Socorro Saloon Gets An Update
THE ANCIENT PLANKS OF WOOD that stretch across the barroom floor are worn smooth. They don’t creak, not even once, as I step into the 125-year-old watering hole, a clear testament to the love and care…
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Posts From: October 2021
Five Things to Do This Weekend
Above: Judith F. Baca, who created the mural 442 Infantry, is part of the New Mexico Museum of Art's Poetic Justice exhibit, which opens Saturday. Photograph courtesy of the New Mexico Museum of Art…
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Sweet Green Chile Chutney
Above: Fall squash gets a New Mexican twist in this recipe. (from Platter Up, Sept/Oct 2021). Photograph by Douglas Merriam…
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Chutney Quesadillas
Above: Fall squash gets a New Mexican twist in this recipe. (from Platter Up, Sept/Oct 2021). Photograph by Douglas Merriam…
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Calabacitas
Above: Versions of this recipe have been made for centuries. (from Platter Up, Sept/Oct 2021). Photograph by Douglas Merriam…
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Green Chile, Zucchini, and Squash Pickles
Above: Fall squash gets a New Mexican twist in this recipe. (from Platter Up, Sept/Oct 2021). Photograph by Douglas Merriam…
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Four Delicious Ways to Fall for Squash
Squashes of all varieties—and there are many—became the darlings of the low-carb set when their adherents kicked potatoes and pasta out of the kitchen. Gone were crunchy french fries, now replaced by…
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Three Hikes for Fall Color
Above: The Brazos Cliffs are made of some of the oldest rock found in New Mexico. Photograph by Jim O’Donnell. Jawbone Mountain A moderate 6-mile out-and-back hike along Placer Creek leaves from a…
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Take a Fall Road Trip West of Taos
MY SON JUMPS THE CREEK, barely a foot wide. He kneels among the brassy, waist-high grasses, gently pushes aside downed aspen, elm, and oak leaves colored in scarlet, coral, and a buttery gold, and…
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What We're Reading: Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies
Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: Southwest offers southwest gardening tips. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. CLIMATE CHANGE DISRUPTS THE LIVES of pollinators whose work ensures the…
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