in my heart for pudding, in large part because it brings me right back to my grandma’s house, where as a child I stood on a step stool so I could reach the pot...