Pie Town is a tiny little community located about 20 miles west of Datil, New Mexico. The town was named after a baker in the 1920s that made pies. Pies so good, the town was named after it. So you can bet when I heard this town was holding its annual Pie Festival, I was […]
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6 Tips for a Successful Pie Fest
Tips for a Successful Family Outing to the Pie Festival The Pie Town Pie Festival has a website with a list of activities and times. While the sign up for the pie eating contests begin at 9 a.m., there’s no reason to get there right on time to sign up. You can sign up right […]
Read morePie Town – Pie Eating Contest
Ever since my seven-year-old nephew, Little Trickster, learned he would be returning to the Pie Festival in Pie Town, New Mexico, he talked about nothing but winning the children’s pie eating contest. Turns out, last year he lost due to a hand raising technicality. A similar travesty was the fate of Sir Leopold Chestnut, SECOND […]
Read moreBandelier Cliff Dwellings & Valles Caldera
Dwelling in the Cliffs — Our daytrip to Bandelier National Monument and Valles Caldera In order to keep from moving up a weight class (or two), Team EatingNewMexico decided to take Labor Day weekend off from our culinary exploits and get in some much needed hiking. We chose to brave the crowds and drive to Bandelier […]
Read moreMaking French Truffles at Joliesse Chocolates
Joliesse Chocolates 6855 4th St NW | Los Ranchos de Albuquerque I’ll openly admit at least two of my most major addictions — chocolate and Groupon. This little adventure fed into both of those particular indulgences, and I assure you I would have satisfied each of those cravings again had they not been related. I […]
Read moreUnique Pie: Green Chile Cheddar Apple. Dessert? Lunch? Yes!
Apple Pie + Cheddar + Green Chile = A spicy yum! By “old-fashioned” I mean I gleaned the starter apple pie recipe from the pages of a Better Homes & Gardens cookbook circa 1968. Well-worn Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook Better Homes & Gardens, Perfect Apple Pie Recipe. There’s food & stuff on the page. Because I […]
Read moreLizard Tail Brewing – ABQ
9800 Montgomery Blvd NE | Albuquerque The third time is a charm, or at least that’s the hope for Lizard Tail, one of Albuquerque’s newest brewery arrivals. I recently stumbled into the former residence of both Bad Ass and Farside Brewing to be check out the new home of Lizard Tail. Though they weren’t scheduled to officially open […]
Read moreCaramel Apple Piñon Ice Cream
If you recall, I proclaimed my love for the piñon previously, in my recipe for Banana Piñon Muffins. So it may come as no surprise that my second recipe on this blog has piñons in it. The next one probably won’t, but really I can make no promises. This recipe started out with a simple idea: It’s summer! […]
Read moreIt’s Green Chile Season in New Mexico!
It began about a week ago. Outside of grocery stores all across New Mexico, yellow tape cordoned off propane tanks. Empty one-room buildings near the sides of the road began to teem with life. Trucks pulled off in fields of dirt, and men and women gathered red chile ristras to decorate their truck beds. Cardboard […]
Read moreHiking the Slopes at Sandia Peak
“So there’s no trail?” I ask, scratching at my legs. The waist-high grass is blowing in a sporadic breeze, making me itch. I swat at a tiny winged insect buzzing around my right ear. Then another, or maybe the same one. They’re tenacious, these bugs. I look up at our goal: Sandia Peak, 10,400 feet seemingly […]
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