Mina's Dish: A Neighborhood Defines American Cooking A Neighborhood Defines American Cooking “As American as apple pie” is a phrase I’ve heard forever. Yet every immigrant culture that makes up our melting pot contributes to [...] Mina Yamashita \ Dec 30, 2010 Read More Sushi rolls and slabs of marinated, roasted pork (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Restaurant Review: Pho #1 Satisfies Beef-Lovers And Vegetarians Equally Seven Courses Of Christmas Beef Eating Chinese food on Christmas is a tradition in some American Jewish communities, since Chinese restaurants are the only places that stay open [...] Ari LeVaux \ Dec 23, 2010 Read More Number 38’s broth is reddened with dry chile flakes and Szechuan pepper. (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Mina's Dish: Jennifer James On The Joy Of Cooking It’s Been An Eventful Year For Albuquerque’s Top Chef, But She Hasn’t Forgotten The Basics It’s no small feat to make the James Beard Foundation semifinalist list for best chef in the Southwest, but there she is—Albuquerque’s Jennifer [...] Mina Yamashita \ Dec 23, 2010 Read More Holiday decor in the dining room (Mina Yamashita)
Mina's Dish: Oddball Landmarks Lead To Good Eats Oddball Landmarks Lead To Good Eats Maybe it was a premonition of things to come that big, weird landmarks were a happy part of my childhood. At 25-feet high, [...] Mina Yamashita \ Dec 16, 2010 Read More “Cruising San Mateo” by Barbara Grygutis (1991) (Mina Yamashita)
Restaurant Review: El Mezquite Market Masters Mexican Meats Where The First Language Is Meat If you haven’t been inside one of the many Mexican markets around town, you’re missing out. They’re enclaves of culture as well as [...] Ari LeVaux \ Dec 16, 2010 Read More A trio of tacos (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Abq Beer Geek: Brew Your Own Damn Beer Southwest Grape & Grain Holiday gift shopping should never cause the anxiety that it does for so many of us. There’s always that one person you need [...] ABQ Beer Geek \ Dec 09, 2010 Read More For the self-sufficient teetotaler on your list, there are also soda-making supplies. (ABQ Beer Geek)
Restaurant Review: The One Thing You Must Order At Birriería Y Taquería El Alex Stew On This There’s one reason to go to El Alex, on Fourth Street just south of I-40. It’s a bowl of soup. And it’s good [...] Ari LeVaux \ Dec 09, 2010 Read More El Alex’s raison d'être (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Restaurant Review: Asian Grill Is An International Flavor Trip An International Flavor Trip As a cook-turned-sailor stopping at ports of call throughout Asia, Nang Thai was on the lookout for details that defined the cuisines he [...] Ari LeVaux \ Dec 02, 2010 Read More Server Phu presents an artful plate. (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Mina's Dish: Two Tasty Sides Of Holiday Giving Be Sweet To Your Friends We’re in the holiday homestretch—marking time with lunches, dinners, incoming guests, shopping and all the rest that fills December. It’s when you learn [...] Mina Yamashita \ Dec 02, 2010 Read More Roadrunner supplies the barrels and picks up the donations. What could be easier? (Mina Yamashita)
Food For Thought: Congress Will Decide The Fate Of Small Farms Congress Will Soon Vote On The Most Significant Piece Of Food Legislation Ever Passed. Here's Some Of What's At Stake. Produce, milk, meat, eggs, nuts and all manner of processed foods have made people sick in recent years, and Congress has been understandably [...] Ari LeVaux \ Nov 25, 2010 Read More Josh Slotnick surveys his family farm outside Missoula, Mont. New legislation could require small growers like him to build cost-prohibitive industrial facilities. (Ari LeVaux)