Chocolate Piñon Torte
NEW MEXICO CHEFS HAVE DEVISED various ways to bring the piñon nut’s mellow flavor into main dishes, sides, and desserts. We asked a few for recipes that could elevate a Thanksgiving feast. If New…
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Posts From: November 2016
Recipe: Stuffed Acorn Squash
From the Your Nuts, New Mexico article in the November 2016 issue. New Mexico chefs have devised various ways to bring the piñon nut’s mellow flavor into main dishes, sides, and desserts. We asked a…
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Recipe: Pine Nut Soup
From the Your Nuts, New Mexico article in the November 2016 issue. New Mexico chefs have devised various ways to bring the piñon nut’s mellow flavor into main dishes, sides, and desserts. We asked a…
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Recipe: Piñon-Crusted Pork Tenderloin with Piñon-Basil Pesto
From the Your Nuts, New Mexico article in the November 2016 issue. New Mexico chefs have devised various ways to bring the piñon nut’s mellow flavor into main dishes, sides, and desserts. We asked a…
Read MoreOne of Our 50 Is Missing | November 2016
THEM’S FIGHTING WORDS Hatch Valley farmers take their chile seriously. So seriously that they obtained a state law barring false claims of Hatch-ness and are seeking similar cred from the feds. When…
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We Found Heaven on a Mountain Ranch
Above: In early 2016, Albuquerque photographer Rich Brown captured this image of a snowy Sandía Crest overlooking the Manzano Mountains. November 1955 Now the snow cloud has lifted and out there under…
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Called to the Bluffs
GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH, surrounded by hardwood trees that obscured one’s vision, expansive vistas were hard to find. The old highways bore “See Rock City” signs, and the occasional billboard showed…
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Your Nuts, New Mexico
Above: Pickers shake branches to release the nuts . WHEN ALBUQUERQUE CANDYMAKER George Buffett savored his first taste of a New Mexico piñon nut, a winning business concept was born. Barely bigger than…
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The Great Big Pottery Project
Above, from left: San Ildefonso artists who worked on the pots include Evone Martinez, Johnny Cruz, Becky Martinez, N. Summer Martinez, Barbara Gonzales (seated), Cavan Gonzales, and Eva Moquino…
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Preparing for Liftoff
Photographers snap away. FOR BIRD LOVERS and nature photographers—and anyone else seeking contact with the melodies of prehistory—a cold winter morning at the Bosque del Apache refuge is a kind of…
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