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Street Food Asia – Albuquerque, New Mexico 24 Aug 2013 | 10:51 pm
What is street food? An informal poll of friends and colleagues generated some interesting answers. One colleague equates street food to road kill– the flattened fauna, car-crashed carrion and furry F...
Holy Cow – Albuquerque, New Mexico 22 Aug 2013 | 08:10 am
During his 40-year career as a radio and television broadcaster for the York Yankees, Phil Rizzuto made “Holy Cow” his trademark exclamation. Similar to Yogi Berra, another legendary Yankee personali...
The Pantry Restaurant – Santa Fe, New Mexico 19 Aug 2013 | 06:09 am
“Although the skills aren’t hard to learn, finding the happiness and finding the satisfaction and finding fulfillment in continuously serving somebody else something good to eat, is what makes a reall...
Golden Crown Panaderia – Albuquerque, New Mexico 12 Aug 2013 | 04:34 am
Although we pride ourselves on keeping a pulse on the local dining scene, it took a nationally syndicated Food Network cable program called Food Finds to introduce us in 2003 to the Golden Crown Panad...
Blades’ Bistro – Placitas, New Mexico 10 Aug 2013 | 06:26 am
“Ask three Placitans what they like best about living in Placitas and… one will say it is being so far from everything, another, being so close to everything–and both will be right.” - The Placitas Ch...
Bocadillos Slow Roasted: A Sandwich Shop – Albuquerque, New Mexico 5 Aug 2013 | 07:19 am
School cafeteria meals have probably traumatized more youth than John Carpenter’s horror movies. Lunch menus read like fine dining–promising nutritious, healthy and delicious cuisine. Instead, they de...
Rub-N-Wood BBQ – Rio Rancho, New Mexico 4 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
“Beam me up Scotty. There is no good barbecue on this planet.” ~James T. Kirk Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the United Starship Enterprise never actually uttered those words, but had he visited Rio R...
Amore Neapolitan Pizzeria – Albuquerque, New Mexico 2 Aug 2013 | 05:30 am
Naples, Italy leaves nothing to chance, boasting of more than fifty official patron saints. Among the more well-known of the beatified intercessors to whom Neapolitan citizens petition are Saint Franc...
Papa Felipe’s Mexican Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico 29 Jul 2013 | 04:24 am
In 2009, James Beard Award-winning food journalists Jane and Michael Stern published a terrific tome entitled 500 Things to Eat Before It’s Too Late. Despite the ominous (some might say fatalistic) n...
Chillz Frozen Custard – Albuquerque, New Mexico 27 Jul 2013 | 01:13 pm
“Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook.” Ambrose Bierce, American writer (1842-1914) The Devil’s Dictionary (1906) Ambrose Bierce’s scat...
