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Chef Shout-Outs
Nestor Pereira
Meet the chef: Nestor PereiraRecently we caught up with 1999 Regional Classic James Beard Award recipient Katharine Kagel, who is the Owner of Café Pasqual’s (121 Don Gaspar, Santa Fe). For more than 40 years, her restaurant has been “serving the very best ingredients...
Estevan Garcia
Meet the chef: Estevan GarciaOn any given Saturday Farmers’ Market at the Railyard, shoppers might spot one of Santa Fe’s outstanding chefs. None is more beloved than Executive Chef Estevan Garcia, a native son and chef-owner of estevan restaurante. Raised in Santa...
Lois Ellen Frank
Meet the chef: Lois Ellen FrankChef Lois Ellen Frank began her career as a professional cook and organic gardener and now is also a Native foods historian, author, and photographer. She has spent over 25 years documenting foods and life ways of Native American tribes...
Recipes
White bean, tuna, and celery salad
I love beans, all kinds of beans, and keep my pantry stocked with a variety from the market and from Rancho Gordo, the wonderful heirloom bean purveyor in Santa Rosa, California. When this recipe from the “Eat Voraciously” series of The Washington Post appeared in my...
Ratatouille: from Julia Child’s master recipe in The Way to Cook
‘Tis the season for ratatouille. All the ingredients are appearing in abundance at the market. My favorite recipe is Julia Child’s in The Way to Cook. My experience accords with hers, that the best ratatouilles entail cooking the vegetables separately because they...
Skillet-grilled round steak and blistered shishito peppers
Shishito peppers are abundant at the market these days from a number of farmers. I like to blister them in olive oil in a cast-iron skillet, let them cool to room temperature, and serve them as appetizers. I also like blistering them and eating them with a beef...
Farmer Spotlights
Seeding The Future with Plant Starts
Nothing points to the arrival of spring more than the appearance of plant seedlings at the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market. Whether you refer to them as starts, seedlings, or baby plants, they are in abundance at the Saturday Railyard Market this month. Ric Gaudet of One...
Grace, Flexibility, and a Good Night’s Sleep: Val Wilson’s Secrets of Success
The popular proverb, “if you want something done, ask a busy person” fits New Mexico native Val Wilson to a ‘T’. Wife to Grant, mother of two elementary school children, poultry and pig farmer, Director of Veterinary Operations for Animal Humane New Mexico and a newly...
The “Good Humor Lady” of the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market: A Profile of Coral Clark
Growing up on the small island of Harbor View, Connecticut (population 112) Coral Clark learned the qualities of self-sufficiency, inventiveness, and community-mindedness. These characteristics combined to make her the successful weaver, knitter, and farmer that she...
Articles
Dynamic Duo: Cousins Brenda and Jennifer Fresquez
Brenda Fresquez, David Fresquez, and Jennifer Fresquez representingMonte Vista Farm at the Santa Fe Farmers' MarketChanneling limited water resources for crop irrigation is a challenge for New Mexican farmers. However, there is no scarcity of talent at Monte Vista...
Celebrating Female Farmers and Producers During Women’s History Month
Gayle Ice has been farming on her certified organic and acequia-irrigated farm for over 30 years. Named a Farmer All Star in 2012, Ice’s Organic Farm has been represented at the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market since 1994.The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) website...
In Praise of Heritage Grains
by Christine SalemThe Tibetan Purple Barley is more than ready for the combine.A mini-combine, imported from China, is better able to maneuver in northern New Mexico’s small fields.Volunteers helping to hand-harvest Rebel rye.Northern New Mexico was once the...
