We went to Santa Fe last week, thinking we would enjoy some clear blue skies and some beautiful hikes and some of those 20-mile vistas you just can't get on the East Coast. What we didn't bargain for is that the highlight of our trip would be the breakfast table. It was like our world had suddenly flipped and -- what the? -- the morning meal became the thing we looked forward to. I realize a statement like this is going to make some people upset, but I think New Mexico might be -- apologies to San Francisco, Austin, Portland, etc. -- the Greatest Breakfast Place on Earth. (Also, relatedly, Home to the Greatest Hangover Food on Earth.) Every morning, we'd go out hard and ingest a terrifying amount of food -- enough food to power us through the day and make lunch a moot point. Enough eggs and cheese to make my arteries groan. Enough green chiles to make me wonder why we don't have green chiles every morning. The winner of the week? A very close call, but if we had to pick, we'll go with this griddled polenta with fresh corn, crumbled chorizo, scrambled eggs, cilantro, and red chiles, from
Ode to the New Mexico Breakfast
Ode to the New Mexico Breakfast
Ode to the New Mexico Breakfast
We went to Santa Fe last week, thinking we would enjoy some clear blue skies and some beautiful hikes and some of those 20-mile vistas you just can't get on the East Coast. What we didn't bargain for is that the highlight of our trip would be the breakfast table. It was like our world had suddenly flipped and -- what the? -- the morning meal became the thing we looked forward to. I realize a statement like this is going to make some people upset, but I think New Mexico might be -- apologies to San Francisco, Austin, Portland, etc. -- the Greatest Breakfast Place on Earth. (Also, relatedly, Home to the Greatest Hangover Food on Earth.) Every morning, we'd go out hard and ingest a terrifying amount of food -- enough food to power us through the day and make lunch a moot point. Enough eggs and cheese to make my arteries groan. Enough green chiles to make me wonder why we don't have green chiles every morning. The winner of the week? A very close call, but if we had to pick, we'll go with this griddled polenta with fresh corn, crumbled chorizo, scrambled eggs, cilantro, and red chiles, from