Rachel Turiel

How to Grow a Tomato at Altitude

I wish I were more casual about tomatoes, more like, “Oh, tomatoes? Yeah, sometimes they all ripen, sometimes not, no biggie.” And then I’d skip off to do somet...

The Great (local) Dog Biscuit Challenge

Rachel Turiel

You may think Colorado mountain-town dogs already live the good life. You’ve seen them gallop down ski trails in winter, possibly in Gore-Tex booties. In summer...

Requiem for a Squirrel

Rachel Turiel

It’s winter 2009. The recession has sent its hungry tendrils into every economic crevice, including my husband’s and my freelance work in carpentry and writi...

Bone Broth. Nature’s Multi-Vitamin

Rachel Turiel

Making your first batch of bone broth may conjure images of Wilma Flintstone hacking apart a brontosaurus while a cauldron of water bubbles over the hearth. The...

Creamy Swiss Chard Dip

Rachel Turiel

This is a cooked dip, and a great way to use up the acres of chard you receive weekly from your friendly CSA without it actually tasting like you’re eating a me...

Eat this. Don’t eat that.

Rachel Turiel

Photos by Bonni Pacheco In the late 1990s, I spent many summer nights in the backcountry listening to a camp stove sputter its particular acoustics of whoo...