Have y'all seen this tweet going around that admonishes people who like to trash on pumpkin spice flavoring? It looks like this:
¡Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta Alert!
It's coming this weekend and there's so much happening! You can find a more in-depth breakdown in the pages of SFR's print edition, but if you're looking for tickets or a complete schedule, click right here.
Also
-There's a new Tibetan restaurant in town! We're not sure exactly what that means food-wise yet (we'll report more once we have a clearer idea), but if this is the kind of thing you've been looking for, you can visit Tibet Kitchen in the Plaza Entrada Center, which is commercial zone at S St. Francis that has Albertson's and the UPS store and all that stuff.
-In sadder news, Santa Fe Bite—the best burger joint in all the towns in all the world—announced it'll close next month. The last day of service is Friday October 26. You can learn a little more, including what owner John Eckre sees for the future, by clicking right here.
-Have you heard about Pozórale? You need to—because it's a posole cookoff with fabulous food and prizes going down on Sunday Sept. 30 at Cesar Chavez Elementary School. We bring it up now because by the time you read this you'll still have two full days to register to compete. You can do so here. We hear they'll also have games and face painting and a live mural painting by Alas de Agua, one of our favorite local arts collectives!
-The Tia Sophia's love continues while we once again remind you that The Fork itself was simply giving a reader their chance to voice their opinion. Speaking of which, we got another email from a reader who says that Maria's is their number once choice for most overrated eatery in town. Anyone have any thoughts on that? The Fork does—we don't like it, either. Not one bit. And La Choza is so close, so, like, why? WHY?!
-Kakawa Chocolate House totally opened their next location just as The Fork predicted they would. Word is they also plan to open another location in Salem, Massachusetts, soon. Who knows, we might even be hailing to President Kakawa one of these days.
More Tidbits
-Most of our friends with kids have been low-key pretty sick since the day the kids went to school (kids, after all, are basically cesspools of disease), but we also hear the kids themselves get sick a lot this time of year. With that in mind, hit the classics like chicken soup, and what better way to do that than with tips from NYC chef Marcus Samuelsson? He's got eight tips for great soup right here.
-Elsewhere, Cracker Barrel—a restaurant named after certain cross-sections of The Fork's family—has reportedly embraced the bone-in fried chicken technique to help ailing sales. Who knew that keeping bones around would help make more money? Anyway, it's a trend, we hear. A bone trend.
-In a recent poll, Taco Bell was voted the Best Mexican Restaurant in America. Setting aside the blinding, white-hot rage that this makes us feel, we'll point to this as proof that voting counts. For anyone who took part in this poll and/or agrees with this mockery of justice, we ask you this: How do you sleep at night? There are at least 10 better restaurants within driving or even walking distance of The Fork's secret bunker as we speak. For shame!
-What in the heck is mushroom coffee and should you drink it? This piece asks that very question. We're leaning toward "probably not," but we also take coffee very seriously. And it's not that we don't like mushrooms—we totally do—it's just that we wonder why everyone always has to do some weird shit to things. Something about the sustainability of coffee plants and farms? Sounds like future generations' problem to us. Also, that's a joke, so hold off on your angry letters.
-Bad news out of the southern parts of the country as NPR reports hog and chicken farms are struggling in the wake of Florence. This will have further spiraling ramifications for North Carolina agriculture as well.
-On another note about Florence, The Fork has also seen footage of weather reporters exaggerating the conditions and, like you, we think it's absurd. We'd ask, however, that you don't lump in ALL media (specifically your small, independently-owned media) who would never dream of such a thing. Also, do you know about these ice cream sandwiches, because holy hell they're ruining our lives with awesomeness. You can find them at Sprouts.
Seriously, though—don’t forget our contest!
You're running out of time to enter our Food Foto Contest. Andale with that, friends! If your'e looking to possibly just maybe win $200 worth of prizes from our food and drink partners, click right here and submit your best shots.
Q: But, The Fork! Isn't this the exact same text box as last week?
A: What's it to you? Just enter the contest. Jeeze.
Finally
We thought about DeGrassi a lot this week, and that's OK. We also read up on GMOs a little bit, but we're still not ready to make a decision about their goodness or badness. What do you all think? And do you have links to any articles you particularly like? Let us know.
A Totally Scientific Breakdown of The Fork's Correspondence
Number of Letters Receieved
32
*And only one of them angry!
Most Helpful Tip of the Week (edited slightly for lengnth)
“Wrong. Dead wrong.”
*Context would have helped.
Actually Helpful Tip (only slightly edited for content)
That thing about Pozórale. We think it sounds amazing.
*And we mean it!
See your forkers next time,
The Fork
