Red or Green–New Mexico’s Food Scene Is on Fire: August, 2023
ABSOLUTELY ALBUQUERQUE: Local rocker Amanda Machon is so effusive about Albuquerque that she makes Mayor Keller seem almost apathetic in comparison. If the Duke City ever appointed an official ambassador, she would be my choice. Amanda is the exuberant hostess of Absolutely Albuquerque, which streams on the Very Local channel. Her Absolutely Albuquerque series focuses on all about discovering everything that makes Albuquerque unique and exciting. The Duke City’s culinary culture is, of course, integral to making Albuquerque unique and exciting. In the program’s inaugural episode, Amanda visited Rude Boy Cookies where she learned just a bit about the art of creating fabulous cookies from Albuquerque’s premier fabricant de biscuits Kristin Dowling. In future episodes she’ll be visiting with such stalwart…