Charming Chama

Where to stuff your face on a family trip to the western terminus of the Cumbres & Toltec.

Eat and Drink Your Way Through Dixon

Check the hours, watch out for the geese, don’t skip the co-op or the wine—these are a few of the tips Candolin Cook offers for a getaway in the charming town of Dixon.

Steep Times

An erstwhile coffee drinker delves into tea at The Teahouse on Canyon Road.

Butternut Bliss

Mariko O. Thomas opts for a vegan pie and doesn’t regret it.

Books, Coffee & Other Delights

Briana Olson writes, “And what better place to kill time than in a bookstore? Isn’t it the very act of killing time that brings us into time, that, like boredom, incites our awareness of it, inviting the eyes to study the shifting panes of afternoon light as they fall on the faces of the people in line to buy coffee?”

Barista Love

Maria Manuela explains how baristas can turn a dull morning bright.

Smoke & Pickles

We delve into a cookbook that is more about harmonies than purity and consider, alongside the interplay of flavors, the balance of joy and grief.

Mountain Menus

Where to grab a bite during expeditions along the western edge of the Gila National Forest.

Twelve Recipes

Associate editor Robin Babb reviews “Twelve Recipes” by Cal Peternell.

The Alchemy of Edibles

Investigating the modern iteration of cosmic brownies and reporting on the processes behind some of what can be found at the cannabis candy counter.