Most Americans didn’t notice that our once-great nation officially died on Nov. 30. We were too fattened up on the unnaturally plump and juicy meat of factory-farmed Thanksgiving turkeys to notice the US Senate passing the Food Safety Modernization Act (S510) in a rare display of bipartisan unity.

Despite the recent spate of summer that has intruded into our winter and filled skiers’ dreams with nightmarish visions of global warming and wasted season passes, the pending New Year is still a

A new mezcal, born in a secret, dingy rabbit hole of a bar in Guatemala, will soon share the shelves with Del Maguey and open new doors for brave libators.

When SFR broke the news on Nov. 24 that generally beloved Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano had resigned in light of a state police investigation into property embezzlement, it hit county residents like a shrapnel shower from a hidden roadside bomb. But it's no surprise.

When you find yourself knee-deep in incoming orders, with hot fry oil splattering your hands and batter exploding across your chest like a doughy gunshot wound, you start thinking that line work in a restaurant kitchen is not an easy job.

One man having a hissy fit is not a story. One man having a hissy fit—because, in his elitist view, temporary chalk art in the service of large-scale, inclusive community event should not taint downtown Santa Fe—is a crybaby.

A proper food journalist would no doubt offer up a Thanksgiving-related article at this time of year. But it’s hard to focus with a new food cart in a vintage 1967 Airstream just a few blocks from the SFR offices.

Noted food writer Michael Pollan’s advice to the world is to “eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Pollan’s advice has a whole different meaning for members of Overeaters Anonymous, the organization that provides community for people with eating issues, and uses the familiar 12 steps of other dependency-related programs.

It’s that time of year again—no, not Thanksgiving, not winter, not bear-hunting season—when Travel Leisure magazine’s survey results of America’s Favorite Cities set people all atwitter with passion and dismay. But Santa Fe appears not to gain nor lose rankings due to its proposed panhandling ordinance.

There’s a lot of talk in hoity-toity restaurants and among foodies these days about “nose to tail” dining. This sort of talk should not be discouraged; it’s only good for chefs and diners alike.