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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Category: Eat & Drink
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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The Story of Blake’s
IT WAS 1952. World War II was seven years in the rearview mirror. And Blake Chanslor, a veteran, moved to Albuquerque from Borger, Texas, to open the first Lotaburger on the corner of Southern Avenue…
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Finding Home at Albuquerque's Anodyne
Above: Doris Herrera of Anodyne. Photograph by Allison Pharmakis. DORIS HERRERA GREW UP IN TINY Anthony, Texas, just across the New Mexico state line, where she graduated from a high school class of…
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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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Places We Love: St. James Tearoom
Above: Get dolled up for high tea at St. James Tearoom. Courtesy of St. James Tearoom. Slip into a world of beauty and grace at the St. James Tearoom’s high tea, a two-hour culinary experience with…
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The Best Food Trucks in Santa Fe
Above: Illustration by Stephen Bohannon. Most discussions of fine dining in Santa Fe veer toward places with candles, cloth napkins, and things like chairs. But as a connoisseur of the city’s food…
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