{"id":14425,"date":"2012-12-26T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-26T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=14425"},"modified":"2022-10-06T19:04:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T01:04:24","slug":"2012-a-thrilling-and-filling-year-in-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=14425","title":{"rendered":"2012: A Thrilling (and Filling) Year in Food"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Friends Who Feast: From Left to Right–Bob of the Village People, Paul “Boomer” Lilly, Bruce “Sr Plata” Silver, Gil “The NM Gastronome” Gardu\u00f1o and Bill “Santa” Resnik<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tis the season\u2026for 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\u2019s the time of year in which the \u201cin-your-face\u201d media practically forces a reminiscence\u2013either fondly or with disgust\u2013about the year that was. It\u2019s a time for introspection, resolutions and for looking forward with hope to the year to come. The New Mexico culinary landscape had more highs than it did lows in 2012. Here\u2019s my thrilling (and filling) recap.<\/span><\/p>\n

The dailymeal.com<\/a><\/strong> apparently can’t keep a secret. In January, the site revealed America’s ten most secret restaurants, eateries which “remain conundrums to the outside world, with only a select few joining the inner circle of diners privy to their culinary secrets<\/em>.” The only New Mexico restaurant “outed” was