Food - The Durango Herald

Harness the power of garlic in your everyday cooking

There are probably plenty of small but mighty ingredients hanging out in your kitchen. Cinnamon sticks, dried chile peppers, cardamom and herbs are all proof that size is definitely not prop...

DATE: Dec 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Durango Food Bank holds donation drive at Walmart

Organizers collect more than 4,200 pounds of nonperishable food

DATE: Dec 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Farm bill exempts pure maple, honey from added sugars label

MONTPELIER, Vt. – The new farm bill passed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday prevents maple syrup and honey producers from being required to list their pure products as containing added sugars o...

DATE: Dec 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Surviving the sugar this holiday season

It’s the most wonderful time of the year ... when loads of sweet treats and desserts make it into our mouths. Despite us all knowing better, the average American eats a whopping 1...

DATE: Dec 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Millennials bring new takes on holiday meals

They love cooking shows, discovering recipes online

DATE: Dec 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

The easygoing, savory, make-ahead way to feed a crowd: Stratas

When someone offers to bring a casserole to a party, I’ll admit to conjuring weary images of canned soup and mushy vegetables. Yet because that sort of dish is a perfectly sensible solution ...

DATE: Dec 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Shipping homemade cookies for holiday gifting

Now that online shopping is an everyday occurrence, receiving a package in the mail has lost a lot of its novelty. Razor blades. Socks. Diapers. Yawn. If your gift recipients are ...

DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Can scientists build a blueprint for bluefin tuna?

Biotech firms making advances in quest to create artificial meats

DATE: Dec 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

The latke: A bite of a delicious and debated Hanukkah tradition

Potato pancakes at the center of much debate

DATE: Dec 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Forget the chocolate: Advent calendars go for booze, cheese

NEW YORK – Advent calendars are hitting the bottle. The cardboard calendars, typically filled with chocolates, are now being stuffed with cans of beer and bottles of wine. Others ...

DATE: Dec 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Make a sweet bread that requires you eat it with your hands

Monkey bread is a knotty-looking loaf of sweet bread made from balls of dough coated with cinnamon, sugar and melted butter. It’s traditionally served warm so that the sticky baked pieces ca...

DATE: Nov 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Fiber: The first step to preventing diabetes

November is National Diabetes Prevention Month. When we talk about diabetes prevention, we are talking about Type 2 Diabetes. Individuals with Type 1 are born with it. According to the Cente...

DATE: Nov 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

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