Adela's Home Cooking
View a PDF of Adela Amador's inaugural "Southwest Flavor" column here. Adela Amador penned the “Southwest Flavor” column from its 1993 inception until 2006. The column wove recipes with stories of…
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Category: Tasting NM
Thanksgiving: The Real Meal
This Thanksgiving Day I plan to give thanks to New Mexico farmers like Pollo Real’s Tom Delehanty and Tracey Hamilton, who are rescuing venerable turkey breeds such as Spanish Black and Standard…
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Good Things, Small Packages
DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, many New Mexican families gather for a tamalada (a tamale-making party). Because tamales can be quite labor-intensive to make, families create assembly lines with each…
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Eating Our Way Down Memory Lane
IN MUCH OF OUR COUNTRY, Main Street cafés and drive-ins with carhops have gone the way of Fred Flintstone’s bronto burger. But New Mexico still boasts a wealth of vintage, family-owned and -operated…
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