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Calavera Cookies

WHERE TO BUY Our skull cookie cutters/stamps are from Fred & Friends, and we found them at Doodlet’s, in Santa Fe (120 Don Gaspar; 505-983-3771). They can be bought online at many other retailers this…

Living the Clean-Eating Dream

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CAREER has been to cook for longtime Santa Fe resident and actress Shirley MacLaine. We met years ago when she had come to Las Cosas Kitchen Shoppe, where I teach cooking…

Jane Butel's Biscochitos Recipe

Read more: Theresa Olivas has wrapped up tamales for generations of New Mexicans and visitors—especially during the holidays…

Add a Dash of Cheer With These Cooking Classes

Santa Fe School of Cooking, Santa Fe Make tantalizing tamales with the guidance of Chef de Cuisine Noe Cano, who has worked at many of Santa Fe’s top restaurants. “The key to great tamales is lots of…

Officially Divine: Bizcochitos

Above: This classic recipe appears in The Best from New Mexico Kitchens . Photograph by Douglas Merriam. ADVICE FROM THE ABUELAS We asked two Santa Fe–based grandmas—and expert bizcochito bakers—for…

Advice from the Abuelas

Above: New Mexico's official state cookie has simple, yet rich flavors of cinnamon, sugar, and anise. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. GROWING UP IN TESUQUE, Loretta Sisneros Olguin had an elderly…

Colin Shane's Winter Squash Walnut Bread

From “Cross Cultural Holiday” article in the December 2017 issue…

Apricot Muffins

Try this O'Keeffe-inspired recipe for apricot muffins (from The Art of Eating, April 2017). Photograph by Douglas Merriam…

Altitude Adjustments

AS A COOKBOOK AUTHOR, artist, and baking teacher working all across the United States, I always yearned for a single cookbook that could give me the right recipe, from the seashore to the ski slope…