This city’s serene beauty is a backdrop for famous breakfast burritos, red chile enchiladas, and inventive modern New Mexican cooking.
Heard It Through the Grapevine … or Wheat Field
While food is essential to our existence, we mustnt forget about the wine and beer! Spanish missionaries planted the first grapevines in New Mexico in 1629, making the Rio Grande Valley the oldest wine-making region in the country. Patrons 21 and older will love touring and tasting their way through our local wineries and breweries, or enjoying the local wine and beer at Albuquerques restaurants. There are new locations popping up all the time, so be sure to test one out while you’re in town. Local tour companies also offer wine- and beer-tasting tours on a regular basis. Check out the Calendar of Events to learn more.
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Gruet Winerys Brut named to the list of “Top 50 Sparkling Wines to Try Before You Quit Drinking,” InToWine.com
“New Mexico made history as the first state to appoint an official state cookie.” Our biscochitos are a popular regional dessert described in “The USAs Best Regional Desserts,” Huffington Post
What Is New Mexican Cuisine?
For nearly 500 years, cooks here have been blending Native American foods—like blue corn and squash—with chile peppers, wheat flour, pork and other ingredients that the Spanish settlers brought with them from Europe and Mexico. The result is what we now know as New Mexican cuisine. Today the smoke-kissed flavor of freshly roasted green chiles and the earthy fruitiness of red chile sauce are essential to our favorite dishes, such as breakfast burritos, stacked enchiladas and stuffed sopaipillas.
You will quickly learn to answer your Albuquerque servers question of “red or green?” with authority. Say “Christmas” if you want to sample both red and green chile, and dont be afraid to ask for the chile on the side if youre not sure. For an authentic taste of Native American fare, head to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center to sample frybread, posole (hominy stew with chile) and other traditional feast day foods.
Albuquerque restaurant makes fifth appearance on Food Network
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