Taste New Mexico in Freeze-Dried Form
WHAT HAPPENS to a green chile that’s exposed to minus 40 degrees and the kind of low-pressure environment you’d find at 200,000 feet elevation? Cat Frost has the answer: It turns light and airy—like a…
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No Bull, Just Prime
IN ALBUQUERQUE’S NORTH VALLEY, No Bull Prime Meats lives up to its name. For the past six years, Brett and Linda Rizzi have run a no-nonsense, all-flavor specialty shop and online store offering…
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Hummus Gets a Taos Twist
IN TAOS, where creativity runs deep, even hummus gets an inspired makeover. “I’m a hummus fiend,” says Chelsea Travers, who founded Taos Sprouted Hummus in 2022. “During Covid, I was making it all the…
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Koo-Weh Cookies Mixes Art and Flavor
HOW HARD CAN IT BE? Trisha Ray thought several years ago when she offered to make custom sugar-cookie bouquets for each member of her son’s football team. Very hard, it turned out. “They weren’t the…
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Bringing Tradition to the Table
FOR FELIX MAURO TORRES, food isn’t just a business, it’s a connection to culture, heritage, and the lessons he learned growing up in Albuquerque’s North Valley. As the founder of Southwest Heritage…
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A Greener Way to Grill
PICURIS PUEBLO’S FORESTRY department is on a mission to make cookouts more environmentally responsible. The pueblo offers all-natural wood charcoal made from piñon, juniper, ponderosa pine, cedar, and…
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Southeast Meets Southwest
A POT OF HOMEMADE Laotian chile paste was always on the table in Kinna Perez’s family home. When she first brought her husband, Manuel, to visit, he instantly recognized the flavor-packed condiment as…
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Wild West Pickles Pack a Punch
POKE AROUND TERI’S SWEET GARDEN candy shop in Los Lunas and you’ll find dark chocolate fudge, old-fashioned peanut brittle, and jars filled with … pickles? In a candy shop? You betcha! “As a kid in…
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Sugar Moon Makes Spirits Bright
TIRED OF HAVING TO PEEL, squeeze, and boil ingredients every time she wanted to make a fresh cocktail, Albuquerque mixologist and bar manager Paige Alvarez longed for a line of high-quality drink…
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Feel the Burn with Taos Hum
ON A SOUTHWESTERN slope of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Velarde, an organic vegetable farm is generating some serious heat. “The dry climate of New Mexico lends itself to making a hotter…
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