Local Spirit
Above: GlenWillis American single-malt whiskey makes a fine old-fashioned. Photograph courtesy of Glencoe Distillery. I had no idea what to order, so Sherry Barrow, co-owner of Glencoe Distillery…
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Category: Cuisine
Do You ’Booch?
Above: New Mexico Ferments outside of the Rail Yards Market in Albuquerque. Photograph Joy Godfrey. Recently I ordered a pint of New Mexico Ferments’ Hibiscus Lavender Kombucha from the Brake-room…
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How Sparky's Became Legendary
Above: Sparky’s Restaurant. Photograph Courtesy of Sparky’s Restaurant. Colonel Sanders relaxes with Uncle Sam below a rooftop family of giants wielding mugs of root beer next to some Chernobyl-size…
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Chiles Rellenos, Mom's Way
MY SECOND YEAR IN GRAD SCHOOL, I promised to serve chiles rellenos to my PhD adviser and her husband. Without my mom as my kitchen consigliere, and in a studio apartment that was as cramped as the…
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¡Felicidades!
Above: A margarita paris with every meal at La Posta. Courtesy of La Posta de Mesilla. In September 1939, San Francisco was hosting the Golden Gate International Exposition. On the opposite coast…
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Albuquerque's Favorite Vegetarian Restaurants
Above: The Acre always puts freshness first. Photograph courtesy of The Acre. I am a vegetarian and I know full well that finding satisfying plant-based food is not straightforward. It’s taken some…
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The Most Beautiful Pasta In New Mexico
ALANNA CASALE, founder and chef of Tulipani, in Albuquerque, has a deep family connection to the carbs we all love. Her grandmother Francesca was from the Italian province of Avellino, east of Naples…
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How Las Cruces Became A Beer Town
Above: Little Toad Creek Brewery'and Distillery. Photographs by Douglas Merriam. In the space of just a few years, businesses like Icebox Brewing, Picacho Peak Brewery, Little Toad Creek Brewery and…
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The Most Beautiful Brewery in New Mexico
WINDOWS LINE THE WALLS at Comanche Creek Brewing and look out onto the expansive porch. I cannot overemphasize the view from this porch. It leads to a meadow that Maria von Trapp would gladly frolic…
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