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Feeding Time

THE MORNING IS QUIET as my husband and I make the drive down NM 14 from Santa Fe to San Marcos Cafe & Feed Store for breakfast. The muted gray hue of the early-spring sky accentuates the gold tones…

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Eating Out

Above: Picnic NM packs its platters with local ingredients. Photograph courtesy of Lauren Stutzman. If you want to wow the gang at your next picnic, skip the packaged potato salad. Instead, turn to…

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Where There’s Smoke

Above: Circle J Barbeque smokes 60 pounds of meat every day. Holy cow. Photography courtesy of Circle J Barbeque. It might seem sacrilegious, but Will Ponder will go ahead and say it: Circle J…

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Bibo Burger

Above: Behold the beauty of a burger at the Bibo Bar and Grill. Photograph by Gabriella Marks. Lured merely by the promise of a great green chile cheeseburger, we didn’t know that NM 279 north of…

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Ode to the Handheld

THAT A MASS OF EGGS, potatoes, and breakfast meat could be wrapped in a tortilla, lathered in red or green chile (or often both), and parked on a plate was to me a notion as old as time itself. New…

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The Hottest Show on Earth

Above: An assortment of peppers. Photograph by Timothy L. Brock. Tears will fall from my eyes and not because I’m sad. Instead, I’ll be sampling the wares at the National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show…

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Milking It

Above: The De Smet family an a happy cow. Photographs by Ungelbah Dávila Shivers. If you’ve ever wanted to taste milk like it was when your grandparents were children, now you can. De Smet Dairy…

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Red Hot

Above: The Shed's fabulous Red Chile Sauce. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Since 1953, the Shed, just off the Santa Fe Plaza, has been one of the places to go when you’re craving New Mexican classic…

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