Tons of New Content Posted!

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    We’ve been busy of late posting lots of interesting new articles on the SuperSite.  Check out: Kobe: Not Bryant, but the best beef you’ve never tasted, here. Tabasco: 135-year-old bottle uncovered, here. Chile Growing: Turn your basement in a pod-producing garden, here. Stovetop Smoking: Baby, it’s cold outside, so smoke indoors, here. Tasty Travel: Singapore Sling, here.  

Jalapeños Alive and Hot in Mexico

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 Nancy Gerlach reports from Yucatán:  I never thought I’d miss New Mexico chile so soon, but I do. The only fresh green chiles that are available here are poblanos. Of coarse we do get fresh jalapeños, habaneros, xcatik, and serranos. Last week I made a batch of my barbecue sauce substituting guajillos for the NM red and it didn’t have …

Judging the Scovie Awards–The Inside Story

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to taste and judge about a hundred fiery foods and barbecue products in four hours?  Well, food writer Larry Greenly has been doing it for years as one of our expert judges.  He gives the inside story of what it’s like, here.

New Mexico Book Awards

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Saturday night at the NMBA Banquet, I was thrilled to learn that I had one won two awards, Best Cookbook for Cuisines of the Southwest (Golden West Publishers), and Best Novel–Adventure or Drama for Avenging Victorio (Rio Grande Books). It’s just my 15 seconds of fame, but it sure felt great! Time constraints prevented me from delivering my winner’s speech: …