Made in the Heart of NM: Thinking Small
ZANE FISCHER IS NOT AN architect, nor is he an engineer. He just got his contractor’s license this spring, which makes the small structure outside his Santa Fe workshop all the more remarkable. It’s…
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Category: August
An Appreciation of the New Mexico County Fair
COME AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, after the warm summer breezes have played through but before the first snaps of cool autumn air arrive, our state enacts a certain ritual—a rite of passage, really, one…
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Stories From a Legend: N. Scott Momaday
N. SCOTT MOMADAY is laughing. With a deep, resonant, throw-your-head-back belly laugh, his pleasure fills the roundness of his face and the rectangular space of his southeast Santa Fe living room. He…
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Higher Ground
OF COURSE HIS FEET found the mountains. Striding into the Jémez backcountry, Herbert Ungnade could finally recall the beloved Alps he fled at 20 years old when 1931 Germany grew too cold, too cruel…
Read MoreShane Comes Back
I WAS ONLY A LITTLE BOY in 1953 when the great Western movie Shane was released, so I didn’t see it until after it aired on television 15 years later. What I remember vividly is the tension building…
Read MoreOne of Our 50 Is Missing | August 2017
UNIFORMLY IGNORED After growing up in Los Alamos, David Anderson put in a 22-year career as an Air Force officer and, despite the official uniform he wore, still encountered his share of “Missing”…
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With a Doff of the Hat to the Inimitable Pronghorn: Notes for a New Mexico Bestiary
Above: A pronghorn roams the grasslands near Cimarron. Learn more about author Jack Schaefer and the reissue of his most famous stories in Books. August 1971 He is the one remaining member of his once…
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Recipe: Brown Sugar Vanilla Ice Cream with Red Chile Caramel Swirl
From “The Beauty of the Feast” article in the August 2017 issue. Brown Sugar Vanilla Ice Cream with Red Chile Caramel Swirl Makes 1 pints 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup half-and-half 6 egg yolks 1 cup…
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Recipe: Not My Grandma’s Quesadillas
From “The Beauty of the Feast” article in the August 2017 issue. Not My Grandma’s Quesadillas Serves 6–12 2 pounds mixed herbs and vegetables (e.g., carrots, onions, garlic, beet greens, broccoli or…
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The Beauty of the Feast
HOURS BEFORE THE FIRST STUDENTS ARRIVE, Hutch Naranjo fires up his handcrafted horno while, inside the house, his wife, Norma, dons a Virgin of Guadalupe apron and whips together some classroom…
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