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That’s the New Mexico Spirit!

AT STILL SPIRITS DISTILLERY’S new tasting room in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, a bartender strains a frothy, blush-pink Tres Flores into a coupe glass. Tart hibiscus from the house-infused vodka…

What to Eat This Month: La Cocina

I’VE NEVER HAD SO many responses to an Instagram story as I did after recently sharing a chile relleno burrito from La Cocina, tucked inside El Paisano Market, in Rio Rancho. I sliced the hefty…

Señor Murphy’s Sweet Tradition

SEÑOR MURPHY CANDYMAKER president and CEO Harry Doscher spent five years trying to buy a candy shop. A frustrated attorney who had grown up in his family’s Ohio chocolate business, Doscher knew…

Peanut Bizcochitos with Apple–Green Chile Cinnamon Sugar

This recipe originally appeared in “Gone Nuts” by Clarke Condé…

Gone Nuts in Portales

I CAN SEE TEXAS FROM where I am standing, in a tilled field near the eastern New Mexico state line. The crop was harvested a few weeks ago, and birds happily flit through the rows, picking at what’s…

Meet the Jackalope at Red Chimney Pit BBQ

IN 1994, Jill Torres’s grandfather Danny Fowler was in the middle of a high-stakes billiards game. His opponent retrieved a wooden crate from his car and wagered its contents. Fowler won the pot, and…

Rio Lucero Farms Sets the Table

EMMA PATTERSON, A 29-YEAR-OLD professional skier, never set out to build a restaurant. “It was never like, Oh, this is our ultimate goal,” she says of Rio Lucero Farms, which she and her father, Doug…

Honey Shack Has Belén Buzzing

WHEN BILLY WEST set out to explore beekeeping in 2016, he was, at best, bee-curious. “He went out there to learn how to keep bees and just fell in love with the entire process,” recalls Jennifer West…

Tender Fire Kitchen Fires Up Midtown

STRINGS OF GLOWING outdoor bulbs illuminate Tender Fire Kitchen’s expansive patio packed with couples, families, and friends savoring slices of wood-fired sourdough pizza. Buzzy conversations fill the…