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Potatoes put a twist on dip

Everybody seems enraptured by seven-layer dip. And not that it’s bad, but it’s been done. And done again. And again. So for this year’s Super Bowl party, why not freshen it up a b...

NYC eateries ready to score

The Super Bowl won’t touch down in New Jersey until Feb. 2, but the New York restaurant scene already is rolling out the turf carpet. The city with the endless appetite for great ...

How much should your teen reveal online?

NEW YORK – Chiara de Blasio helped get her dad elected mayor, flaunting quirky head gear and joking from the podium on primary night. But on Christmas Eve, the 19-year-old did something else...

Religion Briefs

Workshop will address joy, compassion Registration is open for a one-day workshop, “The Heart of Compassion: An Open Gateway to Freedom,” with Carolyn Hobbs, Durango-based author,...

Can an ancient faith fit in modern life?

Young Jains modify traditions for 21st century

Start fresh with a new take on Ambrosia

During Chinese New Year, displaying and eating tangerines and oranges is said to bring wealth and luck. Sounds like a fine start to the new year! It doesn’t hurt that oranges are ...

Pizza Hut to offer ‘by the slice’

NEW YORK – Pizza Hut plans to start offering pizza by the slice for the first time in two locations this week, part of a test to refashion its image and court diners in their 20s and 30s. ...

Chinese mark New Year with many flavors

Nelson Cho isn’t just Chinese-American. He’s Chinese-Cuban-Peruvian-American. Which means he grew up on the shredded beef dish Ropa Vieja, the fried chicken called Chicharrones de Pollo, and...

A world of noodles

Durango restaurants ward off winter’s chill with recipes from many nations

Study finds food industry cuts 6.4 trillion calories

WASHINGTON – Some of the nation’s largest food companies have cut daily calorie counts by an average of 78 per person, a new study says, more than four times the amount the industry pledged ...

At former Colorado Springs hospital, the walls do talk

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) – Sometimes, the walls can talk. Thousands of notes to God, surgeons and dead family members, scribbled on scraps of paper and then slid into the cracks betw...

Shotgun weddings are fading as cohabitation on the rise

WASHINGTON – No longer taboo, living together has become a more common arrangement for America’s couples who become pregnant while dating. Soon-to-be-released government figures s...