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Gil’s Best of the Best for 2018
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Gil’s Best of the Best for 2018

Gil GardunoDecember 31, 2018January 17, 2023

“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens.” Sound of Music fans will recognize that these are a few of Julie Andrews favorite things. It’s with great fondness and more than a little (blush) salivation that I bid adieu and auld lang syne to…

Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown 2018 – Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown 2018 – Santa Fe, New Mexico

Gil GardunoSeptember 8, 2018September 10, 2018

New Mexico’s storied history will recall that 2009 was the year of the green chile cheeseburger.  It all started in May when Bobby Olguin, the gregarious owner of San Antonio’s Buckhorn Tavern bested Food Network celebrity chef Bobby Flay in a “green chile cheeseburger throwdown.”  Capitalizing on the momentum, Governor…

Red or Green: New Mexico’s Dining Scene Was on Fire in 2017
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Red or Green: New Mexico’s Dining Scene Was on Fire in 2017

Gil GardunoDecember 31, 2017January 17, 2023

Tis the season…for year-end retrospectives in which the good, the bad and the ugly; the triumphs and tragedies; the highs and lows and the ups and downs are revisited ad-infinitum by seemingly every print and cyberspace medium in existence. It’s the time of year in which the “in-your-face” media practically…

Gil’s Best of the Best for 2017
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Gil’s Best of the Best for 2017

Gil GardunoDecember 31, 2017January 17, 2023

“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens.” Sound of Music fans will recognize that these are a few of Julie Andrews favorite things. It’s with great fondness and more than a little (blush) salivation that I bid adieu and auld lang syne to…

Red or Green: New Mexico’s Food Scene Was on Fire in 2016
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Red or Green: New Mexico’s Food Scene Was on Fire in 2016

Gil GardunoDecember 31, 2016January 17, 2023

Tis the season…for year-end retrospectives in which the good, the bad and the ugly; the triumphs and tragedies; the highs and lows and the ups and downs are revisited ad-infinitum by seemingly every print and cyberspace medium in existence. It’s the time of year in which the “in-your-face” media practically…

Gil’s “Best of the Best” for 2016
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Gil’s “Best of the Best” for 2016

Gil GardunoDecember 31, 2016January 17, 2023

It’s the season for making lists and checking them twice, finding out which restaurants were naughty or nice. The advent of 2017 is nigh. It’s with great fondness and more than a little (blush) salivation that I bid adieu and auld lang syne to my most memorable dishes of 2016.…

A Taste of the World in Rio Rancho 
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A Taste of the World in Rio Rancho 

Gil GardunoOctober 22, 2016July 10, 2018

While the marquee may have welcomed guests to the sixth annual Taste of Rio Rancho, the mouth-watering event could easily have been called “A Taste of America in Rio Rancho.” In the six years which have elapsed since the inaugural Taste of Rio Rancho, the city’s culinary diversity has expanded…

Friends of Gil (FOG) Dinner: World Peace One Meal at a Time
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Friends of Gil (FOG) Dinner: World Peace One Meal at a Time

Gil GardunoJuly 29, 2016July 12, 2018

You’ve probably espied a bumper sticker encouraging everyone to “Visualize Whirled Peas,” an obvious homophone for “Visualize World Peace.” Some have posited that whirled peas might indeed be the way to world peace. Seriously! I’m speaking, of course, about hummus, a ubiquitous Middle Eastern food typically made of mashed (whirled)…

Friends of Gil (FOG) IX: Where do YOU want to Eat?  Cast Your Vote Now!
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Friends of Gil (FOG) IX: Where do YOU want to Eat? Cast Your Vote Now!

Gil GardunoJune 25, 2016July 12, 2018

OK FOGEYS. It’s voting time. By Jim Millington We have prepared a list of widely disparate restaurants as worthy candidates for FOG IX in July. In an exercise of Democracy not controlled by special interest groups, you have the opportunity to vote for the restaurant in which you’d like to…

Friends of Gil (FOG) Dinner: A Gathering of Gastronomes
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Friends of Gil (FOG) Dinner: A Gathering of Gastronomes

Gil GardunoApril 23, 2016July 14, 2018

Next week the Pueblo Harvest Cafe within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center will host a number of events during the world-renowned Gathering of Nations, but on Friday, April 22nd at 6:30, the venue belonged to the Friends of Gil (FOG) who convened for dinner at the spectacular cafe. This Gathering…

Friends of Gil (FOG) Dinner: Fabulous Food, Fun and Friends
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Friends of Gil (FOG) Dinner: Fabulous Food, Fun and Friends

Gil GardunoJanuary 30, 2016July 14, 2018

When Sheri LaVigne was a little girl, her family moved to a small farm in Corrales. Her mother Kay Lucas bought a Nubian goat they named Mocha which provisioned the family with everything from farmer’s cheese to goat’s milk ice cream. Sheri got up early every morning to help her…

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