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Distillers get hopping mad for new flavor trend

Craft liquor industry borrows from brewers

A chili reception

Annual Snowdown cook-off inspires creativity, rewards tradition

Denny’s unveils remodel, hosts discount day

A longtime favorite with the late-night bar crowd and the predawn breakfast club, Durango’s Denny’s, 666 Camino del Rio, has a new look. To celebrate the reopening of the newly r...

Powdered peanut butter packs big flavor, little fat

Powdered peanut butter sounds, pardon the pun, a bit nuts. While fitness buffs sang its praises when it first hit the scene a few years ago, I scoffed. But after seeing it take up...

Rich cauliflower soup that’s simple, too

It’s easy to overthink things in the kitchen. It’s easy to fall into the trap of assuming that flavor needs a whole lot of labor. Or at least a long ingredient list. I certainly w...

Would galactic overlord Xenu approve?

Sundance documentary on Scientology derided by religion’s church, believers

Religion Briefs

Registration open for meditation class Registration is open for a six-week beginning insight-meditation class at Durango Dharma Center. Classes will be held from 5:30 ...

Swiss Guard’s new cookbook reveals Vatican army’s favorites

Menus inspired by last three papal palates

Rethinking muffaletta as a Mardi Gras pizza

We love pizza. We love muffaletta. We decided they probably would be easy to love together. So we decided to combine them. In honor of Mardi Gras, we created a muffaletta flatbrea...

Pack in protein, save money with healthy beans and rice

When I was growing up, beans and rice were an end-of-month staple. As money got tight, my mom would whip up a beans and rice casserole, a healthy, budget-friendly choice that stretched our p...

Recovered: $300,000 in stolen fine wine

SAN FRANCISCO – More than $300,000 in world-class wine stolen from a famed Napa Valley restaurant has been recovered from a private cellar on the other side of the country. But th...

On the side

Durango’s newest Mexican restaurant opens its doors Goodbye Christina’s Bar and Grille, hello Chavolos Mexican Restaurant. The restaurant space next to the Best Western...