Wild West Pickles Pack a Punch
POKE AROUND TERI’S SWEET GARDEN candy shop in Los Lunas and you’ll find dark chocolate fudge, old-fashioned peanut brittle, and jars filled with … pickles? In a candy shop? You betcha! “As a kid in…
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Category: Pantry
Sugar Moon Makes Spirits Bright
TIRED OF HAVING TO PEEL, squeeze, and boil ingredients every time she wanted to make a fresh cocktail, Albuquerque mixologist and bar manager Paige Alvarez longed for a line of high-quality drink…
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Feel the Burn with Taos Hum
ON A SOUTHWESTERN slope of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Velarde, an organic vegetable farm is generating some serious heat. “The dry climate of New Mexico lends itself to making a hotter…
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This Coffee Is Brewing Up a Storm
WHEN TOM PATTON’S roommate showed him how to use a hot-air popcorn popper for roasting coffee in their University of New Mexico dorm room, Patton found his passion. “I thought it was the coolest…
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Los Roast Brings the Heat
WHEN SANTA FE NATIVE Marshall Berg uprooted himself to Portland, Oregon, in 2008 for college, he missed New Mexico chile. So he purchased chile from a New Mexico packer and started roasting outside…
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It's Thyme to Spice Things Up
INTOXICATING AROMAS from every corner of the globe fill the Savory Spice Shop. Open since 2013, the store just off the Santa Fe Plaza stocks a bewitching blend of more than 400 spices, seasonings, and…
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Taste Global Flavors at Mata G
MATA G (in Sanskrit, meaning “respected or honorable mother”) opened in Albuquerque’s Nob Hill neighborhood in 2018 with the goal of making people feel healthy, happy, and nourished through its line…
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Warm Up to Morning Magic
I’M NOT A FAN of oatmeal unless it is sweetened with brown sugar, moistened with heavy cream, and topped with toasted pecans. But the year-old Albuquerque-based 5oat5: The Savory Oat Company is…
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Prepare for the Apicklelypse
WHEN A FORMER METAL-BAND singer who headed research and development at Santa Fe Brewing Company steps into his own food lab to riff on flavors, expect nothing short of Apicklelypse. This line of…
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Java Nice Day
BEFORE HE LAUNCHED the Las Cruces–based Picacho Coffee Roasters, Chad Morris was a jazz musician. He attributes a similar improvisational approach to learning the art of coffee. “I remember trying to…
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