Restaurant Review: Pueblo Harvest Café And Bakery Culture Is On The Menu The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center on 12 th Street is an enormous outreach by the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico. With a mission [...] Maren Tarro \ Dec 11, 2008 Read More Nambe rellenos (Tina Larkin)
Ask Chef Boy Ari Trading Good Beer For Bad Wine Q: While being especially thankful the other week during "Genocide Appreciation Day," I realized I should also thank you. So thanks, especially for [...] Chef Boy Ari \ Dec 11, 2008 Read More
Restaurant Review: Itsa Italian Ice A Real Treat, Whatever The Weather It might seem a little strange to review frozen dessert when it’s, to borrow a phrase common in the Midwest, “colder than a [...] Maren Tarro \ Dec 04, 2008 Read More Itsa Owner Steve Garcia (Eric Williams)
Oskar Blues Ten Fidy Drive south along the San Diego shoreline in fall, spin inland toward the breweries of San Marcos and Escondido, grab a pint of [...] Evan George and Alex Brown \ Dec 04, 2008 Read More
Sip When it comes to vino, New Mexico has been in the ball game since 1629, when the first vines were planted in Socorro. [...] Joseph Baca \ Nov 27, 2008 Read More
Chewing The Fat Michael Cooperman's Genteel Approach To Demystifying Wine There’s much about wine that’s open to satire, but no aspect of the industry is more caricatured than the sommelier. Wine experts have [...] Joseph Baca \ Nov 27, 2008 Read More Michael Cooperman, director of education for Southern Wine and Spirits, evaluates the new Prairie Star Wine Bar, which opened in late October on Santa Ana Pueblo. (Tina Larkin)
Food Lover's Gift Guide Michelangelo's Fresh Pasta Renaissance I’m starting to notice a pattern: If it’s interesting or good, and it’s in New Mexico, it’s usually at the end of a [...] Maren Tarro \ Nov 20, 2008 Read More Michelangelo perfects the art of pasta sauce. (Maren Tarro)
Bite: Some Have Traditions, Others Have Tradiziones My friend Lisa likes to talk about her Italian family’s Christmas tradition. Every year her parents prepare a dish called bagna cauda, a [...] Maren Tarro \ Nov 20, 2008 Read More
Books For Cooks Recipes For Non-Masters Johnny Vee (not to be confused with famed Florida chef Johnny V) has penned his first cookbook. Known in Santa Fe for his [...] Maren Tarro \ Nov 13, 2008 Read More
Bite: Do You Know Escoffier? Auguste Escoffier’s 1903 Le Guide Culinaire is an exhaustive reference of French cuisine. It still serves as a guide to all who seek [...] Maren Tarro \ Nov 13, 2008 Read More