Marie Yniguez helms the kitchen at Albuquerque's Slow Roasted Bocadillos. Photograph by Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers. MARIE YNIQUEZ'S EARLY YEARS were especially challenging—a brother’s suicide, motherhood…
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Try this mocktail recipe from Preggatinis: Mixology for the Mom-to-Be. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. WITH THE DAWN OF A NEW YEAR, many may feel compelled to consider cutting out the drink for a while…
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Chef Joseph Wrede's stew can be made with chuck roast, too (from Tasting: Winter Stews, January/February 2021). Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Joseph's Culinary Pub, 428 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe…
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THE SIMPLE ACT OF ADDING LIQUID to a pot that contains meat, beans, or vegetables can transform even the toughest of ingredients into fork-tender morsels of deliciousness. Tired of leathery roasts…
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Tamales are a New Mexico Christmas tradition. Photograph courtesy of NMTD. MANY YEARS AGO, I WROTE a book about tamales. For months, my kitchen windows were fogged from the tamalera bubbling on the…
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Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Cookies from Rude Boy Cookies in Albuquerque (from Tasting: Cookies). Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Cookies Makes about 3 dozen…
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Rude Boy Cookies Bizcochitos make the perfect holiday treat. (from Tasting: Cookies). Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Bizcochito Bites Makes 4–6 dozen, depending on size Rude Boy Cookies uses a…
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Red velvet cookies and bizcochitos add a sweet note to the holidays. “I’M NOT SURE HOW MANY COOKIES it takes to be happy,” a recent Facebook meme pondered, “but so far it’s not 27.” The holidays are…
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DEL AGUA TRAIL SPLITS OFF THE PIEDRA LISA TRAIL, curving gently up a foothill on Sandía Peak’s northern flank before dropping hikers into a copse of cottonwoods and the source of the trail’s name: an…
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A New Mexican Thanksgiving feast. NEW MEXICO'S MELTING POT of cultures delightfully graces our holiday dining tables. I can attest: The first time the plain pan gravy of my youth was replaced by red…
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