The Fresh Chile Company Podcast

In the Old West, prospecting for gold was a prime motivation for some people. Nothing was better than finding gold in New Mexico. This was surprising because the people prospecting for gold were not …

One of the artistic icons of New Mexico who created art for all time was born in Roswell, New Mexico in 1904, eight years before New Mexico became a state. Initially he was a cowboy first and artist …

In today’s world, if you wish to go from St. Louis to San Francisco, it is a little over 1700 miles and you can drive it in a day or four hours in an airliner. In 1858 that trip could take 576 hours …

We know about the 1803 to 1806 Lewis and Clark’s expedition ordered by President Thomas Jefferson from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. Jefferson ordered two other expeditions from St. Louis both led …

Most of you know me from my doing Enchanting Stories of New Mexico for the Fresh Chile Company where I talk about New Mexico History and Culture. but I have another role. I am a tour guide for the fa…

Hatch Valley grown chile peppers are special for many reasons. Let’s talk about seven things to know about those outstanding chile peppers which are made into delicious salsa at the Fresh Chile Compa…

It’s been hot in New Mexico. A friend said I probably like to look at pictures of winter snow in Colorado. I do for a reason tied to the Hatch Valley. When I see in winter a snowflake falling on the …

The Old West, of which New Mexico was certainly a part, had many interesting characters who were handy with a gun. I want to talk about a few of them and some of the things they did. You won’t see an…

We in Southern New Mexico love to see people smile when they get a good taste of our chile harvest and the products that come from the Southern New Mexico chile fields. It just makes our day, week, m…

What to talk about today? How about great food that is good for you and tastes good and on top of that it is America’s food. Not from somewhere else, from New Mexico. I want to talk about New Mexico’…

Let me tell you about someone who had an enormous impact upon New Mexico Agriculture. While there are others with a claim to the title I think of him as Mr. New Mexico Agriculture. The Agriculture Bu…

When talking about the development of agriculture in Southern New Mexico I always like to talk about military forts 150 years ago like Fort Selden just north of Las Cruces. While we all have watched …

This is Memorial Day 2025 week and I want to celebrate someone special. When I interviewed people from World War Two there was a bad week in April 1945. On the 12th President Roosevelt suddenly died …

Here on the last Monday in May is the United States Federal holiday, Memorial Day. It honors and mourns those U. S. military personnel who died while in the service of their country. Importantly, it …

Do you like chile? I certainly do and I also spend lots of time thinking about chile. I tell everyone about Southern New Mexico's goodness of chile. In the last few years there's been a new wave of f…

An interesting fact came out of the recent Kentucky Derby and it connect in an odd way with New Mexico chile and onions. Sounds like a stretch but every horse running in the race could trace lineage …

There was a time when New Mexico didn’t have any businesses, no corner markets, restaurants, dry goods stores, nothing at all other than an individual here or there might barter. Today we have lots o…

As youngsters we played Cowboys and Outlaws. As the Outlaw we shouted, “You got me" and fell to the ground. Cowboys always got the outlaws. I think of Old West writer Eugene Rhodes who was asked why …

One day I was asked about the Carson National Forest in Northern New Mexico. “I thought Johnny Carson from the Tonight Show was from Nebraska." Yes, Johnny Carson was from Nebraska. However, The Cars…

Southern New Mexico has proudly been in movies but there is one movie that local film people have not mentioned. It is a 1991 Mexican film directed by Nicolas Echevarria call Cabeza de Vaca. It is ba…