Datebook: September 2026
“IF WE COULD BOTTLE the smell of roasting chile, it would be our number one export,” says John Hard, owner of Zia Chile Traders and co-chair of the Hatch Chile Festival. Since 1971, the two-day…
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Spend the Night Somewhere Unexpected
HISTORIC ST. FRANCIS DE SALES INN, HATCH Owner Celeste Zimmerman restored the 1860 adobe church, just outside Hatch, into lodging after visitors began saying, “It would be great to get married here…
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Taste the Heat in Hatch
DRIVING INTO HATCH smells like I remembered. Smoky and sweet, hot and earthy, roasting green chile in the air. Dropping down into the valley from the north in late July, I find the fields are tidy and…
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The Hatch Chile Store‘s Green Chile Ice Cream
This recipe originally appeared in "The Wide and Wonderful World of Green Chile" by Lynn Cline…
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Los Poblanos Green Chile Jam
This recipe originally appeared in "The Wide and Wonderful World of Green Chile" by Lynn Cline…
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The Wide and Wonderful World of Green Chile
NOTHING SPICES UP LIFE IN THE Land of Enchantment like New Mexico green chile, a treasured and storied part of our agricultural heritage for centuries. Fragrant and fleshy, smoky and sweet, earthy and…
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Five Things to Do This Labor Day Weekend
1 Get fired up for Old Man Gloom. Summer ends with a bang as the Burning of Zozobra celebrates its centennial on Friday at Fort Marcy Park in Santa Fe. The roaring 70-foot-tall marionette—stuffed…
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Green Chiles Roasting on an Open Fire
AS POLITICS GO, it was a weighty issue. About 53,000 tons, if you’re counting. That’s the amount of chile harvested in New Mexico in 2022, and the root of state Senate Bill 188, which proposed adding…
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Hatch Is for Chile Lovers
OUTSIDE THE PEPPER POT RESTAURANT, Hatch resident Rodrigo Varela is chatting with friends and family when a fire engine’s siren interrupts them. As the vehicle turns onto West Hall Street, Varela…
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5 New Mexico Dishes We Crave
Illustrations by Chloe Zola. GREEN CHILE MILKSHAKE What’s better than a burger from a two-time winner of the New Mexico State Fair’s Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge? How about a frothy, fiery green…
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