A few weeks ago we were walking through Nob Hill when an intriguing flyer in the window of Scalo caught my eye. Nantucket Shoals, the best fish market in Albuquerque – really, the only standalone fish market – was hosting a popup dinner at Elaine’s restaurant. The menu was posted on the flyer, and it…
The Great New Mexico Food Truck Festival
Last Saturday morning dawned misty and overcast, with the kind of persistent drizzle that one doesn’t often see in Albuquerque. After an incredibly dry March, I thought it was going to be a terrible, soggy day for the Great New Mexican Food Truck Festival. Of course, I should have known better. By noon, as we…
The New Mexico Food Truck Festival Is Coming!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted about food trucks. I love them, but in Albuquerque it’s hard to keep track of them. (Oh, how I wish we had food-truck pods like Portland does!) For one day in April, however, we Burqueños will do food-truck pods one better. Instead of a parking lot, we’ll have…
Eating Chicago: Osteria di Eataly
Last weekend I was in Chicago for BlogHer Food ’15. They kept us busy with keynotes and breakouts and meals and sponsors, all on the Gold level of the downtown Hyatt, which was nice enough – but underground. So chances to actually see Chicago (or the sky!) were few. One chance came on Saturday with…
Off to BlogHer Food ’15!
I’m heading off tomorrow to this year’s BlogHer Food conference, in Chicago. (The photo above is from the last one I attended, 2013’s Austin conference.) It should be a great weekend. Last time I came home full of excitement and ideas, with a few new friends and a bag full of swag. Also full of…
Back from BlogHer Food!
I just had an adventure. I’ve been to conferences before: a couple in college, several related to my current day job. But none of them were anything like BlogHer Food. I’ll start with the people. They were almost all women, and most of them were very friendly. (I only met a couple of men, and…
Matanza!
Ah, my vegetarian readers. You know I love you, don’t you? I do. I promise. Now, you might want to go away for this one. The same goes for anyone with religious or other proscriptions against eating pork. Because what I’m talking about today is a matanza, which is quite simply an orgy of pig-eating….