How Sparky's Became Legendary
Above: Sparky’s Restaurant. Photograph Courtesy of Sparky’s Restaurant. Colonel Sanders relaxes with Uncle Sam below a rooftop family of giants wielding mugs of root beer next to some Chernobyl-size…
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Tag: Chile
Chiles Rellenos, Mom's Way
MY SECOND YEAR IN GRAD SCHOOL, I promised to serve chiles rellenos to my PhD adviser and her husband. Without my mom as my kitchen consigliere, and in a studio apartment that was as cramped as the…
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Our 20 Favorite New Mexican Foods
NOTHING BURNS OUR BURRITOS like hearing people—including otherwise knowledgeable foodies—refer to New Mexico’s cuisine as “Tex-Mex” or “Mexican.” The confusion is understandable to a point. Yes, we…
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The Story of Hatch Green Chile
Above: Greeting the morning sun deep in the chile fields in Hatch . PHOTO BY COURTESY NEW MEXICO TOURISM DEPARTMENT IT'S JULY 2003, evening. Twelve-year-old Preston Mitchell sits in front of the blue…
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Local Dirt
Above: A handful of red chile makes New Mexicans' mouths water. ASK A NEW MEXICAN for their favorite chile and Hatch will often get the nod. But others swear by Socorro or Chimayó or the pods from…
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The 10 Essential Ingredients of a True New Mexican Kitchen
Above: Piñon nuts, tortilla press, dried posole, blue cornmeal on husks, yellow squash, zucchini. Photography by Jen Judge. I’M NOT A NATIVE New Mexican, but I eat like one. And I’m getting to the…
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Green Season Is Here
(above) Green chiles feeling the heat. THE PUNGENT SMOKINESS of 40 pounds of roasting green chile hung in the air around me like a delicious fog. Round and round, the plump peppers tumbled in the wire…
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Top 5 Chile Recipes
Our picks for a few unusual chile recipes featured in New Mexico Magazine Every New Mexican's favorite ingredient—chile, of course—isn't just for traditional main courses. It also appears in soups…
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