A Taste of Prairie Star
IT’S A MOONLESS winter evening, cold enough to have the heat cranking in the car, when I make a wrong turn in what suddenly feels like the middle of nowhere. Pausing, unsure, I exchange wide-eyed…
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Tag: New Mexican Cuisine
Top 10 Stories for 2025
AS THE STAFF OF A 104-YEAR-OLD travel magazine in the age of AI, we are proud to be a small group of real people: writers, designers, editors, photographers, and sales professionals. For us, putting…
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Add a Dash of Cheer With These Cooking Classes
Santa Fe School of Cooking, Santa Fe Make tantalizing tamales with the guidance of Chef de Cuisine Noe Cano, who has worked at many of Santa Fe’s top restaurants. “The key to great tamales is lots of…
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20 Green Chile Cheeseburgers To Try Now
Check out this map of the top 20 green chile cheeseburgers Pajarito Brewpub & Grill When owner Patrick Mockler-Wood calls Pajarito Brewpub’s Green Chile Pub Burger ($19) a “smash burger,” it’s not…
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Bite into the History of the Green Chile Cheeseburger
The Origin Story No one can say for certain who was the first to slap green chile and cheese on a hamburger. (We can say that this person was a genius.) Most experts agree that the Original Owl Bar &…
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Editor's Letter: Patty Melts
MY FIRST MEAL IN NEW MEXICO was a green chile cheeseburger—and I’ve been a tad obsessed ever since. We had been on the road for about eight hours and arrived in Taos gnaw-on-the-steering-wheel hungry…
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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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Make the Most of Cherry Season with These Recipes
Cafe Pasqual’s Sour Cherry Pie delivers summer in a bite. IN THE COOLER CLIMES of our fruit-laden state, cherry season strikes in June. That’s when the fruits burst forth in orchards and backyards…
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Recipe: Ancho Chocolate Pudding
This combination of chile and chocolate is a match made in heaven (from Now You're Cooking, May 2021). Photograph by Douglas Merriam…
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Recipe: No-Knead Bread, New Mexico Style
Green chiles give this classic recipe a New Mexican kick. (from Now You're Cooking, May 2021). Photograph by Douglas Merriam…
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