Better Butter from AGA Smör
“WITH ENOUGH BUTTER, anything is good,” Julia Child once famously declared. Anika Gusterman Amon, founder of Santa Fe’s AGA Smör, doesn’t just agree, she’s built a business on pushing that idea…
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Shroomami Packs an Umami Punch
MEREYA BLANCO AND Justin Smurawa of Midnight Disco Fungi are here to turn up the flavor on everything from weeknight dinners to movie-night popcorn with mushroom-powdered seasoning blends. The…
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DeeDee’s Finest Beef Jerky Carries On
“CARNE SECA HAS been around for centuries,” says Pablo Lujan, owner of DeeDee’s Finest Beef Jerky. “We’re keeping that tradition alive.” The Española jerky outfit started 25 years ago, when founder…
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TD’s Brew & BBQ Heats Up
LIKE MANY SMALL business owners, Tearl “TD” Dunlap got started by experimenting in his kitchen, making barbecue sauce and other spicy condiments to share with family and friends. In 2018, he sold 400…
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Join the Wild Rum Revolution
WHEN REACHING for “the good stuff” in the Land of Enchantment, many drinkers think agave liquors like tequila or mezcal. But Major Arcana Spirits, founded in 2024 by three longtime friends with Santa…
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A Pantry Built Around Chile
JOHN “CAJOHN” HARD likes to call Zia Chile Traders a reincarnation—but it’s really the latest chapter in a lifetime devoted to chile. “Our very first food show was the Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show, in…
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Mac and Cheese Makeover
AFTER ROB MCCORMACK’S WIFE, Tania, spent a whole summer doctoring mac and cheese with frozen green chile, he detected a business opportunity. As a passionate outdoorsman, McCormack was always looking…
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New Mexico-Inspired Herbal Teas
“I’VE HAD A MASSIVE love affair with this state since I went to college in Santa Fe,” says Trevor Logan, who founded Desert Mountain Tea Company in 2022. After 30 years of running restaurants and pie…
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Polychrome Brings Natural Wine to NM
IN BOSQUE FARMS, Polychrome is bringing a little punk rock to the wine world. Friends Zac Webb and Timothy Eyster, who met in Albuquerque’s late-’90s music scene, have traded guitars for grape…
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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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