Better Butter from AGA Smör
“WITH ENOUGH BUTTER, anything is good,” Julia Child once famously declared. Anika Gusterman Amon, founder of Santa Fe’s AGA Smör, doesn’t just agree, she’s built a business on pushing that idea…
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Tag: Chile
Señor Murphy’s Sweet Tradition
SEÑOR MURPHY CANDYMAKER president and CEO Harry Doscher spent five years trying to buy a candy shop. A frustrated attorney who had grown up in his family’s Ohio chocolate business, Doscher knew…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Get hooked on prickly pear. Discover new ways to eat and create with prickly pear during the 8th annual Prickly Pear Festival on Friday and Saturday at the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House, in Albuquerque…
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A Tale of Two Crops: Chile vs. Cannabis
FOR A MOMENT, in the honeyed early morning light of the Española Valley, it’s quiet—quiet enough to hear the Río Grande gurgling just beyond the edge of the fields, quiet enough to make out the…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Lean into fall. Aspencade Music & Arts Festival As honey-hued leaves hit their peak, Aspencade Music & Arts Festival brings live music and an arts market to Red River this weekend, making a trip to…
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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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Reinventing the Chile Relleno
WE MAY NEVER KNOW WHO invented chiles rellenos, that oozy, piquant, and beloved staple of Mexican and New Mexican cuisines. But in recent years, one thing’s for sure: Chefs across the state are both…
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Why We Love NM: For Us, Chile Means Home
HOW DO YOU MAKE CHILE? It’s a common question in our capsicum-crazed state, a culinary query that sounds deceptively simple. Reach for a recipe and heat up a pot? Almost, but not. Long before the…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Line up for new art. Terran Last Gun (Piikani) present a series of ledger drawings in Terran Last Gun , an exhibition opening Friday at Hecho Gallery, in Santa Fe. The exhibit, which runs through…
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Chile for the Nation
IT MAY BE SHOWN IN COLORS ON ARTIST’S CANVAS; pictured on the pages of Western stories; visitors may try to describe it to stay-at-home friends after seeing the Southwest. Whatever the medium, no…
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