SOME YEARS BACK, my friend Bonny invited me on a road trip involving two of her favorite New Mexico icons: Smokey Bear and Billy the Kid. We loaded up her car, then spent a day in Capitán (Smokey…
Read MoreASHLEY M. BINGERS Poetry in Motion Contributing writer Ashley M. Biggers has explored every corner of the state writing for the likes of Alaska Airlines’ Beyond and Fodors.com, among others. Her…
Read MoreAbove: Steamroller-size art at the Southwest Print Fiesta. Photography by Jay Hemphill. SOLE-FUL Using yucca fiber, animal sinew, and hides from buffalo, elk, and deer, Native peoples for centuries…
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IN A STATE AS LARGE AND lightly populated as New Mexico, it’s uncommonly easy to find yourself on lonesome roads with spectacular, unadulterated views. Highways and byways unfurl through seemingly…
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Above: Jamie Tate inspects a grafted apple tree at her Isle of Sky Nursery. WHEN IT RAINS IN WHITE OAKS, the sky glows with color and light and seems almost to flutter in the wind, like a crazy quilt…
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Above: Jesse Martinez, a third-generation Valle Vidal stalwart, points out landmarks to the south. JESSE MARTINEZ RIDES A GOOD HORSE. One that holds steady when he flushes a stampede of elk from an…
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Above: Horses at the Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum. THE BUSINESS OF BERRIES There’s a reason hordes of people are willing to pay to play farm laborer for the day: It’s pure bliss. Well, maybe not the…
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From “Bounty Hunting” article in the September 2017 issue. Apple Crisp Pie Serves 8 For crumb topping: 3/4 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 3/4 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup oatmeal (regular, not…
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From “Bounty Hunting” article in the September 2017 issue. Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie Serves 8 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch 3 eggs 1 cup canned pumpkin 1 cup apple butter 1 cup…
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From “Bounty Hunting” article in the September 2017 issue. Goat Cheese Pizza with Figs Serves 1 1 small onion 1 5-ounce container Figs n Cream (the dairy’s own chèvre with fig preserves) 1 ounce…
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