Over the New Year’s holiday, Arne, my mom, and I went to New York to visit my brother Jeff, his wife Ashley, and their new baby girl, Rory. We took the JetBlue redeye flight – a direct flight that leaves Albuquerque just before midnight and arrives at Kennedy airport at 6:00 in the morning. I’d…
Eating ABQ: Nosh Jewish Deli and Bakery
UPDATE: Nosh closed in January 2016, and is still sorely missed. Albuquerque foodies bemoan certain holes in the culinary landscape. The first to come up in such a conversation is almost always Ethiopian. Tied for second, in my experience, are really great casual Italian and a good Jewish deli. Well, we can finally cross one…
Eating ABQ: Pop Fizz
Is it wishful thinking, or is there a whiff of fall in the air? There’s something in the sound of the wind, an autumnal rustling. If you look closely, a few trees are sporting clumps of yellow leaves. And green chile is starting to appear in CSA baskets and at the farmer’s market. Just one…
Burritos at Santa Fe’s El Parasol
Arne and I spent this 4th of July in Woodland Park, CO, with his parents. We try to get up there every summer. It was a lovely trip, with cool weather, beautiful thunderstorms, a trip to glorious Eleven Mile Canyon, and lots of hanging out. And a little bit of work. Arne’s parents own a…
Friday Food Truck Pod and Pod Schedule
It seems like not a day passes lately without interesting news from our Albuquerque food trucks. The proprietors are trying out all kinds of new things, making their presence known at festivals (The Seasonal Palate will be at this weekend’s Celtic Festival) and workplaces (Intel), hospitals (Lovelace Women’s, UNM Cancer Center), coffee shops (Michael Thomas)…
Exciting Changes in the ABQ Food Truck Scene
It’s a really exciting time for food-truck fans in the Duke City. New trucks join the fleet on what seems a weekly basis. One I’ve been desperate to try is The Scottish Pie Shop. Exactly what it sounds like, this pie shop on wheels sells a variety of meat pies, plus a few related items:…
Loafing in La Paz, part 2
One of the many quiet delights of the CostaBaja resort in La Paz is strolling around its little marina, which we did every night we were there. There were some gorgeous and expensive boats there – in fact, we saw Steve Jobs’s yacht, Venus, anchored offshore. (Expensive Venus definitely is; “gorgeous” is very much up…
Loafing in La Paz, part 1
A few weeks ago, Arne and I fulfilled a long-standing dream of visiting a tropical paradise. After some time poring over guidebooks and websites, we had chosen to visit La Paz, Mexico. A few hours by shuttle from Los Cabos on the Baja peninsula, La Paz sits on the coast of the Sea of Cortez….
Eating ABQ: Nexus Brewery
I apologize. I’ve known about Nexus for months now and I haven’t told you about it. I have a good reason, I swear! The problem is that the food is too good. The first three times I went, I demolished half my plate before remembering to take pictures. We first went to Nexus after I…
Eating ABQ: Soo Bak Korean Food Truck
It was a bright, chilly Sunday afternoon on a vegetarian week. We were headed home, very hungry and eager for a quick vegetarian lunch. Too hungry, we thought, to manage a decision-making process, we drove to Nob Hill and parked on Tulane just down the block from Tractor Brewing, intending to hit up whatever place…