Mina's Dish: Getting A Handle On Chopsticks Getting A Handle On Chopsticks I learned to eat with chopsticks before I was 5. My mom took two pairs of adult-sized chopsticks and whittled them down to [...] Mina Yamashita \ Jul 28, 2011 Read More
Locovore: Downtown’s Brgr Focuses On Local Meat With Exotic Flavor Local Meats, Exotic Flavors Pastoral paintings of thoughtful, grass-chomping cows adorn the red walls of Albuquerque’s brand-new designer burger joint, bRgR. One painting of a particularly immense [...] Ari LeVaux \ Jul 21, 2011 Read More
Mina’s Dish: Chef Claus Takes Over At La Provence Hjortkjaer Takes The Helm At La Provence I was among the many diners who mourned the demise of Le Café Miche in 2009. From the beginning of Chef Claus Hjortkjaer’s [...] Mina Yamashita \ Jul 21, 2011 Read More
Mina's Dish: Going With The Grain Cooking With Whole Grains I came late to whole grains—being brought up eating white rice at every meal. With the possible exception of rolled oats, most of [...] Mina Yamashita \ Jul 14, 2011 Read More Wild rice (Mina Yamashita)
Locovore: Golden Crown Panadería Does Green To A Perfect Golden Brown Adobe Carb Laboratory Gets Grow Room The most local salads in town might come from a bakery. An indoor growing operation—lights, fans, reflectors and of course plants—was germinated in [...] Ari LeVaux \ Jul 14, 2011 Read More Pratt Morales opened Golden Crown Panadería 35 years ago. (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Robbing The Compost Pile: Carrot Tops, Spinach Bottoms And The Whole Radish Carrot Tops, Spinach Bottoms And The Whole Radish The preparation and consumption of animal offal has become trendy in recent years. From headcheese to braised pig feet, there are all sorts [...] Ari LeVaux \ Jul 07, 2011 Read More
Mina's Dish: A Guide To Halal Meats In Albuquerque Meat With A Higher Calling Middle Eastern cuisine is one of my favorites, but I only recently learned about eating halal—the Islamic version of kosher. The word “halal” [...] Mina Yamashita \ Jul 07, 2011 Read More
Locovore Market Report: Early Birds And Late-Bloomers In The North Valley Early Birds And Late-Bloomers In The North Valley Throughout the growing season, New Mexico is home to fresh food markets every day of the week. You can follow the progression of [...] Ari LeVaux \ Jun 30, 2011 Read More (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Mina's Dish: Green Living Sprouts Up From The Concrete At The Urban Store Green Living Sprouts Up From The Concrete The Urban Store has been open since January and is the brainchild of Kathy Isaacson and co-owner Chuck Alex. The Nob Hill shop, [...] Mina Yamashita \ Jun 30, 2011 Read More Kathy Isaacson tends an Urban Garden. (Mina Yamashita)
Locovore: There’s Nothing Average About Jo’s Place There’s Nothing Average About This Jo If you had to pick a single Albuquerque street on which to dine for the rest of your life, you could do worse [...] Ari LeVaux \ Jun 23, 2011 Read More
