Peanut Bizcochitos with Apple–Green Chile Cinnamon Sugar
This recipe originally appeared in “Gone Nuts” by Clarke Condé…
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Category: October
Gone Nuts in Portales
I CAN SEE TEXAS FROM where I am standing, in a tilled field near the eastern New Mexico state line. The crop was harvested a few weeks ago, and birds happily flit through the rows, picking at what’s…
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The Mother Road’s Indigenous History
THEY CALLED THE ROAD “MOTHER.” But mothers, I’ve learned, are complicated. They bring us from one world into another, they guide us, and they thrust us into the future, even when it’s uncertain. IN…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Have some fun-gi. Step into a world of unique and funky flavors during the Albuquerque Fermentation and Fungi Fest. After taking last year off, the festival returns Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: October 2026
SHAM DUNKS In August, NIKE released its new Hatch Chili SB Dunk sneaker as part of a series celebrating different states. The kicks depict our favorite fruit’s maturing process with a…
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Meet the Jackalope at Red Chimney Pit BBQ
IN 1994, Jill Torres’s grandfather Danny Fowler was in the middle of a high-stakes billiards game. His opponent retrieved a wooden crate from his car and wagered its contents. Fowler won the pot, and…
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Five Unusual Places to Stay in New Mexico
Painted Lady Bed & Brew Albuquerque When Jesse Herron bought the Painted Lady Bed & Brew in Old Town in 2014, it checked all the boxes: “Billy the Kid, buried treasure, and ghosts,” he says. “Where…
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The History of Trinitite
WHEN THE FIRST ATOMIC bomb was tested at White Sands Missile Range in 1945, surrounding sands were sucked into the flames. That atomic sludge dried out to trinitite, an eerie-looking grayish-green…
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Three Spirited Outings in October
Fort Stanton Flashlight Tour October 30 Over the years, Fort Stanton has been a military fort, a tuberculosis hospital, a prison, and a rehab center. While guests can normally only visit seven of the…
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Lost Love at White Sands
AT WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK, there is a story that could have long been dead—yet it lives on the evening breeze and in the brilliant sands. It is La Pavura Blanca, or Pavla Blanca, as many refer to…
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