Food

How to substitute for alcohol in cooking and baking

How to substitute for alcohol in cooking and baking.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post Regardless of the rationale, know that your recipe will…

January 13, 2021

Food

The debate between cast-iron haters and loyalists is as enduring as the pan itself

The debate between cast-iron haters and loyalists is as enduring as the pan itself.Stacy Zarin Goldberg/Washington Post And so, inevitably,…

January 12, 2021

Food

Marinate Camembert, Czech-style, for your next low-effort snack

Nakladany Hermelin (Czech-Style Marinated Camembert).Tom McCorkle/Washington Post Though recently I’ve woken up in a panic from similar nightmares chock-full of…

January 12, 2021

Food

I was an air fryer skeptic, but now it’s the only thing that gets me excited about pandemic cooking

I had resisted buying an air fryer precisely because too many friends had gushed about them with obnoxious enthusiasm. I’d…

January 6, 2021

Food

Why you’ll always find sweetened condensed milk in my kitchen

Thai iced tea is one of several simple creations that use sweetened condensed milk.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post The iced tea was…

January 5, 2021

Food

The best food books of 2020 that will get you thinking, not cooking

These books sometimes argue with each other, too, which only heightens the pleasure of flipping from one volume to another.…

December 31, 2020

Food

These 10 food trends were the distractions we needed in 2020

Each of the everybody’s-making-it dishes that popped up this year spoke to our hungers – for sustenance, maybe, for comfort,…

December 29, 2020

Local News

Manna soup kitchen offers holiday cheer

budgets are tight, 550 meals help brighten Christmas

December 25, 2020

Food

Pandemic gives rise to Durango-based grazing board business

Saghie started Farm to Fingers after COVID-19 brought her home

December 23, 2020

Food

Christmas dinner can be festive – and thrifty – with this $60 feast for four

I set myself the goal of figuring out a dinner for four that felt 100% holiday-worthy, but cost just three…

December 22, 2020

Food

Figs stuffed with goat cheese are the low-effort, high-flavor appetizer you need

Figs With Goat Cheese, Pistachios and Mint. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Tom McCorkle for The Washington Post.du1-i-syn That moment sealed…

December 17, 2020

Local News

It’s holiday meal time at Durango School District 9-R

Escalante Middle prepares 50 meals for families; DHS cafeteria hub for assembling 1,050 food bags

December 16, 2020

Food

Crisp on top and cheesy throughout, this butternut squash and apple gratin belongs on your fall table

Ginger Gold is a perennial favorite, but FYI, for that teeth-pulling delight, I haven’t found an apple firmer than an…

December 16, 2020

Food

Food giants seek ban on soy from deforested Brazil region

Soybeans are unloaded into a truck during a harvest March 7 in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, Sao Paulo state,…

December 15, 2020

Food

12 holiday cookie recipes to end the year on a sweeter note

Walnut and Five-Spice Thumbprint Cookies.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post From ingredient shortages and reduced grocery runs to the crushing, simultaneous weight of…

December 9, 2020

Food

7 smart tips for baking better cookies

While we love our silicone baking mats for other projects, they can be problematic with cookies, especially butter-based doughs, by…

December 6, 2020

Local News

Liquor World gears up to hand out food boxes to those in need

owner plans to gift 250 care packages with dry goods

December 5, 2020

Food

Allium essentials

Onions, shallots, scallions and leeks are mostly interchangeable in recipes. Here’s how to use what you have.

December 2, 2020

Food

Examining China’s claims of coronavirus on frozen foods

Frozen shrimp imported from an Ecuadorian company was banned for one week on Tuesday in a continuing series of such…

November 30, 2020

Food

As a homeless teen, I foraged for wild food to survive. The lessons still shape my cooking.

Douglas Fir Fettuccine Alfredo.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post If I have dry pasta on hand, I toss that into a boiling pot.…

November 30, 2020

Local News

Bayfield’s Pine River Shares distributes hundreds of Thanksgiving meals

‘This is the biggest event we’ve ever done’

November 25, 2020

Food

Tips for cooking (and saving) a smaller Thanksgiving feast

Thanksgiving feasts have typically been tailored for a crowd: big birds, large casseroles and so on. Your favorite recipes might…

November 24, 2020

Food

This New Orleans-style Thanksgiving po’ boy is the answer to all your holiday leftovers

Thanksgiving Leftovers Turkey Po’ Boy.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post One of my Thanksgiving traditions has been to join the long line at…

November 23, 2020

Food

How to cook a turkey breast in an oven, Instant Pot or slow cooker

A turkey breast is just the right size for a more compact holiday celebration.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post But, no matter the…

November 18, 2020

Food

Chef Marcus Samuelsson celebrates the variety of Black food

Host/chef Marcus Samuelsson participates in PBS’s “No Passport Required” and “South By Somewhere” panel at the Television Critics Association Summer…

November 16, 2020

Food

Ottolenghi’s cacio e pepe comes with a wonderful Middle Eastern twist

Za’atar, the Middle Eastern spice blend, adds a layer of herbaceousness to Cacio e Pepe, the simple and classic Italian…

November 11, 2020

Local News

Durango’s only community garden enters private ownership

Property owner plans to sell a chunk of land, keep remainder as is

November 10, 2020

Food

Study: Fix to food climate problem doesn’t require veganism

Researchers looked at five types of broad fixes to the food system and calculated how much they fight warming. They…

November 9, 2020

Food

How to get the most out of your supermarket butcher and fishmonger

Like a neighborhood butcher shop, which can special order hard-to-find cuts of meat and offal, butchers and meat cutters at…

November 8, 2020

Food

This one-bowl Russian apple cake reminds us of hospitality in difficult times

Mention apple sharlotka to a Soviet expat old enough to remember the Brezhnev years, and you won’t escape a dreamy…

November 4, 2020