Nick Gonzales

Aug 25, 2024 | durangoherald.com | Nick Gonzales

Shelby Kohn is on a mission to reduce food waste One of the first steps in the process of brewing beer involves mixing cracked malt grains, such as barley, with hot water to create wort, a liquid rich in sugars. The liquid wort is separated from the rest of the solid malt and, with the help of hops and yeast, becomes beer. But what happens to the solid grains? “It goes to waste most times,” said Shelby Kohn, founder of Shelby Shakes.

Aug 25, 2024 | the-journal.com | Nick Gonzales

Shelby Kohn is on a mission to reduce food waste Shelby Kohn’s Shelby Shakes uses brewer’s spent grain, a waste product of the beer-brewing process, to make granola. (Nick Gonzales/Durango Herald) Nick Gonzales One of the first steps in the process of brewing beer involves mixing cracked malt grains, such as barley, with hot water to create wort, a liquid rich in sugars. The liquid wort is separated from the rest of the solid malt and, with the help of hops and yeast, becomes beer.

Aug 19, 2024 | durangoherald.com | Nick Gonzales

Longtime Durangoan Jessica Lile has been baking her whole life It’s rare that a business’ name doubles as baking advice, but it’s certainly true for Jessica Lile’s Measure With Your Heart. Lile, who has lived in Durango for 27 years, said she has been baking for her entire life. She formed Measure With Your Heart last year to share that passion. “I love making people happy with food,” she said.

Aug 13, 2024 | durangoherald.com | Nick Gonzales

Nancy Martinez makes a variety of single-ingredient morsels in Mancos Food isn’t hard to find at any given farmers market. But unlike the fare most vendors sell, Nancy Martinez’s is for the dogs. Her business, Gentleman Blue All-Natural Dog Treats, makes single-ingredient dog-treats at her home north of Mancos. “Everything I sell has just one ingredient in it,” she said.

Jul 24, 2024 | durangoherald.com | Nick Gonzales

Alex and Jenny Moore bake almost everything from sourdough During the COVID-19 pandemic, many homebound people took up baking sourdough as a hobby. For Alex and Jenny Moore, however, sourdough is no passing fad. It’s a way of life. Based out of Yellow Jacket, their business, The Farmstead, has been selling baked goods for six years, Alex said. And it’s almost all sourdough. He said that Jenny got into baking sourdough almost a decade ago. “We wanted to homestead,” he said.