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Pasqual Baylon’s devotion to the Mass and the Holy Eucharist was so fervent that even when assigned kitchen duty, he …
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Over the years, perhaps no restaurant across the Land of Enchantment has garnered as much recognition from the national media …
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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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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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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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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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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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But the Lights of Albuquerque, will soon be shining bright, Like a diamond in the desert, like a beacon in …
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1922 was a year of firsts for Albuquerque and New Mexico. At 15,462 citizens, Albuquerque’s population constituted for the first …
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The cover page of the May 20, 2013 edition of Time Magazine depicts a twenty-something woman sprawled on the floor …
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While their brick-and-mortar counterparts can afford to have multi-page menus to please a wide variety of palates, mobile food kitchens …
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Much as I like and respect Bob of the Village of Los Ranchos (BOTVOLR), the most prolific commentator on Gil’s …
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“The Copper Canyon of northern Mexico–a place so huge and desolate that even today there are still some native people …
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“Beans are a warm cloak against economic cold.” ~John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat In his 1935 novel Tortilla Flat, John Steinbeck …
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Until rather recently, if there was a wide diversity of opinion about Albuquerque’s restaurant scene, it wasn’t widely shared. Albuquerque’s …
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My friend Scott Pacheco may never forgive me for dining at Little Anita’s New Mexican Food in Old Town. Scott …
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Southern humorist Jerry Clower once quipped “One of the saddest things is the sound of them whomp biscuits being opened …
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For more than a quarter century, award-winning journalist Charles Kuralt had the type of job any aspiring sojourner would envy. …
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Based on interviews conducted with Hollywood luminaries who’ve starred in movies or television shows shot in New Mexico, you might …
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In May, 2018, Yelp published its listing of the 50 best restaurants in Albuquerque. Only three of them came from …
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Exterior signage for Dennis Apodaca’s new restaurant venture sports the name of the previous tenant, a short-lived eatery named MIXX. …
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Chimayó is one of the most mythologized, misunderstood— and, some would say, maligned—places in New Mexico. On one hand, it …
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Ever the lexicologist, my first inclination at seeing the mantra “panza llena, corazon contento” emblazoned on any restaurant’s menu is …
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Several years ago award-winning Albuquerque Journal columnist Leslie Linthicum (since retired) penned a wonderfully evocative column entitled “Spanish Names Fade …
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“For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a …
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“At school, whenever I heard the word matanza, hog butchering, My face warmed up with joy and my heart beat …
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In an early episode of the Andy Griffith Show, while contemplating a job offer in South America, Andy tried to …
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In the frontier wilderness of New Mexico–long before the advent of culinary schools and home economics classes–a cook’s credentials weren’t …
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One of the central themes of William Faulkner’s magnus opus Absalom, Absalom! is that no two people experience the same …
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The term “red or green” has connotations beyond New Mexico’s sacrosanct chile. For restaurateurs across the Duke City, red or …
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“What is it with you New Mexicans and your fascination for natural disasters?” my Maryland transplanted friend Jessie Miller once …
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In 2009, James Beard Award-winning food journalists Jane and Michael Stern published a terrific tome entitled 500 Things to Eat …
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There are restaurants throughout the Duke City that have seemingly always been “there.” They’re as much a part of the …
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A couple of days before my Kim and I were to be married (some three decades plus ago), my mom …
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Vamos todos a Belen Con amor y gozo. Translated from Spanish, those words–lyrics to a traditional New Mexican nativity song–mean …
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Apple trees have had a bad rap ever since a conniving serpent (probably a lawyer or politician in disguise) in …
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