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Seven must-bring things for cooking on vacation

I love to cook on vacation, an activity I usually have to defend when folks ask how I spent time on holiday. Freed from the detail of tweaking, testing and following recipes, I shop farm sta...

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Food

Why buy nut butter when DIY is healthier, cheaper?

For many parents, back to school time means back to packing lunch for the kids. And that means it’s time to revisit that old lunchbox mainstay, the peanut butter sandwich. The sta...

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Food

A salad for kids who hate icky greens

You don’t understand it. Your child used to devour any vegetable. Any color. Any taste. You were so proud. Then reality struck and suddenly your darling little omnivore hated – HA...

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Food

Satisfy those afterschool munchies

We all just need to accept that no matter how much we’d like otherwise, kale “chips” just aren’t going to satisfy that afterschool need for something crunchy and snacky. Seriously...

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Food

Craft sake is the latest trend brewing in U.S.

KITTERY, Maine – First came boutique wineries. Then microbreweries and craft distilleries. Now Japanese sake aficionados are hoping to transform the so-called “rice wine” into the next artis...

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Food

One steak dinner, two easy meals

This is the dinner you need for those nights when you’re already dreading packing lunches the next day. The concept is simple. You make a bigger-than-you-need (but still fast and ...

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Food

Guys: To flirt effectively, just act like a decent human

It’s a story as old as time. Guy spots girl across the bar. Girl smiles coyly. Guy saunters over and asks if it hurt. Girl finishes the line, “When I fell from heaven? You bet.” C...

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Why it’s OK to praise our kids

My 4-year-old son likes to run. Lately, I’ve found an easy way to kill 15 minutes is to time him while he dashes off around the playground, again and again, trying to beat his time. I encour...

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Bumble, the dating app where women make the first move

A few hours into my first conversation with a man on Bumble – a dating app where, after there’s a match, it’s up to the woman to say hello – I popped the question: “So this is my first Bumbl...

DATE: Jul 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

The college majors that are most likely to marry each other

DATE: Jul 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Dig uncovers how Shakers lived

Equality of sexes, pacificism, celibacy guided their lives

DATE: Jul 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Religion

Religion Briefs

St. Kateri Tekakawitha to be celebrated St. Ignatius Church in Ignacio will celebrate the feast of St. Kateri Tekakawitha at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at 15449 Colorado Highway 172. ...

DATE: Jul 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Religion