Rachel Turiel

Why Vegan?

How do you make a vegan laugh? Show concern for their protein intake. Of all the curiosity one could muster about a animal-free diet, this is the primar...

School Lunch; Ninja Style

Rachel Turiel

Packing lunches, whether for yourself or the hungry people in your care, requires some forethought, ingenuity, and ninja skills. Items need to hold up over the ...

El Oasis

Rachel Turiel

In a small, well lit building on Durango’s North Main Ave barrels of ice cream containing Mexican names and flavors advertise themselves intriguingly. You could...

A Spontaneous Path to the Parlor: an Edible Interview with Katie Burford of Cream Bean Berry

Rachel Turiel

Katie Burford runs her downtown Durango ice cream parlor, Cream Bean Berry, in pigtails and yellow knee-highs depicting honeycomb and bees. She has two master’s...

Carver Brewing Company (est. 1986)

Rachel Turiel

Carver Brothers Bakery was established in 1986 by brothers Jim and Bill Carver, ushered in a new paradigm for Durango. Fresh roasted, whole bean coffee replaced...

The Heart of a Milk Cow

Rachel Turiel

“Cows are just gentle souls,” Dan James remarks, lanky frame sprawled in a grassy field dotted with manure. The morning sun has just lifted off the eastern ridg...