Red or Green–New Mexico’s Food Scene Is on Fire: June, 2022
Standing behind the rostrum Chef Fernando Olea could have passed for a Hollywood actor celebrating an Oscar win for his…
Red or Green–New Mexico’s Food Scene Was on Fire in 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a cautious reemergence into a world where “normal” is constantly being redefined. New Mexico’s restaurants continue to…
Gil’s Best of the Best for 2021
You might think that my annual “best of the best” compilation would be replete with lavishly extravagant dishes proffered by…
Red or Green: New Mexico’s Food Scene Was On Fire in 2020
We’ll always remember 2020 as the year we mostly stayed home, the year of cancelled vacations, of working remotely and…
Gil’s “Best of the Best” For 2020
2020 will be remembered for a series of shelter-in-place and lockdown restrictions that largely limited restaurants to delivery, call in,…
New Mexico Eateries Dishing Out Great Grub During Lockdown
Several years ago after waging a lengthy and courageous battle, my friend Larry’s beloved bride of nearly four decades succumbed…
2019: Red or Green–New Mexico’s Food Scene Was on Fire
In 2017, legendary Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold declared “food blogs are dead. There are still some people…
Gil’s “Best of the Best” for 2019
With a puff of white smoke emanating from the chimney of the Garduño residence and to the cheers of legions…
Gil’s Thrilling (And Filling) Year in Food: December, 2018
Over the years perhaps no restaurant across the Land of Enchantment has garnered as much acclaim as Santa Fe’s Geronimo.…
Gil’s Best of the Best for 2018
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens.” Sound of Music fans will recognize…
Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown 2018 – Santa Fe, New Mexico
New Mexico’s storied history will recall that 2009 was the year of the green chile cheeseburger. It all started in…
2017: A Thrilling (And Filling) Year in Food
Tis the season…for year-end retrospectives in which the good, the bad and the ugly; the triumphs and tragedies; the highs…
Gil’s Best of the Best for 2017
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens.” Sound of Music fans will recognize…
Gil’s Thrilling (And Filling) Year in Food: 2016
Tis the season…for year-end retrospectives in which the good, the bad and the ugly; the triumphs and tragedies; the highs…
Gil’s “Best of the Best” for 2016
It’s the season for making lists and checking them twice, finding out which restaurants were naughty or nice. The advent…
A Taste of the World in Rio Rancho
While the marquee may have welcomed guests to the sixth annual Taste of Rio Rancho, the mouth-watering event could easily…
Friends of Gil (FOG) Dinner: World Peace One Meal at a Time
You’ve probably espied a bumper sticker encouraging everyone to “Visualize Whirled Peas,” an obvious homophone for “Visualize World Peace.” Some…
Friends of Gil (FOG) IX: Where do YOU want to Eat? Cast Your Vote Now!
OK FOGEYS. It’s voting time. By Jim Millington We have prepared a list of widely disparate restaurants as worthy candidates…