Let’s Talk About the Elk

Welcome. I can’t stop thinking about the elk with the tire around its neck: “For more than two years, residents of Pine, a small town about 30 miles southwest of Denver, have been sending in reports to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife authorities whenever they saw an elk that had somehow shoved its head through…

Walking an Adventure Playground

The view from the eastern shore of Slovenia’s Lake Bohinj on a recent afternoon was the picture of Alpine summer leisure. On three sides, the gray peaks of the Julian Alps stood hazy and indifferent in the high sun. Flotillas of rowboats and paddle boarders skimmed across the water. The lake stretched out like a…

Winning the Chowder Wars

Good morning. Manhattan clam chowder is among the most divisive of soups. There are those who love it for its tangy bite: acidic tomatoes against the salinity of the clams, with a clean, vegetal bass line of green peppers and celery. Others demur: They don’t like tomatoes with their seafood, or they don’t like green…

16 Slow Cooker Recipes

The humble slow cooker may never be the showstopping star of the culinary appliance show, but for many busy cooks, it is the behind-the-scenes workhorse of the home kitchen: cooking and keeping meals warm for family members or roommates with wildly divergent schedules who work outside the home (or would just rather not cook at…