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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 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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By chronological standards, Thai cuisine–especially as we know it today–is relatively new to the world culinary stage.  Culinary historians believe…

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Jun 14, 2022 Gil Garduno

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Jun 5, 2022 Gil Garduno

“I saw Sisyphus in violent torment, seeking to raise a monstrous stone with both his hands. Verily he would brace…

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Jun 3, 2022 Gil Garduno

My friend Schuyler used to joke that every meal we enjoyed together was “upscale” because “up” was the direction his…

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The Range – Bernalillo, New Mexico

Jun 2, 2022 Gil Garduno

The phoenix of ancient Egyptian mythology was a sacred firebird of beautiful red and gold plumage said to live for…

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“I’ll give you three guesses to tell me what tabula rasa means,” I challenged my friend and Wordle phenom Carlos. …

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Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern has nothing on my friend Ralph Guariglio. Zimmern who claims to love such “exotic cuisine”…

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At about 75 miles each way, Cuba, New Mexico is almost equidistant between Albuquerque and Farmington. Regardless of starting point,…

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May 23, 2022 Gil Garduno

Can you imagine the outcry if Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham tried to abolish New Mexico’s sacrosanct red and green chile…

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May 21, 2022 Gil Garduno

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May 15, 2022 Gil Garduno

Perhaps because I was away from the Land of Enchantment for much of my Air Force career, one of my…

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