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Is there anything more relaxing than a wood fire: its mesmerizing orange and blue flames as they lick the air,…
“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?”…
“I hope I live long enough to see the children of Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria wake up to the…
Legendary American chef, author and television personality Julia Child was often exasperated with what she perceived as American’s propensity for…
A few years ago if you told some of us we should follow a Mediterranean diet, we probably would have…
It’s not easy being a gastronome about town when you make less than a thousand dollars a month and have…
Unlike New York City, Albuquerque might not ever truly be mistaken for “a cultural melting pot.” Though numerous ethnicities are…
The St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in Magdalena, New Mexico is adorned with ceramic statues, most familiar and easy to…
Persian cuisine has been described as “poetry on a plate” and “a pretext to break into verse.” Persian history is…
“Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse — and Thou…
Jose Villegas, my friend and colleague at Hanscom Air Force Base, earned the most ignominious nickname. Everyone called him “Jose…
“Ashlan Wa Sahlan” (Welcome) “Sahteyn” (Twice Your Health, Bon Apetit) “t’faddalou” (Welcome to the Table, Dinner is Served) How can…
For culinary diversity, it’s hard to beat the University of New Mexico (UNM) area in which restaurants with a broad…
What do you do when you’ve just finished saving the world? Because warding off a vicious onslaught of alien invaders…
The depiction of a dove in flight with an olive branch in its beak is common in early Christian art…
In the mid 80s when my Kim and I lived in rural, agrarian England, a “sandwich” meant one of three…
Legends recount that in his quest for immortality, Mesopotamian king Gilgamesh visited a tavern where a divine barmaid gave him…
The now defunct Albuquerque Monthly magazine titled a May, 1995 article “Yanni Come Lately,” heralding the arrival of a new…