Ice, Ice, Baby
WHEN 17-YEAR-OLD CLAUDIUS DIPO ALAM came to the U.S. from Indonesia as a professional soccer player, he had no clue what a paleta was. But a decade or so later, he couldn’t get enough of the Mexican…
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Tag: Food
Navajo Cuisine Gets A Pop-Up Twist
"ARE YOU SURE we’re in the right place?” I ask my brother as we pull into a dimly lit strip mall. Entering a humble coffee shop, I spy a candlelit table with a nine-course menu card at each setting…
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Good Soul at Frank’s Famous Chicken and Waffles
THE FOOD MAY BE FAMOUS, but it’s the music that’s jumping when you walk into Frank’s Famous Chicken and Waffles, in Albuquerque. Old-school tunes from Chaka Khan and Marvin Gaye fill the air, while…
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Top 10 Stories for 2021
Above: Cerro de Guadalupe, the remnant of an ancient volcanic eruption, looms to the east of the village of San Luis, in the Río Puerco Valley. Photograph by Andrew Kornylak. REMEMBER HOW HAPPY WE…
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Willow + Blaine Brings French Fare to Las Cruces
RAYS OF SUNSET cast a glow on outer stone walls, ratcheting up the already romantic character of Willow + Blaine. Inside the French bistro and wine bar, white marble tabletops, vases of antique tinted…
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Heat Up with Salsa Trios
ONE SUNDAY NIGHT in the early 1950s, three brothers in the Baca family sat around the supper table, hashing out their next business venture. The men had returned from World War II to their Barelas…
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Pack Your Pantry With Native Ingredients
Above: Shop Indigenous ingredients at Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. GROWING UP ON THE NAVAJO NATION, Shane Smith says, traditional ingredients were rare enough to be…
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Roots Farm Café Celebrates Local Food
Above: Roots Farm Café is part restaurant, part coffee shop, part mercantile, even part farm. Photograph courtesy of Roots Farm Café. THEY JUST RAN OUT of Gouda for their roast beef panini, but no…
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Holy Mole!
IT'S HARD TO TELL who’s having more fun at Santa Fe’s renowned restaurant Sazón—diners savoring the unique blend of traditional and contemporary Mexican cuisine or celebrated chef and owner Fernando…
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