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…
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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…
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Above: Try New Mexico's version of a shepherd's pie (from Oh By Golly , December 2021). Photograph by Douglas Merriam…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Tamales are a New Mexico Christmas tradition. Photograph courtesy of NMTD. MANY YEARS AGO, I WROTE a book about tamales. For months, my kitchen windows were fogged from the tamalera bubbling on the…
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Celebrate the season with tamales this weekend. Photography courtesy of Angelisa Murray. Make the yuletide tamales. In New Mexico, tamales represent the holidays. Despite their simple ingredients…
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EVERY NEW MEXICAN KNOWS: Chile is so much more than just an ingredient. Our history, culture, and deep-rooted traditions make chile an integral part of our identity. Chile has brought people…
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Above: Vegos’s breakfast burrito and Nobody Calls Me Chicken sandwich are menu favorites. Photograph by Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers. VEGOS IS CARVING OUT A TASTY NICHE in the New Mexico food scene—no…
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