Appetite for Love
WITH A TASTEFUL NAUTICAL THEME and an intimate dining space, Lure Raw Bar, in Albuquerque, feels more San Francisco than the Sandías, although you can see the mountains beautifully from the rear…
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Category: New Mexican Food
Dig In with Rebecca Freeman
DON’T BE SHY. PUSH YOUR SPOON all the way through the toffee date cake, grabbing some warm toffee sauce and cold horchata ice cream in the same bite. And don’t skip the pumpkin tuile on top, which…
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Sip, Sip, Hooray for Hot Chocolate
Eldora Chocolate’s Mole Mole Drinking Chocolate is a cup of pure magic, prepared in Aztec and Olmec traditions. “It’s a mild blend of 10 spices that includes black pepper, cinnamon, sugar, vanilla…
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New Mexico’s Shroom Boom
INSIDE THE FORMER STAHMANNS COUNTRY Store, in the heart of New Mexico’s pecan country, I can see a kind of alchemy is at work. Where metal shelves once sold locally grown nuts, grow bags now sprout…
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Prickly Pear’s Comeback
THE LATE-SUMMER BATTLE FOR prickly pears in my Albuquerque backyard is fierce. The purple fruits, perched like crowns atop spiny cactus pads, are icons of Southwestern landscapes and cuisine and a key…
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Baking Tips from Pie Whisperers
WINNING BLUE RIBBONS is as easy as pie for Peggy Montoya and Barbara Silva. Montoya, who’s been entering her creations in the Home Arts Food Contest since 2006, has earned more than 113 ribbons…
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Faces of the Fair: Leticia Romero of Isleta Grill
A T THE LAID-BACK ISLETA GRILL, owner Leticia Romero has served up a comforting menu of breakfast burritos, green chile cheeseburgers, frybread pizza, and even Philly cheesesteak sandwiches for years…
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The State Fair Serves Up Big Flavor
REX THOMPSON knows how to wow the crowds. Sure, the cotton candy, funnel cakes, and fries are fair-food essentials, but the owner of Rex’s Hamburgers, in Albuquerque, understands that the midway is…
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Diné Dining with Alana Yazzie
ALANA YAZZIE WANTS YOU TO KNOW how ayoo łikan (delicious) Navajo food is. In her first cookbook, The Modern Navajo Kitchen: Homestyle Recipes that Celebrate the Flavors and Traditions of the Diné…
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