Katie Klingsporn

Tyler Willbanks and the Ladies of the Field

Katie Klingsporn

It’s a gusty spring morning at Rocky Draw Farm just north of Mancos, and farmer Tyler Willbanks is parking the manure spreader in his barn. Willbanks leads two...

Spring Asparagus Morel Sauté

Katie Klingsporn

Spring Asparagus Morel Sauté By Katie Klingsporn Spring on Wright’s Mesa comes as a pulse of color. The ranchlands, normally tawny yellow or covered in snow,...

Pavlovian (Pumpkin) Pie

Katie Klingsporn

The days grow short, winter’s bite sharpens the air, and pumpkin spice latte is every coffee shop’s special. I pour through food magazines, reading recipes for ...

Everyday Alchemy: sourdough spelt bread

Katie Klingsporn

Baking sourdough bread manages to be both incredibly involved and totally basic, an everyday alchemy that gives a new meaning to the notion of baking from scrat...

Sonnie Gustamantes: The Art of Shearing

Katie Klingsporn

It’s the first weekend in June, and the rolling toplands of Hastings Mesa in southwestern Colorado are exploding with the early greens of summer. A meadowlark s...

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Telluride’s Secret Garden (hint: it is behind the school)

Katie Klingsporn

When I arrive at the Telluride Community Garden for my first workday of the season, I find dandelions exploding in the uneven walkways, a robin singing it...