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Lambâ€™s-quarters

Properties: Vitamin-rich, especially in vitamin A. Uses: Can be used like spinach in many dishes. For salads, use only young leaves, which are tender and less bitter. ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

Meals gone wild

Looking for a cheap, abundant food source that can prevent chronic disease? Weed on.

DATE: Sep 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

Common mallow

Properties: High in vitamins, good for drawing out congestion. Uses: The whole plant is edible. Because the leaves are slightly gelatinous like okra, they can be used as a thicken...

DATE: Sep 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

Early pumpkin beers brew dismay among drinkers

RICHMOND, Va. – It’s bad enough that back-to-school comes in June, and Halloween arrives in July. And, of course, we all know Christmas begins in September. But now even the craft-beer indus...

DATE: Sep 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

Mom of ‘rainbow’ son comes out in new book

NEW YORK – For Lori Duron, parenting her younger son C.J. is etched in time as B.B. and A.B. – before Barbie and after Barbie. The 6½-year-old discovered the doll at the back of h...

DATE: Sep 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Family

Fewer Pentecostals are speaking in tongues

As church enters mainstream, practice falls away

DATE: Sep 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Religion

Jewish families offered $50,000 to move south

Not too long ago, Rabbi Marshal Klaven says, he met with a Jewish man and his family from the Mississippi Delta region. The man, from a traditional Jewish background, said he hadn’t been rai...

DATE: Sep 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Religion

Religion Briefs

Pagosa Springs churches announce changes John Paul II Catholic Church, 353 S. Pagosa Blvd., and Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 445 Lewis St., announce the addition of C...

DATE: Sep 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Religion

Venezuelan Jews settle near Miami

Hugo Chavez’s hostility toward Israel led many to flee

DATE: Sep 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Religion

Early Rosh Hashana brings fresh possibilities

Try traditional recipes with the season’s ripe produce

DATE: Sep 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

Utah liquor board scraps proposed restaurant rule

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s liquor board has scrapped a proposal requiring restaurants to get verbal confirmation that a customer ordering an alcoholic drink will pair it with a food order. ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

Learning to lunch

Schools and parents teach students to eat healthy

DATE: Sep 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Food

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.