The Indigenous Taco's Origin Story
EVERY NEW MEXICAN KNOWS OF FRYBREAD. Its duality is novel: sweet and salty flavors, soft and crispy textures that melt on the tongue and get chewy between the teeth. It is a female food—supple, warm…
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Tacos of Enchantment
IT’S A SUMMER DAY IN SANTA FE, mid-1970s. As the temperature swells into the 80s—high heat for that time in our mountain-ringed town—I cross the street to the Quintana house, where the family’s four…
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The Cult of Allsup's
IT FELT LIKE THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. For 17-year-old Daniel McCoy Jr., a Mvskoke Creek/Citizen Potawatomi kid newly arrived in Santa Fe from small-town Oklahoma in the mid-1990s, the gas station…
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Shiitake Mushroom Chiles Rellenos with Corn Coulis
This recipe originally appeared in Reinventing the Relleno by Lynn Cline…
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Charlie's Bakery & Cafe
IF IT’S AN ELECTION YEAR in San Miguel County, you’re likely to meet a politician at Charlie’s. “They love this place,” says owner Charlie Sandoval. “That’s the only time I get to see the governor.”…
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Buckhorn Saloon and Opera House
“PEOPLE ASK WHY we don’t have an Open sign,” says Amy Wright, sous chef at the Buckhorn Saloon and Opera House, in Pinos Altos. Then again, neon doesn’t fit the aesthetic of the 1865 adobe in the…
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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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Everyone is Family at El Paragua
LARRY AND PETE ATENCIO began selling their mother’s tacos and tamales from a roadside stand in Española in 1958, launching an extraordinary culinary journey for the family of nine siblings and their…
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Try These 25 Classic New Mexico Restaurants
Click here for an enlarged version of this map. BIBO BAR & GRILLE Bibo Tucked inside an adobe facade off historic Route 66, Bibo Bar & Grille is no stranger to shifting with the times. The original…
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El Camino is Here to Serve
W ANITA JONES STARTED WORKING AS A WAITRESS at El Camino Family Restaurant, in Socorro, in 1991. For more than two decades, she served up tasty Frito pie, triple-decker Monte Cristo sandwiches, and…
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