From “Cross Cultural Holiday” article in the December 2017 issue. Ensalada de Noche Buena from Northern New Mexico Serves 8 For the Dressing Juice and zest from 1 lime 3 tablespoons honey 2…
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Above: A hot-air balloon over Gallup, during the Red Rock Balloon Rally. Photography Courtesy New Mexico Tourism Department. HOLIDAY BIZARRE New Mexico’s avant-garde spirit thrives this holiday…
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Above: Pancho Villa State Park. Photography Courtesy New Mexico Tourism Department. HEAVENLY SOUL FOOD AND HOMEMADE PIES, the site of a 20th-century foreign invasion, a winery specializing in Italian…
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Above: A mother and teen hit the powder at Taos Ski Valley. MY LOVE OF SKIING BEGAN at Ski Santa Fe when I was six years old, back in the days of leather boots and wooden-edge skis. I didn’t need any…
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Above: Author Elizabeth Miller and her students. MOST WINTER MORNINGS, I bundle up in layers of wool and down, zip my ski uniform jacket to the collar, and head out to play with a half-dozen imps who…
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NM TRUE CERTIFIED Items followed by TRUE are New Mexico True Certified—made here with local materials. Learn more at newmexico.org/truecertified. IT'S IN THE CARDS 1. Smudge and shell offering…
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Above: Father Jim Walker talks to visitor about the church's history. THE MORNING SUN HAS YET TO WARM the sandstone bluffs, hoodoos, and rockslides of the San Juan River canyon and the twisting road…
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A CHRISTMAS STORY The way James Mullings tells it, a bunch of plywood cutouts gave the town of Ratón its Christmas spirit. Now 89, Mullings remembers how, in 1957, he moved to Ratón and took a job…
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Above: Arron Shiver plays Jesse Lirette in his film Cortez . WITH EASY ACCESS TO DIGITAL VIDEO, almost anyone can whip up a short movie these days. But Arron Shiver chose to dig deep—into his…
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Above: Great books for holiday gift giving. ART AND CULTURE BORDERLESS The Art of Luis Tapia Edited by Carmella Padilla (Museum of Latin American Art) Few artists can lay claim to successfully…
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