Blog entries tagged restaurants

Ceviche from the Hotel California

Dave DeWitt — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:25:14 +0100

Las Aguilas, or the Mexican Eagles, on the roof of the Hotel California in Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, proving once again that Mexicans have a great sense of humor. The rumor that Don Henley stayed at the hotel and wrote his famous song there is just not true. "I can tell you unequivocally tha...

Restaurant Review: Break an Egg, Las Cruces

Dave DeWitt — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:29:56 +0100

At this fairly new restaurant, the idea and decor are better than the food. But what a great idea! The name is a pun on that stage encouragement, "Break a leg," so the restaurant (breakfast and lunch only) has a movie theme. Film...

Ciudad Juárez Then and Now

Dave DeWitt — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:31:53 +0100

I used to spend a lot of time in Juárez back when it was one of my favorite Mexican cities. Back in the late '70s, I was producing custom car shows at the El Paso Civic Cent...

Abuelita's Killer Red Chile

Dave DeWitt — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:54:52 +0100

I never imagined that a single red chile enchilada could burn me out. After all, I've been eating New Mexican red chile enchiladas for 35 years, and although some red chile sauces are hotter than others, they usually run medium-hot at th...

U.S. Food Much Spicier Since 1970s

Dave DeWitt — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:16:38 +0100

The consumption of spices in the United States has exploded almost three times as fast as the population over the past several decades, data from the USDA reveals. Some of that spicy increase is due to the changing demographics of America—immigrant populations fom Mexi...

Spicy Italia 1

Dave DeWitt — Mon, 10 May 2010 06:00:00 +0100

When we arrived in northern Italy, we were not expecting torrential rains and flooding, so we were relieved when the rains ended and we were greeted with a rain...

Meeting with the King--Again

Dave DeWitt — Sat, 01 May 2010 11:38:18 +0100

Soon we will be in London for another event with Pat Chapman, England's King of Curries, on May 15 (read all about it, here). Pat and I go back a long ways. He's come to Albuquerque several times to make appearances at the Fiery Foods & BBQ Show and once created (with wife ...

Barbados in Zagat

Dave DeWitt — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:32:43 +0100

When I read that the only Caribbean island with its own Zagat Restaurant Guide is Barbados, I flashed back to our trip to that highly civilized country that is run like a business. The Barbados Tourist Authority wanted MJ and I to experience the best their count...

Big Flavors in the Big Apple

Dave DeWitt — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:50:09 +0100

While in New York with Mary Jane, I gave an address about the new book to the Horticultural Society of New York and autographed some copies while everyone was eating spicy burritos. That was fun, of course, but even tastier were some of our restaurant adventures. I was on a seafood binge at first, dining on grilled octopus and Loup de Mer (wolf of the sea=seabass) at Milos, here, a Greek seafood place on W. 55th. Later, at a Brittany-style French brasserie, M...

James of SpicyRV.com Beats the Four Horsemen Burger Challenge

Dave DeWitt — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:18:23 +0100

It's "Fiery Foods Show or Bust" as James Beck and his cohorts drive the Spicy RV from Houston to Albuquerque. Spicy RV’s first Friday night we descended upon Chunky’s Burgers in San Antonio, Texas. It would be safe to say Chunky’s was catapulted to national fame when Adam Ri...

Rick Browne's New Book Project

Dave DeWitt — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:10:07 +0100

My good friend, Rick Browne of "Barbecue America" on PBS, has launched a new project entitled A Century of Restaurants and because he has to travel to 100-year-old (and older!) restaurants all over the country and photograph them, he needs help funding the project. He has found a publisher an...

Super-Spicy Cocktails by Alexis Korman

Dave DeWitt — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:21:31 +0100

Here in New York, the temperature has taken a nosedive for the winter, which makes me wonder, is that why I'm seeing so many scorching hot cocktails around town these days? As a major hub of mixology, I’ve noticed that Manhattan’s finest b...

On a Personal Note...

Dave DeWitt — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:03:44 +0100

I have been exchanging emails with chilehead Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, who just bought a copy of The Complete Chile Pepper Book. He writes, "Got the complete chile pepper book in the mail today...nic...

New Ideas with Barbecue

Dave DeWitt — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:36:12 +0100

Yes, barbecue has a great historical tradition and many BBQ cooks use techniques several hundred years old. That said, you can't keep restaurateurs from experimenting. Here's what innovative restaurant chefs are doing with barbecue these days.

BBQ Omelet ($9.50): Slow-roasted pulled pork and...

Am I a Food Elitist?

Dave DeWitt — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:00:00 +0100

A recent post entitled "How Restaurants Lose Customers," here, generated the most number of page views and comments so far on the new SuperSite Fiery Front Page launched last September. In one of the comments, John Marks criticizes the post, which of course is his right to do. But I'm going to briefly discuss his objections.

"What's the problem? Restaurants can serve sou...

How Restaurants Lose Customers

Dave DeWitt — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:00:00 +0100

July 30, 2009

I went to one of my favorite Albuquerque restaurants, St. Clair Winery & Bistro, for lunch and because of what happened, and how I was treated, I will never return. Before I explain the details, let me say that I am a huge supporter of local restaurants. For example, I have eaten lunch at The Quarters on Yale about once a week for 35 years...