These Artists Find the Beauty in Death
FEW THINGS MATCH the harshness and beauty of the New Mexico desert like bleached skulls and clean, smooth bones. While cow skeletons and Día de los Muertos calaveras are a big part of our Southwest…
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Grab a Slice at Victoria's Pizza
FOR 15 YEARS, Diné restaurateur Victoria Largo worked out of a small food trailer parked in front of her blue two-story house, in the center of Crownpoint. The Victoria’s Pizza space was just big…
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Chef Ray Naranjo Celebrates Native Cuisine at Indian Pueblo Kitchen
Chef Ray Naranjo’s Pante Project highlights Indigenous ingredients such as salmon, nixtamalized blue corn, and sunflower seeds. WHEN RAY NARANJO took over as executive chef at the Indian Pueblo…
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Recipe: Robin Valdez’s Birria Tacos
Chef Robin Valdez shares his recipe for birria tacos (from Taco Star, May 2021). Photograph by Andi Murphy. La Luna Eatery, 319 5th St. SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102; 505-886-1119…
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Chile Thrives On Native Soil
Above: A Jemez Pueblo family with a chile ristra, ca. 1905. Courtesy of Simeon Schwemberger collection at the Center for Southwest Research, UNM Libraries. LOOKING AT HIS FIELD in early July, Jemez…
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First Fruit in Space: New Mexico Chile Pepper
Illustration by Chris Philpot A MISSION TO MARS is still a decade away, but scientists at NASA already plan to stock it with green chile. Why? We could say because it tastes so good, but the answer is…
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Nature the Navajo Way
WITH A HEADLAMP STRAPPED to his forehead, Arnold Clifford weaves through aisles of large filing cabinets, some nearly as tall as the room’s ceiling, all at least a couple of decades old. “These need…
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Middle East Meets West
Above: An assortment of popular dishes at Chello Grill. Photographs by Gabriella Marks. I AM AT THE SINK, rinsing a bowl of basmati rice in water. The voice of Shala, mother of my Afghan former…
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Braking for Bread
Above: Photographs by Douglas Merriam . FROM THE OUTSIDE, Jim’s Automotive looks like your run-of-the-mill mechanic’s shop, but the aroma wafting from the front office is more reminiscent of a bakery…
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