Dining

Pig + Fig Café New Location Ribbon Cutting May 19

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LACC News:
 
The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce is helping to celebrate the new location of Pig + Fig Café at 11 Sherwood Blvd. in White Rock. The community is invited to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 19.
 
Laura Crucet and her father Fernando Crucet, co-owners of the Pig + Fig Café, have spent the last six months working to update and renovate the new space. The café seats more than 100 guests inside and another 40 on the outdoor patio. The larger, upgraded space will allow Pig + Fig to expand its menu and to also offer private event space as well.
 
The café
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On The Job In Los Alamos: At Morning Glory

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On the job in Los Alamos is Front End Manager Neil Stoddard, right, and Counter Clerk Michael Miller assisting customers Thursday at Morning Glory Baking Company on Diamond Drive. Stoddard has worked for Morning Glory for nine months and Miller has worked at the bakery for two years. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Pig + Fig Cafe Opens In New Space Saturday!

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Pig + Fig Café co-owners Fernando Crucet, second from left, and Laura Crucet, third from left, gather with their crew during this evening’s soft opening of the popular eatery in its new space at 11 Sherwood Blvd., in White Rock. The restaurant officially opens for business at 6 a.m. Saturday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Anna and Roland Caspersen, at rear right, chat with friends this evening in the newly renovated dining room during the soft opening of Pig + Fig Café at 11 Sherwood Blvd. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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NM Book Co-op Features Wyatt Wegrzyn Of Bookworks

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NMBC News:
 
Friday, May 25, the New Mexico Book Co-op Lunch features Wyatt Wegrzyn of Bookworks, talking about the new chapter at Bookworks.
 
Bookworks on Rio Grande Blvd. in the Dietz Farm Shopping Center, has been in business for 35 years. Currently, Bookworks is having a full make-over with total new construction, new events, and new promotions.
 
The Lunch is open to the public at 11 a.m. and the meeting starts at noon at the Golden Corral near Cliff’s on San Mateo. All attendees MUST pay for their own buffet lunch.
 
Also discussed will be the NM & AZ Book Awards. Contact
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Liddie’s Traditional NM Dishes: Albondigas

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Spanish Meatball Soup by Liddie Martinez. Courtesy photo
 
By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley
 
This fickle Northern New Mexico weather takes some getting used to for most folks. I have a nephew who invariably falls for the false spring and plants his dahlias too soon. Every May he calls to lament the late freeze, his losses and the trials of now trying to find replacement bulbs so late in the season.
 
It is easy to forget the weather patterns here and get enticed by the beauty of swaying daffodils and budding tulips, but when the skies turn grey and the wind blows, it is the perfect time
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Pig + Fig Cafe Begins Move To New Space Monday

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Finishing touches are underway today on the new location for the Pig + Fig Cafe at 11 Sherwood Blvd., in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Pig + Fig News:

The Pig + Fig Cafe is moving Monday from 35 Rover Blvd., to its new location at 11 Sherwood Blvd., in the former Bandelier Grill location. The move will take about a week to complete.

“We are going to try our hardest to be open before Mother’s Day weekend,” Pig + Fig co-owner Laura Crucet said.

Laura and her father Fernando Crucet, co-owner of Pig + Fig, signed a lease with James Chrobocinski last November and the three spent the last Read More

GOP Hosts Annual Patriots’ Day Dinner Saturday

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GOP News:

The Republican Party of Los Alamos is hosting the annual Patriots’ Day Dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 28 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.

The guest speaker for the Patriots’ Day Dinner is Centerra General Manager Col. Ted Spain, USA (retired). Sometimes known as the “Sheriff of Baghdad”, Col. Spain commanded the U.S. Army Military Police in and around Baghdad during the first year of the Iraq War. He is the author of “Breaking Iraq: The Ten Mistakes that Broke Iraq”.

For more information about Col. Spain, see https://ladailypost.comcontent/sheriff-baghdad-comes-los-alamos

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Cottonwood On The Greens And Fleur De Lys Owners Collaborate On New Food Items For Their Eateries

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Marcel Remillieux, left, of Fleur de Lys French gourmet food store, tea salon and coffee house and Pawel Listwan of Cottonwood on the Greens restaurant are collaborating to provide French style, homemade quiche for their customers. Remillieux, who was born on the Island of Corsica, comes from a long line of patisserie chefs, and Listwan, who is known for his homemade Polish pierogis, made their first batch of 20 quiches this morning. Their selection will be sold at both locations. Cottonwood is offering a generous slice of quiche with a side salad with choice of dressing while Fleur de Read More