Dining with Dale
Good food, good stories — from Santa Fe, New Mexico
The one-hour question

Will Drive for Food

New Mexico is a big, beautiful, hungry-making state, and some of its best plates are nowhere near my house. Each dispatch here answers one question a critic can't resist: is this restaurant worth more than an hour's drive for lunch or dinner? The odometer doesn't lie, and neither will I.

Braised meat in a glossy red-wine sauce over piped mashed potatoes with an apple matchstick salad
Will Drive for Food

First Stop: NOSA

An hour north of Santa Fe, out in the country. Fork-tender braise, piped potato purée, a sharp apple slaw — Dale's full write-up of the trip (and the verdict on the miles) is on its way.

Butter lettuce salad with sliced radishes, crispy fried bits, and toasted walnuts on a yellow plate
Will Drive for Food

The Salad That Rode Shotgun

Butter lettuce, radishes, walnuts, and something golden and crispy — course two at NOSA. Story to come with Dale's review.

📷 Your photo here — a highway shot, green chile cheeseburger in reach
Will Drive for Food

[The rules of the road]

[Placeholder — a possible opening post: the ground rules. What counts as worth it, who rides shotgun, and why the drive is part of the meal.]