Five Things to Do This Weekend

1 Celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Tamale Festival, Las Cruces Taste tons of masa wrapped deliciousness during the Tamale Festival on Sunday from 4 to 10 p.m. at the Plaza de Las Cruces. Attendees can try…

Posa's Green Chile-Cheese Tamales

¡Viva la Cocina!

DINING AT THE LEGENDARY Rancho de Chimayó feels like coming home. Perhaps that’s because this hacienda in historic Chimayó was the family residence of Arturo Jaramillo, who grew up here savoring…

Tamales Wrapped in Love

FOR 30 YEARS, THERESA OLIVAS HAS BEEN pouring masa and her soul into making tamales. Starting at age six, in her mother’s Mora County kitchen, she and her six siblings would assemble the family’s…

Add a Dash of Cheer With These Cooking Classes

Santa Fe School of Cooking, Santa Fe Make tantalizing tamales with the guidance of Chef de Cuisine Noe Cano, who has worked at many of Santa Fe’s top restaurants. “The key to great tamales is lots of…

Yam Tamales

Above: Yam tamales give vegans a place at the tamalada (from Oh By Golly , December 2021). Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Red Chile Sauce Recipe Learn to make New Mexico’s quintessential red (or…

Bison Tamale Pie

Above: Try New Mexico's version of a shepherd's pie (from Oh By Golly , December 2021). Photograph by Douglas Merriam…

Fresh Takes on Holiday Recipes

FOR MOST NEW MEXICANS, “season’s eatings” comes down to two favorite dishes: tamales and posole. They’re so time-consuming to prepare that many families wait until they have a few extra helping hands…

See the Historic Mills of the Mora Valley

The adobe-walled Cleveland Roller Mill is one of the three historic flour mills that remain today. TWENTY-FIVE MILES NORTH OF LAS VEGAS, a gentle giant of a building welcomes drivers to a pastoral…

Memories of Christmas in New Mexico

Illustration by Ryan Johnson. THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTMAS can be served in one bowl. The bowl is small and white. It holds freshly made red chile, the “fancy kind.” That means instead of using chile…