Things We Love: Las Cruces' Distillery
Above: The ingredients for gin: cassia, rosemary, juniper, star anise, orange peel, coriander, angelica root, and licorice root. Photograph Courtesy of Dry Point Distillers. It took 18 trials in a…
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Posts From: January 2019
Artist Valerie Roybal's Posthumous Exhibit
Above: Valerie Roybal’s wondrous and abstract collages are on view at Sanitary Tortilla Factory. Photography Courtesy of Sanitary Tortilla Factory. According to Sheri Crider, the owner of alternative…
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Ship Rock—Icon of Indian Country
Above: Ship Rock. Photograph by Jory Vander Galien. Some 30 million years ago, the angry lava of a rumbling volcano seethed to life. Magma left in the volcano’s neck cooled into a cluster of ragged…
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The Profound Photography of Cara Romero
Above: Cara Romero. Photograph by Gabriella Marks. IT FEELS LIKE A DREAM. Water surges in all directions, topaz in color and faceted by the rays of an unknown source of light. The scene is chilling…
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An Ode to Sandia Mountain
Above: Winter on the Sandia Mountains. Sandía: Seasons of a Mountain Photographs by David Muench, essay by Ruth Rudner (University of New Mexico Press) Sandía Mountain wasn't the first rugged place…
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Bloody de Todo
Above: Bloody Maria. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Bloody Maria chicken cacciatore is just one of the recipes in the free, downloadable cookbook dedicated to Bloody Maria mix, the New Mexican–made…
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Destinations Las Cruces
Above: Las Cruces' multiculturalism gives way to wonder in the nearby Organ Mountains. Photograph by Getty Images. THE WALLS OF CASA CAMINO Real Books, in Las Cruces’ historic Mesquite district…
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Not Exactly New, Not Exactly Mexico
Above: Illustration by Chris Philpot. GRAB YOUR LUCKY SOMBRERO While checking in with the receptionist at his Holyoke, Massachusetts, doctor’s office, Bob Nelson mentioned that he and his wife were…
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A Tea Party in Mesilla
Above: The Old Barrel Tea and Spice Company. Photograph by Inga Hendrickson. A glass teapot offers a window into the process of properly steeping tea: As the leaves begin to infuse the hot water, the…
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The Pride of Gallup
Above: Sammy Chioda. Photograph by Brian Leddy. NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE DONE more for Gallup sports than Salvatore Chioda, affectionately known as “Sammy C.” Chioda is involved in many community…
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