How We're Eating Now
Outdoor dining is available at The Yard at Sawmill Market. FOR ERIC OLSON AND HIS WIFE, Nancy, it started innocently enough. One Sunday in May, they awoke in their Santa Fe home and embarked on making…
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Tag: Douglas Merriam
Spring Lamb Feast
SPANISH COLONISTS BROUGHT DOMESTICATED sheep to New Mexico, and soon lamb found its way into Indigenous and Hispanic cuisines. Chefs throughout the world appreciate lamb for its pronounced flavor…
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Get a Sneak Peek of the New Restaurant at Bishop's Lodge
TO GIVE THESE PAGES A ST. PATRICK’S DAY SPIN I thought of a chef named O’Brien—a guy who also happens to sport a mop of reddish hair, rosy cheeks, a bushy mustache, and a leprechaun’s mischievous…
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Recipe: Chef Joseph Wrede's Christmas-Style Chile Beef Tenderloin Stew
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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Warm Up with Winter Stew
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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Recipe: Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Cookies
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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Bizcochito Bites
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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Holiday Cookie Recipes from Rude Boy Cookies
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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Recipes for a Thanksgiving Dinner Feast
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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Recipe: Brown Sugar, Dried Apple, and Pecan Pie
Brown Sugar, Dried Apple, and Pecan Pie from our November 2020 Tasting article "Feast Day." Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Johnny Vee's Brown Sugar, Dried Apple, and Pecan Pie Makes 1 pie I like this…
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