Let Gilly Loco Spice Up Your Life

“WHEN YOU THINK OF PEOPLE getting together, you think of food,” says Laura Lopez. “In our family, that means chips, salsa, and margaritas.” In 2011, that spirit of togetherness led Lopez and her…

White Sands Chili

Prepare for the Apicklelypse

WHEN A FORMER METAL-BAND singer who headed research and development at Santa Fe Brewing Company steps into his own food lab to riff on flavors, expect nothing short of Apicklelypse. This line of…

The Skillet Takes You to Funky Town

THE 300-POUND CAST-IRON skillet hanging above the front door of the century-old Taichert Wool Warehouse provides a giant clue as to what awaits inside The Skillet, the fantastical restaurant in Las…

Green Chiles Roasting on an Open Fire

AS POLITICS GO, it was a weighty issue. About 53,000 tons, if you’re counting. That’s the amount of chile harvested in New Mexico in 2022, and the root of state Senate Bill 188, which proposed adding…

Hatch Is for Chile Lovers

OUTSIDE THE PEPPER POT RESTAURANT, Hatch resident Rodrigo Varela is chatting with friends and family when a fire engine’s siren interrupts them. As the vehicle turns onto West Hall Street, Varela…

Why We Love NM: For Us, Chile Means Home

HOW DO YOU MAKE CHILE? It’s a common question in our capsicum-crazed state, a culinary query that sounds deceptively simple. Reach for a recipe and heat up a pot? Almost, but not. Long before the…

Carne Adovada

A SEASONED BLEND “New Mexico cuisine has come basically from the Native Americans, who first domesticated the essential plants. They are simple combinations of chile, beans, corn, squash, and meat…

Red Chile Pork Roast with Lincoln County Pudding

In this landmark cookbook from America's oldest state magazine, fifty recipes showcase classics from the archives and groundbreaking creations of contemporary chefs. Purchase the New Mexico Magazine…

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…