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Ignacio students dig indoor gardening

Growing fresh, healthy produce is tricky but fun

DATE: Feb 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

The Grapevine: How and when to decant (It’s complicated)

When, why and how long to decant wine is a common question that is not easily answered. Several factors come to play, each with their own guidelines. A decanter is a gl...

DATE: Feb 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

Always in season

Inaugural Winter Farmers Market offers local, cold-season produce

DATE: Feb 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

In less than an hour, a flavor-packed Mexican stew

Posole is a Mexican stew that contains hominy – large white corn kernels, the same kind used for grits – and is typically made with pork in a tomato-y base. But it is a dish that lends itsel...

DATE: Feb 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

Food industry looks to Congress as label law nears

Vermont on track to require GMO disclosure by summer

DATE: Feb 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

A father's celebration of more than the Super Bowl

I have my grocery list in front of me. It reads: licorice (black, red, chocolate), M&M’s (regular and peanut), Oreos, Chips Ahoy, Snickers, Three Musketeers, doughnuts, Raisinets, jelly bean...

DATE: Feb 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Lorna Jorgenson Wendt, who sought half of husband's assets in divorce, dies at 72

Gary C. Wendt became chief executive of GE Capital Services, the largest and most profitable branch of General Electric, in 1985. His wife, Lorna Jorgenson Wendt, ran the family’s million-do...

DATE: Feb 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Japan may change temple map icon to avoid Nazi confusion

Map icon can be confused with Nazi swastika

DATE: Feb 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Historic step: Pope, Russia patriarch to meet in Cuba

VATICAN CITY – In an historic step to heal the 1,000-year schism that split Christianity, Pope Francis and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church will meet in Cuba next week in an attempt...

DATE: Feb 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

If a child is uncooperative, cultivate a strong connection

Parenting coach and columnist Meghan Leahy answered questions recently in an online chat. Here is an edited excerpt. Q: My 3-year-old has been so incredibly difficult recently. Ev...

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

A nightmarish bedtime routine

Q: My two girls, ages 3 and nearly 7, share a room but will not go to sleep unless each has a parent by her side until she passes out. Anything less, and it’s complete waterworks and screami...

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Unfinished business: A feminist calls out her feminist grandmother

BOULDER – Shira Frank and her grandmother, Helen Redman, sat next to each other on a couch in a living room lined with art, talking about the things that connected them: namely, blood, love ...

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family