Lifestyle - The Durango Herald

Obama’s conservation legacy in the Four Corners

Land preservation covers vast, historically significant areas

DATE: Jan 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Chef profile: Dennis Morrisroe says ‘simple satisfies’

Seasons’ executive chef warns against overthinking and overdoing meals

DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

88 million tons a year: Auditors decry EU food waste

BRUSSELS – The sheer waste of food had been bothering teacher Marijke De Jongh for so long that two years ago she set up a pop-up restaurant to serve perfectly good groceries and meat that w...

DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

El Moro Spirits and Tavern sets date to reopen

After more than three months of reconstruction to repair damage caused by an Oct. 5 structural fire, El Moro Spirits and Tavern is set for a soft reopening Thursday. “It’s going t...

DATE: Jan 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Will the Girl Scouts’ S’mores cookies be the next Thin Mints? Or the next Le Chip?

It’s the 100-year anniversary of a classic childhood ritual: Girl Scout cookie sales. And in its honor, the Scouts’ bakeries – Little Brownie Bakers in Louisville and ABC Bakers in Richmond ...

DATE: Jan 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Bloom Cafe opens on College Drive

Bloom Cafe, a cafe with an emphasis on organic healthy foods, opened Jan. 17 at 309 West College Dr. (in the Albertsons parking lot) in Durango. In-house baker Kristin Wheelock ba...

DATE: Jan 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Fish and chirps? Crickets make leap in demand as a protein

WILLISTON, Vt. – At Tomorrow’s Harvest farm, you won’t find acres of land on which animals graze, or rows of corn, or bales of hay. Just stacks of boxes in a basement and the summery song of...

DATE: Jan 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Turtle Lake Refuge to offer course on edible, wild plants

Nonprofit organization Turtle Lake Refuge will offer “Local Wild Living Soil,” an educational program about edible and medicinal wild plants, permaculture and holistic health, from 9 a.m. to...

DATE: Jan 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

A winter warmer that’s creamy, without the cream

Sustenance Stew satisfies and energizes

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Trove of Catholic records from Boston will go online

Religious milestones can provide clues to family history

DATE: Jan 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

Basic rules can help adapt recipes for the cooking speed you choose

It’s winter: We’ve nested inside, we’re ready for stews and braises, but we’re still strapped to that infernal invention, the clock. There are rarely enough minutes, at least not when we wan...

DATE: Jan 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Quakers reschedule talk in series about faith

The fourth discussion in a six-session series about Quakerism (the Religious Society of Friends) has been rescheduled. It will now be held at 11 a.m. Jan. 22 at Durango Friends Meeting, 803 ...

DATE: Jan 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion