Vibrant kitchen is a cook's dream

Yuman's kitchen serves not only to please the palate but the eyes also

Sylvia Allen

BY SYLVIA ALLENSPECIAL TO SOUTHWEST LIVINGChocolate pasta, anyone? Or how about chocolate and raspberry dessert pasta? No, that's not a fantasy. It is a reality found in the vibrant kitchen of Peggy Alameda, a gourmet cook whose Tuscan-style home is ... Full story

Coming home...for real

Yuman fulfills lifelong dream

BY SYLVIA ALLEN/SPECIAL TO SOUTHWEST LIVING

The historic E.G. Caruthers home near downtown Yuma could not find itself in more loving hands than those of Yuma native Teri Brooks, whose lifetime dream was to own it.Brooks used to walk past the Second Avenue home and tell herself, “Some day... Full story

Home reflects Yuman’s love for Southwest and love cooking and entertaining

Welcome to my home!

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Looking at the rusted, steel plates of a sculpted hippopotamus mom and baby near the entrance to a home overlooking the Yuma valley might make you think that you are about to enter a house filled with trophies from Africa. Wrong!“I had been to ... Full story

Roll home of George and Shirley Murdock preserves area’s history

BY SYLVIA ALLEN/SPECIAL TO SOUTHWEST LIVING

If Yuma-area history intrigues you, a visit to the home of George and Shirley Murdock in Roll will whet your appetite for more.Although she was born in California (for lack of good medical facilities in Roll and Yuma at the time), Shirley considers h... Full story

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