Bird-Watching Tips for Beginners
One of the best ways to learn birding is with other bird-watchers. Photograph by Yuriy Seleznev/Shutterstock. Gather the right tools. Bird-watching is a pretty inexpensive activity, but you need some…
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Category: April
One of Our 50 Is Missing: April 2021
Illustration by Chris Philpot. We’re Just Down the Road E. Shane Scantlebury lived in New Mexico for 10 years before moving to Benson, Arizona, where he noticed something odd about the signs on…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
See artist Jorge Benitez's Courtyard at the exhibit Geometric Aljamía: A Cultural Transliteration at the Las Cruces Museum of Art. Photograph courtesy the Las Cruces Museum of Art. Discover the beauty…
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Campo’s Lamb and Rosemary Crepes
Chef Jonathan Perno offers this spring recipe featuring lamb. (from Tasting: Spring Feast , April 2021). Campo at Los Poblanos: Historic Inn & Organic Farm 4803 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Los Ranchos de…
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Raaga-Go’s Lamb Vindaloo
Chef Paddy Rawal offers this spring recipe featuring lamb. (from Tasting: Spring Feast , April 2021). Raaga-Go 410 Old Santa Fe Trail, Unit A, Santa Fe; 505-983-5555…
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The Turning Pointe
Performers in the National Dance Institute New Mexico film Vastness include Safiya Zavala-Sweet, 17, at White Sands National Park. Photograph by Steven Melendez. THE IMAGE FEELS LIKE A DREAMSCAPE…
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Where to Shop Fred Harvey–Era Jewelry
Vintage Fred Harvey-era jewelry, from left to right: vintage knifewing box, ca. 1930s, $395; vintage thunderbird pendant with turquoise, ca. 1950s, $495; vintage stamped bracelet with turquoise, ca…
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Fresh Meat at Shepherd's Lamb
Clockwise from top left: Ground lamb, loin chops, rip chops, kebab meat, shank, frenched rack of lamb. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. THAT SMILING FACE AT THE SANTA FE FARMERS’ MARKET belongs to…
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Spring Lamb Feast
SPANISH COLONISTS BROUGHT DOMESTICATED sheep to New Mexico, and soon lamb found its way into Indigenous and Hispanic cuisines. Chefs throughout the world appreciate lamb for its pronounced flavor…
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Q&A: Travel, Masks & the COVID-19 Vaccines
Research shows that combining a cloth mask over a disposable surgical mask dramatically reduces your exposure to the virus. Photograph by NMTD. THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH continues to…
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