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Cultivating Fields of Fire in New Mexico

By Brennen Jensen

Las Cruces, N.M. This 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...

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