Risky Business House Shows Do It For The Love Of Music I trekked down a gravel road in Mesilla, near Las Cruces. Navigating the backstreet past rundown trailers inhabited by rough-looking junkyard dogs, I [...] Maren Tarro \ Nov 22, 2007 Read More Chris Black forms an impromptu trio at a house show. (Maren Tarro)
Foodie For Thought Are Celebrity And Food A Good Match? I can trace the beginnings of my love affair with all things gastronomic to a very young age. I was an Army brat [...] Maren Tarro \ Nov 22, 2007 Read More Rachael Ray, not Maren Tarro (courtesy of FHM)
The New Mexican Thanksgiving Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot In November We love our chile in the Zia state. Hell, the official state question is “Red or green?” There’s no reason why this infatuation [...] Maren Tarro \ Nov 08, 2007 Read More
Dirt Cult Las Cruces is not a place that comes to mind when you consider the great music centers of the universe, but every now [...] Maren Tarro \ Nov 01, 2007 Read More
Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves Or, The Jason Webley Quartet The accordion has long been the butt of jokes, looked upon as an Urkel-esque black sheep of the music industry. Except to those [...] Maren Tarro \ Oct 25, 2007 Read More Jason Webley Urkelizes your ears.
Mull This Over Spice Up Your Wine On Chilly Nights After a long summer of broiling in the New Mexico heat, cooler temperatures are finally in the forecast. It’s time to dump that [...] Maren Tarro \ Oct 18, 2007 Read More Mulled wine is a surefire way to get hot and steamy. (courtesy of www.bbcgoodfood.com)
Say Cheese! New Mexico Farmsteads Craft Cheese ... Without Kraft A couple of years back, Saveur magazine dedicated an entire issue to cheese. I settled into my reading chair and quickly became entranced [...] Maren Tarro \ Oct 04, 2007 Read More Wrapped in cheesecloth and hung, goat’s milk curd is turned into spreadable South Mountain Dairy chevre. (Courtesy of South Mountain Dairy)
A Shot Of Mexican Culture Tequila Done Right For Dieciséis De Septiembre Americans have a way of getting foreign culture all wrong. (Maybe other countries do it, too, but right now it’s most fashionable to [...] Maren Tarro \ Sep 13, 2007 Read More
Nebbiolo Lifting The Fog Nebbiolo is a bitch of a grape—if I may be so blunt. Temperamental, picky and unpredictable, this little fruit has big attitude, and [...] Maren Tarro \ Aug 30, 2007 Read More The mighty Nebbiolo grape.
Read Carefully Before Signing Contract Riders That Take You For A Ride Which came first, the diva or the rider?A rider is a clause tacked onto a contract that lists additional requirements that must be [...] Maren Tarro \ Aug 30, 2007 Read More (Jeremy Eaton)
