Fresh Finds at Major Market
FROM NM 53 IN THE HEART OF ZUNI PUEBLO, you can’t miss it: a gleaming metal building rising from red earth. Out front, an angular solar carport tilts toward the sun, casting a long geometric shadow…
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Tag: Local Foods
Go Nuts for Mesilla Pecans
IT MAY SOUND NUTTY, but Kristen Worthington knew almost nothing about pecans before moving her family from California’s Sacramento Valley to Mesilla Park in 2019 to start a pecan farm. “In fact, I…
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No Bull, Just Prime
IN ALBUQUERQUE’S NORTH VALLEY, No Bull Prime Meats lives up to its name. For the past six years, Brett and Linda Rizzi have run a no-nonsense, all-flavor specialty shop and online store offering…
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Vintage Meets Local at the Heirloom Shop
IN DOWNTOWN RATÓN, across from the stately brick railway station, Jacob Blackwell is arranging organic vegetables and minding the register inside the Heirloom Shop. With its emerald awning and vintage…
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Hummus Gets a Taos Twist
IN TAOS, where creativity runs deep, even hummus gets an inspired makeover. “I’m a hummus fiend,” says Chelsea Travers, who founded Taos Sprouted Hummus in 2022. “During Covid, I was making it all the…
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New Ways to Eat Local
TYPICALLY, WHEN WE THINK OF EATING farm to table, certain luxurious images spring to mind. Maybe it’s a leisurely Saturday morning spent at the farmers’ market smelling fresh-cut basil, examining a…
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Let Gilly Loco Spice Up Your Life
“WHEN YOU THINK OF PEOPLE getting together, you think of food,” says Laura Lopez. “In our family, that means chips, salsa, and margaritas.” In 2011, that spirit of togetherness led Lopez and her…
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Socorro's Restaurant Is Deliciously Simple
DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION, when she was born, Socorro Herrera’s family ran a grocery and liquor store out of their late-19th-century home in Hernandez. By age 17, she was a young wife with a new…
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NOSA Cooks Up Earthly Delights
CHEF GRAHAM DODDS is waxing poetic about squash. “It’s called Autumn Frost, and it’s spectacular. A butternut and kabocha cross.” Even the veggie’s origins sound romantic—it’s grown in La Puebla by a…
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Spread Some Sweet & Spicy Love
NEW MEXICO'S LONG GRILLING SEASON means we fire up our Webers and Big Green Eggs into fall. The charred goodies that take a trip over the flames benefit from delicious toppings and condiments. Check…
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