Aug 20th, 2014

Gruet Winery of Albuquerque

As a New Mexican transplant, I have a pretty fierce pride about what happens here. Sure – you’d hardly blink an eye at the idea of an award winning winnery in Northern California. But New Mexico? Seriously – I still field this question when I call customer support for various products: “…New Mexico? That’s in […]

Jan 23rd, 2014

Duke City: A Layover Primer

When I have clients coming into Albuquerque for a project, I like to share a little local flavor during the brief time they usually have before/after a project for a little speed-style exploring. I have a list of things to eat and do, which goes a little something like this: (disclaimer – I’m no tourist […]

Aug 1st, 2013

Bodhai Chinese

The reality of regional editorial work is that the parallel production path of photographers and writers rarely intersect. It’s a strange modus operandi – we are working to tell the same story, but not in concert, and usually not at the same time. So when that opportunity comes along to cover the story together, I […]

Aug 1st, 2013

Guava Tree Cafe

I remember two things about food in Costa Rica: rice and beans. Gallo pinto. The comida pura vida. The national repast. I’ve never been to the part of Costa Rica that inspires the Costa Rican fare lovingly presented by owners Diego and Mari Barbosa Guava Tree in Albuquerque. Stuffed arepas, passion fruit infusions, bowls of […]

Mar 8th, 2013

Two Fools Tavern

I have a friend who wouldn’t even taste the great green chili jam we made last fall. He just flat refuses to consume one more food with green chili in it. The amazing jam? A casualty of the over-marketed New Mexico palette. The state cuisine is like the architectural planning limitations in Santa Fe. We […]

Jul 20th, 2012

Indigo Crow

The name sounds like a song. In fact, it could be a song. The song would be about taking the long way home one day. Instead of hopping on the highway, you linger on an outward bound artery that sheds its urban angularity. The buildings start falling off, interrupted by increasingly frequent overgrown parking lots, […]

Chocolate Tour of Albuquerque

Feb 14th, 2012

Chocolate Tour of Albuquerque

I grew up on See’s Candy, and the occasional Almond Joy. Waxy bunnies in April. Gold foil coins in December. That was pretty much the extent of my experience with chocolate. But now local chocolate is following in the trend of small volume local coffee roasters and micro brewers in defining the taste of a […]

Pars Cuisine

Oct 11th, 2011

Pars Cuisine

One of the last things I’d expect on the I25 corridor between Santa Fe and Albuquerque is an oasis. And a Persian oasis, at that, complete with a rippling fountain in the sunken dining room, surrounded by opulent drapes. Pars Cuisine features a Mediterranean – Persian, Greek and Turkish cuisine – menu and ambience that’s more […]

Holy Cow

Sep 16th, 2011

Holy Cow

Few burgers have this kind of pedigree – both cultural and culinary. First off, the location: I’ve driven past the dead “Bob’s Fish and Chips” on Central in Albuquerque dozens of times over the past 5 years. I always noticed it because it was one of those iconic ’50s storefronts that are slowly fading in […]

Curbside Cuisine in Albuquerque

Aug 9th, 2011

Curbside Cuisine in Albuquerque

Out here in the southwest, we cultivate patience – sometimes we’re on the frontier of innovation, and sometimes, we watch the trends slowly migrate from the coasts like very slow motion waves. I’ve been drooling over my mother’s iPhone snaps of the Los Angeles food truck scene for years. The culmination of craftiness, artistic motor […]

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