November 15, 2007
Cultivating Fields of Fire in New Mexico
By Brennen JensenThis southwestern state is called the Land of Enchantment, but it could well carry another name: the Land of Chile Peppers.
Folks here are fanatics for the fiery fruits (and keen on using the Spanish spelling for the potent peppers while looking askance at those who write "chili"). New Mexico is home to more than half of the nation's chile crop, and the bulk of the pepper-processing plants that produce spicy
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