The Colors of New Mexico
DOZENS OF BOTTLES OF FINE POWDER line the windows of Stella Maria Baer’s Santa Fe studio. Their contents vary vastly in color. Some are light mauves. Others are deep spruce greens, sunny yellows, and…
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A Tin Tribute in Chilili
IN THE SMALL East Mountains community of Chilili, a folk art memorial holds sacred space. During the mid-20th century, local artist Horace McAfee created punched-tin tombstones for the San Juan…
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Witch Tales of New Mexico
THERE IS AN OLD DICHO from Spain: No creo en brujas, pero las hay (“I don’t believe in witches, but they exist”). Fall in New Mexico brings such ideas into focus as Halloween season arrives, along…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Attend a film festival. For the first time, the Santa Fe International Film Festival (SFIFF) expands to six full days of programming, showing more than 200 films, including 74 features, at venues…
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Slow Down in Cloudcroft
AS I WALK INTO High Rollin’ Coffee, in Cloudcroft, a sticker on the register greets me like a gentle nudge to the hippocampus: “On Mountain Time.” I peruse the menu board of grain bowls, toasts…
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Taste the Heat in Hatch
DRIVING INTO HATCH smells like I remembered. Smoky and sweet, hot and earthy, roasting green chile in the air. Dropping down into the valley from the north in late July, I find the fields are tidy and…
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Find the Weird and Wonderful at Taxonomy
PART SHOP, PART CABINET DE CURIOSITÉ, Taxonomy is rooted in a love of natural history, local creativity, and offbeat charm. Co-owned by Avian and Kyrstin Thorson Rogers, the store just off Taos Plaza…
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Pulled BBQ Lion’s Mane and Lentil Tacos
This recipe originally appeared in "Shroom Boom" by Lynn Cline…
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Shiitake Risotto with Chimayó Chile
This recipe originally appeared in "Shroom Boom" by Lynn Cline…
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New Mexico’s Shroom Boom
INSIDE THE FORMER STAHMANNS COUNTRY Store, in the heart of New Mexico’s pecan country, I can see a kind of alchemy is at work. Where metal shelves once sold locally grown nuts, grow bags now sprout…
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