Go Nuts for Mesilla Pecans
IT MAY SOUND NUTTY, but Kristen Worthington knew almost nothing about pecans before moving her family from California’s Sacramento Valley to Mesilla Park in 2019 to start a pecan farm. “In fact, I…
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Baking Tips from Pie Whisperers
WINNING BLUE RIBBONS is as easy as pie for Peggy Montoya and Barbara Silva. Montoya, who’s been entering her creations in the Home Arts Food Contest since 2006, has earned more than 113 ribbons…
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Faces of the Fair: Leticia Romero of Isleta Grill
A T THE LAID-BACK ISLETA GRILL, owner Leticia Romero has served up a comforting menu of breakfast burritos, green chile cheeseburgers, frybread pizza, and even Philly cheesesteak sandwiches for years…
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The State Fair Serves Up Big Flavor
REX THOMPSON knows how to wow the crowds. Sure, the cotton candy, funnel cakes, and fries are fair-food essentials, but the owner of Rex’s Hamburgers, in Albuquerque, understands that the midway is…
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Route 66 Centennial Celebrations
MAY 2025 MAY 4 First Sunday Route 66 Market at Tumbleroot, Santa Fe May 17 Mothership on the Mother Road: A Gala Route 66 Centennial Celebration, Albuquerque JUNE 2025 JUNE 1 First Sunday Route 66…
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Route 66 Road Trip: West Albuquerque to Manuelito
ROUTE WEST ALBUQUERQUE TO MANUELITO • Roughly 155 miles • Laguna, Grants, Bluewater, Thoreau, Gallup, Manuelito EAT. Rub elbows with the locals at El Cafecito in Grants, where the same friendly…
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Meet Billy Keeler of Richardson Trading Post
L ISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER of Historic Places, Richardson Trading Post stands out with retro neon signs and display windows filled with Native pottery, rugs, and jewelry. Inside, 3,000 Navajo…
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Gallup's Route 66 Adventure
AUTHENTIC NATIVE JEWELRY, rugs, and pottery displayed in the windows of trading posts, galleries, and shops along Route 66 in downtown Gallup let travelers know that they’ve arrived at the Gateway to…
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Route 66 Road Trip: Pecos to Albuquerque
ROUTE PECOS TO ALBUQUERQUE • Roughly 192 miles • Santa Rosa, Romeroville, Tecolote, Bernal, San Jose, Pecos, Glorieta, Santa Fe, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Algodones, Bernalillo, and Albuquerque EAT. The…
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