Lifestyle - The Durango Herald

Old Fort to host Farm Field Day

The first Farm Field Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Old Fort at Hesperus, 18683 Highway 140, in Hesperus. The event will include: agricultural seminars; a ...

DATE: Apr 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Navajo Nation marks 150th anniversary of return to homeland

ALBUQUERQUE – A long-lost original copy of a historic treaty signed in 1868 by leaders of one of the nation’s largest American Indian tribes and the U.S. government will go on display later ...

DATE: Apr 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Durango Wine Experience expands its palate

Three-day event will feature silent dance party, booze-infused doughnuts

DATE: Apr 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Chile church sex abuse whistleblower from pariah to VIP

VATICAN CITY – The key whistleblower in Chile’s clerical sex abuse scandal has arrived in Rome for his audience with Pope Francis and said Tuesday he will urge the pope to get rid of the “to...

DATE: Apr 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Why you should always have some bread in your freezer

We can eat a lot of bread in my house. But even for two carbivores, a big loaf can sometimes be too much to finish before it starts to go stale. Thank goodness for the freezer. ...

DATE: Apr 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

A look at claims of racial bias in U.S. restaurants

Starbucks is only the latest U.S. food chain to come under scrutiny because of the way black people were treated at one of its locations. Some companies have been accused of syste...

DATE: Apr 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Friends separated by the Holocaust reunite in California

LOS ANGELES – When Alice Gerstel bid an emotional farewell to her family’s closest friends in October 1941, she was hopeful she’d see “Little Simon” Gronowski again. And she did – 76 years l...

DATE: Apr 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Western Colorado pair helps deceased WWII veteran get the honor he deserved

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) – Mike Shults never knew Howard Knowles. But his passion for helping a fellow veteran 23 years after Knowles’ death has led to the war hero finally getting the...

DATE: Apr 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

University of New Mexico professor to give talk at Animas Museum

John L. Kessell, University of New Mexico history professor, will give a talk about his book – Whither the Waters: Mapping the Great Basin from Bernardo de Miera to John C. Frémont – at 1 p....

DATE: Apr 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

How to prep and enjoy a mango, the sunniest fruit in the grocery store

I adore mango in so many forms. Puree as the base of an Indian dal (lentil dish). Chutney to go on a grilled cheese sandwich. Frozen in ice cream. But fresh? I always seemed to walk by those...

DATE: Apr 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Mesa Verde National Park prefers removal of ‘trespass horses’

Proposal includes 5-year capture plan and a last resort

DATE: Apr 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Cookie Monster’s crumbs of wisdom: ‘Me always make time to follow Me passion’

Like another classic figure in history whose name begins with C: He came, he saw, he conquered. Cookie Monster. Then again, there were no signs of resistance. The belov...

DATE: Apr 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food