Things We Love: Mac's Limeade
Above: Mac's Cherry limeade. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Mac’s Steak in the Rough is a retro drive-in on Albuquerque’s Menaul Boulevard where a big, icy cup of old-fashioned limeade will quench…
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Category: Eat & Drink
Beer-ology
Above: Asa Stone at Sidetrack Brewery. Photograph by Minesh Bacrania. ASA STONE THIRSTS for knowledge. When graduating from high school in Hitachi, Japan, she didn’t want to study just one thing, as…
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The Ultimate Craft Beer Guide to New Mexico
Tractor Brewing has four locations throughout Albuquerque, including its Wells Park Taproom. ONE OF MY FIRST JOBS after college was at a brewery. I was a mere “runner”—the guy who delivered food to…
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The Story of the Southwest Through Beer
Above: Bow & Arrow's founders Shyla Sheppard and Missy Begay. Photographs by Minesh Bacrania. A YUCCA IS IN FULL BLOOM where Bow & Arrow Brewing Company’s parking lot meets the corner of Sixth Street…
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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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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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