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Go Organic at Santa Fe’s Café Pasqual’s

Café Pasqual’s is a [amazon_textlink asin=’0804142068′ text=’Santa Fe’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’theyums-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’7dc7b525-8a7b-11e7-8147-ffa062e54a55′] dining destination. Chef/owner Kathrine Kagel has been feeding Santa Feans and visitors since 1979. The popular eatery, committed to organic food and creative cookery often has a line out the door. Kagel calls her approach to food sourcing, “Never, ever,” meaning that no […]

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The bar at 315 Restaurant and Wine Bar, Santa Fe, NM, photo courtesy 315 Restaurant and Wine Bar

Wine and Dine at 315 Restaurant and Wine Bar

Leave a Comment / USA / Billie Frank

When we moved to [amazon_textlink asin=’1628872446′ text=’Santa Fe’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’theyums-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’35365b27-7f82-11e7-8d02-d98a2cd1fe9a’] over a decade ago it was almost our anniversary and we wanted a special restaurant to celebrate the occasion. This was before the Internet was loaded with restaurant websites complete with menus as well as tons of review sites so we were flying

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Pie Bar at Pie-O-Neer Piesin Pies, Pie Town, NM photo Steve Collins

Pie-O-Neer Pies, Pie Town, New Mexico

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At Pie-O-Neer Pies in Pie Town, New Mexico, the only thing you can order is pie, really good [amazon_textlink asin=’1581573278′ text=’pie’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’theyums-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’ed9ae609-6ffd-11e7-b909-f18eab83f387′]. After all, the town is named for this very American treat. It’s as American as say, apple pie, or pecan, or chocolate or the many others you’ll find here on

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Shohko's Stuffed Green Chile Tempura, photo Steve Collins

Shohko Cafe, Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Sushi in the high desert Southwest? Yes! Shohko Cafe, Santa Fe’s first Japanese restaurant, has been doing it since 1980. And, they do it well. Immigrants Hiro and Shohko Fukuda arrived in the US from Japan in the late 1960s and settled in [amazon_textlink asin=’1465441131′ text=’California’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’theyums-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’1771014e-61eb-11e7-b3be-17ef7869d6a5′]. They arrived in Santa Fe

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Rancho de Chimayó's signature carne adovada with posole and Spanish rice, photo Steve Collins

Rancho de Chimayó, Chimayó New Mexico

Leave a Comment / USA / Billie Frank

Northern New Mexico has its own distinct cuisine. While it overlaps with Mexican in some respects, the main ingredient is chile, either red or green. Chile is so important in [easyazon_link identifier=”1631214209″ locale=”US” tag=”theyum-20″]New Mexico[/easyazon_link], both as a crop and an ingredient, that it’s the Official State Vegetable. Rancho de Chimayó, about 40 minutes northeast

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