The Chile Chronicles is a colorful visual and cultural tour through the fields, homes, and markets of New Mexico, exploring the lives and livelihoods that depend on this famous food. It documents twelve farms and farm families and the trials and triumphs of those who both depend upon and preserve this unique way of life. Just as the grape is central to the Napa and Loire Valleys, the chile is inseparable from the landscape of New Mexico. Long chile ristras, the smell of roasting chile, lush irrigated fields dotted with red, spicy hot posole, and green chile stew continue to attract newcomers and sustain a four-century tradition that is still going strong. New Mexico chile is enjoyed and savored nationally. It is a $300-million industry that involves science, economics, and enterprise. It is this fascinating tension between culture and commerce, history and progress that nurtures the chile phenomenon. With over 175 color photographs, The Chile Chronicles takes the reader on a splendid tour along the Rio Grande Valley, from the vast pepper fields of the south to the boutique chile farms of the north, all the while tying the present chile boom to the traditions that root it to New Mexico's past.

The Chile Chronicles: Tales of a New Mexico Harvest

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Padilla, Carmella

Gardening & Landscape Design

Museum of New Mexico Pr

The Chile Chronicles is a colorful visual and cultural tour through the fields, homes, and markets of New Mexico, exploring the lives and livelihoods that depend on this famous food. It documents twelve farms and farm families and the trials and triumphs of those who both depend upon and preserve this unique way of life. Just as the grape is central to the Napa and Loire Valleys, the chile is inseparable from the landscape of New Mexico. Long chile ristras, the smell of roasting chile, lush irrigated fields dotted with red, spicy hot posole, and green chile stew continue to attract newcomers and sustain a four-century tradition that is still going strong. New Mexico chile is enjoyed and savored nationally. It is a $300-million industry that involves science, economics, and enterprise. It is this fascinating tension between culture and commerce, history and progress that nurtures the chile phenomenon. With over 175 color photographs, The Chile Chronicles takes the reader on a splendid tour along the Rio Grande Valley, from the vast pepper fields of the south to the boutique chile farms of the north, all the while tying the present chile boom to the traditions that root it to New Mexico's past.

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Regional & International

Museum of New Mexico Press

Low 'n Slow: Lowriding in New Mexico: Lowriding in New Mexico

This colorful volume is a celebration of the customized lowrider cars that are a vital part of a particular Hispanic subculture in New Mexico. They have amazing custom paint jobs, upholstery, steering wheels, and even murals on the hood, trunk, or sides. Parsons has photographed many of these cars and their owners, capturing them in the New Mexico landscape of adobe churches and wide blue skies. Padilla's text complements the photographs with profiles of the cars' owners and creators, and Arellano's dialogs in lowrider slang give the reader a taste of the lifestyle. The exceptional photographs evoke a uniquely New Mexican experience that will capture the interest of many readers.

Low 'N Slow: Lowriding in New Mexico

Engineering & Transportation

Parsons, Jack

Arellano, Juan Estevan

Automotive

Arts & Photography

Juan Estevan, Arellano

History & Criticism

El Rancho de las Golondrinas (The Ranch of the Swallows), a Spanish Colonial living history museum located in La Ciénega, New Mexico, just south of Santa Fe, has enchanted and educated visitors with its natural beauty, annual festivals, and special events since its establishment as a museum in 1972. This book gives an account of the museum, including biographical sketches, histories, and photographs.

El Rancho de las Golondrinas: Living History in New Mexico’s La Ciénega Valley: Living History in New Mexico’s La Ciénega Valley

History

Americas

Eliseo Rodriguez: El Sexto Pintor

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

This book gives new insight into the vitality of the Spanish Colonial art tradition as a connector of cultures worldwide and argues for the relevance of Spanish Colonial art as both a powerful document of the past and a living tradition in the modern age.

Conexiones: Connections in Spanish Colonial Art

Pierce, Donna

Donna, Pierce

Museum of Spanish Colonial Art

The Work of Art: Folk Artists in the 21st Century: Folk Artists in the 21st Century

This book presents interviews with folk artists from around the world who use their handmade traditions to overcome poverty, gender inequity, environmental degradation, ethnic conflict, and limited opportunities for political, educational, and social advancement.

IFAA Media

This book presents interviews with folk artists from around the world who use their handmade traditions to overcome poverty, gender inequity, environmental degradation, ethnic conflict, and limited opportunities for political, educational, and social advancement.

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