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Hatch Chile Popovers

With everyone getting kids back to school, summer has been declared over. But I won’t let it be. I’m saying right here, right now, it ain’t over til it’s over. We’re in the best days of late summer – still warm and mostly sunny – and the chiles have arrived. The chiles – you know the ones. From New Mexico. As a California native, it pains me to say it, but Anaheims just aren’t the same. We’ve waited through the green peppers, then the jalapenos and poblanos, and now the green chiles are here. Finally, it’s Hatch chile time.
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It’s Hatch Chile Time


The heat rises off the desert floor in visible waves, a tumbleweed blows across the landscape and a cherry red 1959 Cadillac convertible comes screaming down the highway, its driver’s leathery face obscured by sunglasses and a cowboy hat. The perfume of roasting chiles hangs heavily in the air. It’s Hatch chile time.
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