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Wednesday, November 23,2011
Food Writing

Taos Volt

An Alcalde distiller taps Taos for a local whiskey

Zane Fischer
Legend has it that Simeon Turley’s mill, in Arroyo Hondo near Taos, did great business in the 1840s selling a wheat-based whiskey to travelers, soldiers and wandering mountain men.
Wednesday, November 16,2011
Food Writing

Eating Wrong

Judgment Day: Looking top chefs in the eye ain’t easy

Zane Fischer
Stalking and killing your food is much tougher than donning sweatpants and hunting the grocery store aisles for meat. The process can be time-consuming and messy, but it comes down looking a being in the eye and making a life or death choice.
Wednesday, November 9,2011
Food Writing

Famous and Cheesy

KFC loves America and vice versa, which sucks

Zane Fischer
I’ve been a fan of theoretical à la carte cable television for years because I never understood that you had to buy the whole package just to get the good part. Mostly, access the internet provides
Tuesday, November 1,2011
Food Writing

Food Fight

Beneath the Harvest Festival crust

Zane Fischer
If you are unsure of what exactly the Santa Fe Harvest Festival is, you are not alone. When I think of a harvest festival, I imagine stacks of hay and pumpkins, long wagon rides and naively hot farmers’ daughters—none of which are part of this inaugural festival.
Thursday, October 27,2011
Food Writing

Safe Word: Pasao

Pasao brings a new dimension to green chile

Karla Helland
Dear Hot Hatch, Our relationship is just not as fresh as it used to be. I’ve grown accustomed to having you whenever and wherever I want: in morning burritos or late night quesadillas, at sushi bars
Wednesday, October 19,2011
Food Writing

Major Tomme

Your croquette’s red; there’s nothing wrong

Zane Fischer
Tomme, the new restaurant that has opened on the downtown corner vacated by Louie’s Corner Café, makes so much sense that I worry it may be a little ahead of its time.
Wednesday, October 12,2011
Food Writing

Rista-ctions

Don’t let good chiles go bad

Zane Fischer
The scent of roasting chiles in autumn is one of the great pleasures of New Mexico. It’s a sign of nature’s annual cycle as sure as the turning of the Aspens. 
Tuesday, October 4,2011
Food Writing

Light Show

Agave Lounge takes the stage

Zane Fischer
I would have been pissed if Agave Lounge hadn’t any mezcal. Too many tequila bars ignore the less refined, purer and more flavorful product of the agave plant, so if a joint called Agave Lounge had given it a pass, I would have gotten my bitch on.
Wednesday, September 28,2011
Food Writing

Eating Wrong

Do-Nut Right

Zane Fischer

One of the unwritten but inalienable rights of Americans is to take rare and rich treats and transform them into objects of everyday gluttony.


Wednesday, September 21,2011
Food Writing

Eating Wrong

San Q Very Much

Zane Fischer
Anyone who strayed from the Plaza during the week of Fiesta de Santa Fé may have been momentarily alarmed by the taiko drumming that briefly dominated Burro Alley.
 
 
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