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In Issue 07, you’ll arrive at the heart of southern New Mexico’s high desert, in the city of Las Cruces. Settle beneath the open skies, and share a meal with the home cooks of the region—among them, a generational chile farmer, an artist exploring traditional Mexican dishes, an outdoor adventurer passionate about crafting nourishing meals, and a sourdough hobbyist whose curiosity grew into a life rooted in the land.
Stretching across both sides of the Rio Grande, the city, located in the Mesilla Valley, is a place where flavor carries history, where generations of growers have learned how to listen to this landscape, and where the meals that are made reflect both land and the hands that tend to it.
In Las Cruces, the community shows up in everyday acts of care. Farmers bring milk to local shops, home cooks wrap burritos in fresh-pressed tortillas to feed the crews building and shaping the town, and recipes passed down through generations teach families how to make nourishing meals with what they have.
