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Chef Shout-Outs

Andrée Falls

Andrée Falls

Meet the chef: Andrée FallsAmerican culinary expert James Beard is quoted as saying, “Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.” Sage Bakehouse owner/baker Andrée Falls agrees. She offers 14...

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Nathan Mayes

Nathan Mayes

Meet the chef: Nathan MayesPaloma Owner Marja Martin feels that she hosts a dinner party every night at her intimate Santa Fe restaurant on South Guadalupe Street. “I enjoy having people come into my space, and to have them greeted warmly,” She said, adding that Chef...

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Paulraj Karuppasamy

Paulraj Karuppasamy

Meet the chef: Paulraj KaruppasamyChef Paulraj Karuppasamy and his wife and business partner, Nellie Tischler, own and operate Paper Dosa, a restaurant specializing in South Indian Cuisine. Located at 551 West Cordova Road, the menu offers dishes with lamb and chicken...

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Recipes

Braised lamb shanks with turnips, greens, and lemon

Braised lamb shanks with turnips, greens, and lemon

It’s a great time at the market for winter greens and root vegetables, especially hakurei turnips – those beautiful, small white Japanese turnips – and baby red beets. At a recent market, I bought a bunch of each from El Guique Farm and went home and pulled a...

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TOMATO TARTINE

TOMATO TARTINE

Ingredients 1 loaf Sage Bakehouse Kalamate Olive bread, sliced 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 Local Heirloom Tomato, sliced 2 oz.  Mozzarella Curd Coarse Sea Salt and Coarse Black Pepper PREPARATION Put the slice of bread under the broiler and toast it until...

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Ribollita, also known as bean, vegetable, and bread stew

Ribollita, also known as bean, vegetable, and bread stew

Many varieties of dried beans are available at our farmers’ market throughout the year. I keep a supply in my pantry, supplemented by beans I purchase from Rancho Gordo, a Santa Rosa business that’s a great source of heirloom beans. Beans are inexpensive, nutritious,...

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Farmer Spotlights

Seeding The Future with Plant Starts

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...

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Articles

Chicken or Egg?

Chicken or Egg?

Mary Dixon of Green Tractor Farm Reads to Children at the Santa Fe Public Library's Southside Branch with the Assistance of her grandson Major, who was visiting from New York City. Photo: Janice MayerThis year, the chicken or egg paradox is on everyone’s lips. Parents...

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