Desert Spirits at Dry Point
CHRIS SCHAEFER HAS SPENT YEARS figuring out how to capture the flavors of New Mexico’s arid landscape—blue corn, prickly pear, mesquite, and chile—in a bottle. “New Mexico’s the center of the…
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Tag: Mesilla Valley
Las Cruces Farmers' Market Grows Community
EARLY ON A SPRING SATURDAY, mourning doves coo and the air smells like roasting coffee as the Farmers’ and Crafts Market of Las Cruces begins to hum under the sunshine. Spanning seven blocks of the…
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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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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Ponder Earth’s memories. Photographs of stones make up Language of the Land , Bernice Ficek-Swenson’s new exhibition at Strata Gallery, in Santa Fe. A Minnesota artist, Ficek-Swenson sees her images…
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Sample These Must-Try Foodie Tours
Routes Bicycle Tours & Rentals. Hop on two wheels to taste birria, al pastor, and other epic tacos in Albuquerque, handpicked by the experts on Routes ABQ Bike & Taco Tour. The leisurely, 10-mile…
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Find Southern Comfort in Mesilla
THREE YEARS AGO, JUAN ALBERT AND Claudia Gonzalez were scouting locations for a coffee shop and artisan market when they found an 1850s adobe along Calle de Guadalupe. A half block south of Mesilla…
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Discover Mesilla's Mystique
THE MOMENTOUS PAST and flourishing present of Mesilla spring to life on a walk through its historic plaza. Many of the vibrant shops and restaurants there are owned by descendants of the settlers who…
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Hot Little Kiss
BEAUTIFUL TO BEHOLD AND BRIMMING WITH NUTRIENTS, blackberries become downright seductive in Besito Caliente, a zesty gourmet sauce that pairs well with just about anything. This “hot little kiss,” as…
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