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In 2006 when my Kim and I visited Matilda’s Restaurant in Española, I pondered if owner Matilda Guillen was the…

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Jul 31, 2022 Gil Garduno

“Edible art” isn’t just some trite phrase pedantic food critics use when food has aesthetic values that delight our senses.…

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Jul 30, 2022 Gil Garduno

“People aren’t either wicked or noble.  They’re like chef salads With good things and bad things chopped and mixed together…

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Nio Szechuan – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jul 29, 2022 Gil Garduno

Several years ago Mike Muller, my friend and former colleague at Intel was sent to Chengdu, the capital of the…

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Jul 25, 2022 Gil Garduno

“The best stories are like the best burgers: big, juicy, and messy.” ~A.D. Posey, American Author For men of my…

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Jul 22, 2022 Gil Garduno

Toula: Actually, um Ian’s a vegetarian. Uh, he doesn’t eat meat. Aunt Voula: He don’t eat no meat? HE DON’T…

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El Cotorro – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jul 17, 2022 Gil Garduno

There’s a scene in the 2006 lucha libre (Mexican professional wrestling) comedy film Nacho Libre in which Nacho’s ectomorphic tag…

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Jul 16, 2022 Gil Garduno

In 1960, Albuquerque’s population reached 201,189, more than doubling the city’s tally from the 1950 census. The start of a…

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Havana Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jul 15, 2022 Gil Garduno

“Cuba has bread and pork, but not enough vegetables. The food we were served was never warm enough. Cuba is…

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Ale’s Cakes – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jul 10, 2022 Gil Garduno

Hypocrisy thy name is Gil. “For someone who whined so much about a one-hour (each way) commute to work, you’re…

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Relish Gourmet Sandwiches – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jul 9, 2022 Gil Garduno

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Fun Noodle Bar – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jul 8, 2022 Gil Garduno

By definition, many, if not most noodles are fun.  No, not fun as in luxuriating in a tub filled with…

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Hanmi Korean-Chinese Fusion – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jul 8, 2022 Gil Garduno

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Sal’s Ristorante & Pizzeria – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jul 1, 2022 Gil Garduno

“Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti.” ~Sophia Loren The ageless movie siren, perhaps the most voluptuous octogenarian in the…

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¡Ay Mi Mexico! – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jun 26, 2022 Gil Garduno

One syllable, one word, one simple expression…yet there probably is no more expressive interjection,  heart-rending cry or honest exclamation in…

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Jun 25, 2022 Gil Garduno

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.” ~Mark Twain Ever since Eve succumbed to the…

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Taqueria Los Amigos – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jun 21, 2022 Gil Garduno

“On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air” ~Hotel…

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