Eat a Better Burger
OKAY, I'M JUST GOING TO COME RIGHT OUT and say it: New Mexico has a lot of mediocre green chile cheeseburgers. Overcooked patties. Spiceless peppers. Unmelted cheese. Soggy buns. Get out of here with…
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Category: Cuisine
Garlic Questions Finally Answered
Above: The bounty of the garlic harvest. Photographs by Douglas Merriam. IN THE LATE 1970S, I was lent an apartment on Canyon Road in Santa Fe for a month, where I wrote the first draft of a…
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The Beauty of Aguas Frescas
WHEN THE PETALS OF the flor de jamaic a (hibiscus flower) begin to dry, they turn a deep crimson, the color of my favorite lipstick. The wine-tinted concentrate that comes from steeping them in hot…
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Really Good Food
Above: Roasted Curried Cauliflower Flatbread and the Margarita Flatbread from Sixty-Six Acres in Albuquerque. Photographs courtesy of Sixty-Six Acres. With a menu of shareable comfort food and a bar…
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The Next Generation of Local Winemakers
Above: Jasper Riddle and his Noisy Water have breathed new life into the oldest wine-making region in the country. Photographs by Douglas Merriam. “Welcome to the smallest winery in the world,” Sean…
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New Mexico's Community Garden Revolution
THE SLOPE OF LAND WAS ANONYMOUS, the kind of arid topography easily overlooked in most towns. Maybe a tumbleweed, or any weed for that matter, posted up along the silty stretch of alluvium, but not…
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Santa Fe Java With Soul
Above: A bag of Colombia roast from Máquina Coffee Roasters. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Sky Coffee, in Santa Fe, stocks Altos de los Santos beans gently prepped by Máquina Coffee Roasters after…
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New Mexico's Best Coffee Shops
HERE'S THE BEST WAY to get a quick read on any neighborhood: visit its coffee shop. For caffeine heads who get depresso without it, coffee is almost always our first stop, one we make so often that we…
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Things We Love: Ratón's Berry Beef
Above: Berry Beef: it’s what’s for dinner. Since the first Berrys, John and Patrick, came to the territory of New Mexico and registered the Quarter Circle B Brand, the Berry family has been carrying…
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Young Farmers
Above: Goats, chèvre, and student, Isaac Lopez, at the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market. About 18 years ago, Patricia Pantano and her husband, Greg Nussbaum, started a school in Santa Cruz, east of…
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