Photos by Jack Parsons; Text by Carmella Padilla
(Museum of New Mexico Press)
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Photos by Jack Parsons; Text by Carmella Padilla (Museum of New Mexico Press) |
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| The Chile Chronicles reveals the rich history and contemporary culture of chile-consumption and preparation in New Mexico, the largest producer of chile in the United States. The book traces chile from its South American origins to its development as an agricultural mainstay in New Mexico to its modern incarnation as the basis for a high-tech chile science. In New Mexico, chile is about pungency, taste, texture, and color, but more than anything else, chile is about culture. | |||||||||||||||
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| Jim Lytle Jr. proudly displayes red chile grown at Lytle Farms. | |||||||||||||||
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| Chile harvest at Cervantes Enterprises, Vado, NM. | |||||||||||||||
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| Baskets of chile from Rudy Herrera’s farm. | |||||||||||||||