[La Lydia]

http://www.eskimo.com/~sockeye/nm/lamesachope.html

[JRandomFreeper]

Reading that review made me wonder what it would take to get me back into that part of the country. I guess I'll have to wait until gas prices drop and the economy improves, but Dear Lord, I love that Northern NM real food.

I'm a culinary school grad and tend to walk out back of the kitchen door and talk to the cooks on smoke breaks.

I've made a lot of good friends in Northern NM, and done some gratis (fill in for vacationing cooks, etc) cooking up there, to keep my hand in the business, and to humbly learn how THEY cook their food that I love so well.

I'm harvesting green chilis this week here in Texas, and had fresh smoked/grilled pork and green chili in the form of Navajo open-face tacos. The rest of that pork will go into tamales tomorrow, served with fresh green chili gravy.

/johnny