Feeding Time
THE MORNING IS QUIET as my husband and I make the drive down NM 14 from Santa Fe to San Marcos Cafe & Feed Store for breakfast. The muted gray hue of the early-spring sky accentuates the gold tones…
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Tag: New Mexican Food
Bibo Burger
Above: Behold the beauty of a burger at the Bibo Bar and Grill. Photograph by Gabriella Marks. Lured merely by the promise of a great green chile cheeseburger, we didn’t know that NM 279 north of…
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The Forager’s Art
Above: Johnny Ortiz says he and his girlfriend, Afton Love, spend more time foraging, tending animals, and making art than they do in the kitchen. Photographs by Douglas Merriam. DRY TREE BRANCHES…
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How Sparky's Became Legendary
Above: Sparky’s Restaurant. Photograph Courtesy of Sparky’s Restaurant. Colonel Sanders relaxes with Uncle Sam below a rooftop family of giants wielding mugs of root beer next to some Chernobyl-size…
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Chiles Rellenos, Mom's Way
MY SECOND YEAR IN GRAD SCHOOL, I promised to serve chiles rellenos to my PhD adviser and her husband. Without my mom as my kitchen consigliere, and in a studio apartment that was as cramped as the…
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¡Felicidades!
Above: A margarita paris with every meal at La Posta. Courtesy of La Posta de Mesilla. In September 1939, San Francisco was hosting the Golden Gate International Exposition. On the opposite coast…
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6 Essential Green Chile Recipes
THE HATCH VALLEY, south of Truth or Consequences, is considered the Chile Capital of the World. Descendants of chile pioneer Joseph Franzoy and other Hatch Valley pepper buffs offer their favorite…
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