Harvey Morrow and I were driving through the fields of Hatch, New Mexico. I didn't know it at the time but the Morrow family owns hundreds of acres in the southern New Mexico Valley, enough to have become a top grower of chiles, onions and a variety of ot...

We just returned from the Fiery Foods Show, held again in Albuquerque, New Mexico and I had a lot of people asking for the hottest chile pepper we offered. I smiled, not at their extreme passion for scoville units, but because I couldn't supply them with...

The weather is changing. Finally, the outdoor season is in sight and if you're like me, there will be all sorts of parties to attend. The pool is calling, kids will soon be out of school and I'm looking great in my new swim trucks! Well, not really, but I...

We were in the kitchen and as usual, I was relegated to the mundane duty of opening wine. In this house, there was only one cook. I was the sampler, occasionally invited to stir a pot while she chopped garlic in artistic style, again insisting that the ...

At the recent Fiery Foods and Barbecue show in Albuquerque, we made enough Santa Fe Chicken to serve 5000 guests. If this seems like a daunting task, well, you're right. When other vendors were opening bags of chips to serve with their salsa, we stuck to ...

With quick advances in the information age, we're inundated with questions. Will interest rates stay low? Can Obama beat Hilary? How did UCLA lose to Memphis? Will Brett Farve stay retired? I'm getting exhausted with all the questions, but one that always...

I'd visited New Mexico three times before I finally tasted Carne Adovada. It must have had something to do with taste bud maturity, because in those days, I went for the green chile all the way. After I'd finally experienced this amazing dish, I nearly cr...

School Night enchiladas wasn't the creative endeavor most people think. Rather, this recipe is a father's desperate attempt to juggle work, family and quality food. In the middle of the week, when the final straw may be to cook a meal, I had to come up wi...