Sep 7 2010

Hatch Chile Festival

Fresh Green Chilies at the Hatch Valley Chile Festival

Fresh Green Chilies at the Hatch Valley Chile Festival

Ever since I left Denver, Colorado in August 2002 and made my way to Brooklyn, there is only one thing I really missed: green chilies.  Sorry East coasters, you don’t know what I am talking about unless you happened to spend some time in the Southwest and indulged in the these delicious, hot, and meaty green peppers.  This love and constant craving finally drove me to hit up the Hatch Valley Chile Festival in the tiny town of Hatch, New Mexico this year.  › Continue reading


Jun 30 2009

Craving: Shredded Pork Burrito

pork-burritoWhile spending time with my grandmother in Denver, Colorado, we did what we usually do–we went out to lunch.  This is always an event because my grandmother can never make up her mind about what she wants to eat.  So this time, I merely said “Mexican” and she twittered about this new place that had opened up in one of her favorite, now defunct, breakfast spots in Aurora.  › Continue reading