by Paul Ross Heat, Drink & Be Merry:The Secret of the Success ofThe Santa Fe Wine and ChileFiesta’s “Grand Tasting” Party 2001 How do you get 2,000 people to shell out $75 apiece for an event with nary a pop star nor a politician in sight? The annual Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta’s “Grand Tasting” has been …
The Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta 2002
by Mary Jane Wilan Report from Santa Fe: The Santa FeWine & ChileFiesta 2002 Festival Chef Recipes Prime Rib with Piñon Chile Sauce Avocado and Ancho Chile Cheesecake with Crab Fondue Crab Fondue Grilled Pork Tenderloin in Pipian Verde Southwestern Bread Pudding Tequila Sauce (for Southwestern Bread Pudding) It was a throng of foodies and wineies two thousand …
Embudo, N.M.: Saving the Native New Mexican Chiles
By Monique I. Cuvelier Recipes: Chile Verde con Carne Chile Colorado Carne Adovada Posole with Chile Caribe Calabacitas with Green Chile The Rio Grande near Embudo. Photo by Dave DeWitt Any museum curator worth his weight in Roman coins would choke at the thought of throwing away a 400-year-old artifact. Yet one of America’s most precious pieces of …
Texas: Hill Country Heat
Story & Photos by Jim Fergusson Recipes: Piri-Piri Sauce Cuvée Piri-Piri Sorbet “Guten morgen, amigo. What’ll you have today?” It was hardly the greeting you’d expect from a food vendor at one of Texas’ largest and most publicized Oktoberfest celebrations. In Fredericksburg, though, that’s just the way it is! All American! Here, as in many other parts …
Taos, N.M.: Dining on Yak at the Sacred Mountain Resort
By Dave DeWitt Recipes: Chimayo Chile Marinated Pork Loin Sweet Potato Hash Yak Black Bean Chili “Wahoo-wah,” I said to Tom Worrell, owner of El Monte Sagrado resort, when I met him at the party in the resort library. His jaw dropped and he shook his head. “No way,” he said, astounded that I had recited the school …