Top 10 Stories for 2020
An estimated 1,700 Rocky Mountain and 1,100 desert bighorn sheep roam the state (from Bighorn Victory, May 2020). Photograph by Minesh Bacrania. LET'S FACE IT: Our attachment to 2020 ranks just below…
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Tag: Red Chile
Fruits of Labor
The harvest pours forth in southern New Mexico. IN THE YEAR 2020, chile, which ripens in waves, still requires picking by hand. Migrant labor is crucial, making issues of immigration and COVID-19…
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Chile by the Numbers
ZERO TO 16 MILLION units of heat on the Scoville scale Read more from our "Ultimate Guide to New Mexico Chile" The Mystery of Big Jim A 10-year effort to restore one of New Mexico’s most…
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Preston Mitchell: A Taste of Home
Hatch Chile Store founder Preston Mitchell is dedicated to providing authentic Hatch green chile to people throughout the country. Photo courtesy of Preston Mitchell. A great-great-grandson of an…
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How to Make a Chile Ristra
Brightly colored ristras look especially nice against adobe walls. Photo by Douglas Merriam. RISTRAS OF RED CHILES provide a unique aesthetic in New Mexico. Strung into bunches (ristra is Spanish for…
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Hooked on Hatch
Red chile sundae. Illustration by Chris Philpot. Bacon The Santa Fe School of Cooking’s red chile bacon has become almost iconic in the 25 years since James Beard Award–winning cookbook author and…
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Danise Coon: The Science of Chile
ESPAÑOLA NATIVE DANISE COON was looking to escape her family’s farming roots when she started an undergrad program in psychology at New Mexico State University in the 1990s. The pull of her heritage…
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The Ultimate Guide to New Mexico Chile
Additional links will be added as more stories go online. If you'd like access to the entire issue right now, sign up for our Zinio app or purchase a copy on a newsstand near you. The Mystery of Big…
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Essential Recipes: Red and Green Chile Sauce
How to make New Mexican chile sauce from scratch. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. SECRET SPICE BLENDS and special techniques may mark some cooks’ pots of divine goodness, but these two recipes will get…
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Take Your Pick At Big Jim Farms
Above: Chantelle Wagner tends to the family's U-pick chile field. AT A NINE-ACRE FIELD in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, would-be farmers are on the hunt. Big Jim Farms offers the only U-Pick chile…
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