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Shortly before 6AM. on July 16, 1945, some of the world’s most brilliant minds ushered in the nuclear age with …
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Even though New Mexico’s license plates have been graced with the sobriquet “Land of Enchantment” since 1941, it didn’t become …
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“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations …
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Who among us hasn’t learned at least one thing about Thai culinary heritage from The Big Bang Theory? In a …
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Legendary American chef, author and television personality Julia Child was often exasperated with what she perceived as American’s propensity for …
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Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze. It maketh me to wake in green pastures: It leadeth me beyond …
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My friend Schuyler jokes that because the diet of my formative years was mostly beans, chile and tortillas as well …
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My brother Mario–seven years younger, much better looking and quite a bit smarter–and I have shared many memorable firsts. There …
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“I think we love bacon because it has all the qualities of an amazing sensory experience. When we cook it, …
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Culinary history is in dispute as to the origin of the term “hot dog” to describe frankfurters, a cooked sausage …
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When will Iron Chef Bobby Flay learn that when he challenges New Mexico’s chefs, he gets beaten like the proverbial …
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I think a rotisserie is like a really morbid ferris wheel for chickens. It’s a strange piece of machinery. We …
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In retrospect, the monsters and bogeymen who frightened impressionable children of my generation were pretty lame. Perhaps the most lame …
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Reclusive American poet Emily Dickinson insisted a light exists in spring that’s not present at any other time of year. …
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“Ah, but after the sunset, the dusk and the twilight, when shadows of night start to fall. They roll back …
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Several ominous scenarios went through my mind when Ana told me, “I’m sorry. We don’t accept credit cards.” Would I …
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“It was Kansas City but it was North Carolina I wanted; whole hog smoked low and slow over fruit woods …
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When writer Jeffrey Steingarten was named food critic for Vogue in 1998, he made it his quest to overcome any …
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In the 1970s and 1980s, Reese’s Peanut Butter cups commercials consisted of a series of vignettes. Each vignette depicted the collision …
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The phoenix of ancient Egyptian mythology was a sacred firebird of beautiful red and gold plumage said to live for …
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Whether it’s movies, Uber drivers or restaurants, human beings seem to predisposed to take stock in rankings and ratings. Be …
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“Texas. It’s Like A Whole Other Country.” That slogan, conceived by the Texas Tourism Department, appeared on television commercials, billboards, …
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Roswell, New Mexico is a stodgy conservative town where sidewalks are rolled up early. Change comes to the state’s fifth …
Read More Hawkeye Pierce had a very unique (and very sarcastic) take on the Korean War: “I just don’t know why they’re …
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Old-timers whose opinions I respect consistently rate Mary & Tito’s as Albuquerque’s best restaurant for New Mexican food, a restaurant …
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In this age of “fake news,” biased media slants and unabashed tell-alls, the one recent headline which has pleased me …
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Garduños just can’t seem to keep up with the Joneses, at least in terms of familial propagation. The 2010 United …
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Once described as the “enfant terrible of the gastronomic scene,” curmudgeonly English food critic Jay Rayner pondered “Why would anyone …
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According to the United States Census Bureau, by 2016 the Asian American population–including those of multiracial, Hispanic and Latino ancestry–had …
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My high school football coach used to call his team “chiquitos pero picosos,” a Spanish term meaning “small but piquant” …
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“Is there a sound on Earth as joyous as the pat-pat-pat from a Salvadoran kitchen, the gentle rhythm of a …
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While the term “Vietnamese cuisine” is broad and overarching, any attempt to pigeonhole this very diverse and eclectic culinary culture …
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If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” …
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But the Lights of Albuquerque, will soon be shining bright, Like a diamond in the desert, like a beacon in …
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In the parlance of the pugilist, “punchy” is synonymous with punch-drunk, the result of having been battered violently by an …
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Jim Millington, a long-time friend of this blog, contends that “there must be a bad Vietnamese restaurant somewhere on this …
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