Recipe: ¡Qué Fancy!

Good Times

Above: Gruet Winery tasting room associate Diana Garner pours the makings of a proper toast. Photographs by Douglas Merriam. If you’ve driven north on I-25 from Albuquerque to Santa Fe over the past…

Kitchen Fixins

Above: Get cookin' with these must-have kitchen favorites. Photographs by Inga Hendrickson. Azurite bread knife ($95). Santa Fe Stoneworks, Santa Fe, santafestoneworks.com. Magnetic knife block…

Made from Scratch

Above: Shrimp and grits. Right: Israel Rivera. Photographs courtesy of the Shop Breakfast & Lunch. Chef Israel Rivera is the head chef and owner of the Shop Breakfast & Lunch, in Albuquerque. The…

Press On

Above: Apple-growing, a long-standing tradition in New Mexico, drives the Hard Cider Industry in the state. Photographs by Sergio Salvador. AT 7 A.M. ON A SUNNY AUGUST Saturday in Los Ranchos de…

Braking for Bread

Above: Photographs by Douglas Merriam . FROM THE OUTSIDE, Jim’s Automotive looks like your run-of-the-mill mechanic’s shop, but the aroma wafting from the front office is more reminiscent of a bakery…

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…

Road Fuel

Above: Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Crane. The winds were so strong that I practically blew into the middle of the dusty town of San Antonio, just south of Socorro. While the dueling green chile…

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…

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…