Antojitos Lupe – Bernalillo, New Mexico
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Gustavo Arellano, the brilliant and hilarious author of Ask a Mexican, an erstwhile syndicated satirical weekly newspaper column published mostly in…
“The restaurant business, as I well know, ain’t no picnic. And in Mexico City, it’s particularly rough.” ~Anthony Bourdain With…
Restaurant Insider, which touts itself as “your source for restaurant news, trends, information, tools and conversation” has observed that one…
In 1972, English author Diana Kennedy, the doyenne of Mexican cuisine, penned The Cuisines of Mexico, a Mexican cookbook in…
Observer: You’ve said that you can do anything with a taco, except put ketchup on it? Danny Trejo: That’s it!…
Never mind your tired, your poor or even your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Carlos Zazveta, the effusive proprietor…
Drive eastward on Airport Road in Santa Fe toward Cerrillos and you just might wonder if you accidentally traipsed into…
“I am tenacious. And I love to eat. I go into the field and see some delectable things they’re cooking,…
in February, 2020, Chef’s Pencil crunched the numbers of Google searches for ethnic cuisines to determine the most popular ethnic…
Here’s an interesting bit of Jeopardy level trivia which you might contemplate the next time you dine at this Rio…
If you’ve noticed an almost inordinate number of recent visits on this blog to Mexican restaurants, credit much of that…
if you believe the idea for delivery food started with Domino’s Pizza and its promise of 30-minute delivery or free,…
Darn that Google! Even though I used very specific Boolean operands to target my search for “Changos” in “Albuquerque,” Google…
What culinary voluptuaries consider exotic and delicious, timorous eaters might find distasteful and even nauseating. With M.F.K Fisher as their…
In December, 1997, two-time James Beard award-winning author Deborah Madison penned a memorable article for Sunset Magazine. Its provocative title…
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When my friend Schuyler sees the name of the restaurant on this review, he’ll probably tease me that my life…
My sagacious friend Bill Resnik is like a 6’5″ Yoda. Perhaps because he was a stand-up comedian for several decades,…