Issue Four: Noodles
Cover Art by Izumi Yokoyama
Born in Niigata, Japan, Izumi Yokoyama is a multimedia artist who lives in Taos, New Mexico. Working in ink-pen drawings, installations, murals, and interactive community projects, her creative process is significantly influenced by Japanese culture and desert stories.
editor’s note
“This is a portrait of the noodle in New Mexico; a portrait of how a long string of dough, served in a soup or smothered in sauce, serves as a conduit of sustenance and warmth and memory. It’s a glimpse into the ways an ancient technology, designed to be saturated with flavor and to tangle on the plate, twist and slide, break with a bite, can be slurped deep into the mantle and magma of your belly and your bones. It’s a map in a meal, noodles stretching across oceans to high desert and piñon-studded mountains, twirled in Bolognese or steeped in slow-simmered broths; it’s an ode to travel and a gift of migrations. It’s an argument that monuments to joy are meant to be eaten. It’s a reminder to make dinner plans with a long-lost friend. It’s a fragrant breath of steam rising from a bowl on a chilly night.
Pasta Perfect
Candolin Cook talks noodles over noodles with Chef Michelle Michelotti-Martinez.
Candolin Cook
Candolin Cook is a historian, writer, editor, and former co-editor ofedible New Mexico.She recently received her doctorate in history from the University of New Mexico and is working on her first book.
Camellia Sinensis
An exploration of tea.
Stephanie Cameron
Stephanie Cameronwas raised in Albuquerque and earned a degree in fine arts at the University of New Mexico. Cameron is the art director, head photographer, recipe tester, marketing guru, publisher, and owner of edible New Mexicoand The Bite.
Phở-nominal Feelings
Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers breaks down the “phở feels,” bowl by heavenly bowl.
Ungelbah Dávila
Ungelbah Dávila lives in Valencia County with her daughter, animals, and flowers. She is a writer, photographer, and digital Indigenous storyteller.
Bounty of the Nood
A whirlwind tour of the Asian noodle aisle (plus a recipe!) by Andrea Walker.
Andrea Walker
Andrea Walker is an artist, cook, gardener, and explorer throughout New Mexico and beyond.
HOW SPICY
Jason Conde confronts the great dan dan noodles debate.
Jason Conde
Jason Conde is a writer and educator. He lives in Las Vegas, New Mexico, with his partner and their daughter.
Heritage in a Bowl of Noodles
Mariko O. Thomas reflects on a comforting meal from Magokoro.
Mariko O. Thomas
Mariko O. Thomasis an independent scholar, instructor, and writer living in Taos. She is interested in plant-human relationships, environmental justice, and storytelling.
Pasta Perfect
Candolin Cook talks noodles over noodles with Chef Michelle Michelotti-Martinez.
Candolin Cook
Candolin Cook is a historian, writer, editor, and former co-editor ofedible New Mexico.She recently received her doctorate in history from the University of New Mexico and is working on her first book.
Camellia Sinensis
An exploration of tea.
Stephanie Cameron
Stephanie Cameronwas raised in Albuquerque and earned a degree in fine arts at the University of New Mexico. Cameron is the art director, head photographer, recipe tester, marketing guru, publisher, and owner of edible New Mexicoand The Bite.
Phở-nominal Feelings
Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers breaks down the “phở feels,” bowl by heavenly bowl.
Ungelbah Dávila
Ungelbah Dávila lives in Valencia County with her daughter, animals, and flowers. She is a writer, photographer, and digital Indigenous storyteller.
Bounty of the Nood
A whirlwind tour of the Asian noodle aisle (plus a recipe!) by Andrea Walker.
Andrea Walker
Andrea Walker is an artist, cook, gardener, and explorer throughout New Mexico and beyond.
HOW SPICY
Jason Conde confronts the great dan dan noodles debate.
Jason Conde
Jason Conde is a writer and educator. He lives in Las Vegas, New Mexico, with his partner and their daughter.
Heritage in a Bowl of Noodles
Mariko O. Thomas reflects on a comforting meal from Magokoro.
Mariko O. Thomas
Mariko O. Thomasis an independent scholar, instructor, and writer living in Taos. She is interested in plant-human relationships, environmental justice, and storytelling.
