Tamales are a New Mexico Christmas tradition. Photograph courtesy of NMTD. MANY YEARS AGO, I WROTE a book about tamales. For months, my kitchen windows were fogged from the tamalera bubbling on the…
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Above: In New Mexico, even the sky wears jewelry. Photograph by John McCauley FROM A DISTANCE, hot-air balloons look like they’re hardly moving. But when I stood in the basket for my first ride over…
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Above: El Parasol's tacos get a hearty nod from Erin Wade (pictured below). Photographs by Douglas Merriam. Almost all chefs share the same secret: No matter how high-toned their own menus are, as…
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Above: ¡Que Fancy! and Pomegranate Mimosas are great champagne cocktails. Photographs by Douglas Merriam. My pomegranate tree in Albuquerque usually delivers 20 pounds of fruit in the fall, much of…
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Above: ¡Que Fancy! and Pomegranate Mimosas are great champagne cocktails. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Santa Fe Spirits’ Atapiño liqueur really does taste just like toasted piñon nuts. I like to…
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Above: Gruet Winery tasting room associate Diana Garner pours the makings of a proper toast. Photographs by Douglas Merriam. If you’ve driven north on I-25 from Albuquerque to Santa Fe over the past…
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Above: Kathleen Mower (right) holds a freshly cleaned and combed ball of sheep's wool. Photographs by Stefan Wachs. LAST YEAR, TWO DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS, I found myself shivering in a dusty barn in…
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Above: Mac's Cherry limeade. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Mac’s Steak in the Rough is a retro drive-in on Albuquerque’s Menaul Boulevard where a big, icy cup of old-fashioned limeade will quench…
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