Florence Jaramillo—or Mrs. J, as locals know her—opened Rancho de Chimayó with her ex-husband, Arturo Jaramillo, in 1965. Now, at age 90, she's still going strong. Chris Corrie Photography
Florence Jaramillo pays $64 per pound for real honey.
She’s been known to drive through the night to pick up a truckload of red chile, her restaurant’s most crucial ingredient. She and her staff have pulled all-night sessions in the past to make 300 dozen tamales—by hand.
Eric Lucas
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Eric Lucas is a retired associate editor at Alaska Beyond Magazine and lives on a small farm on a remote island north of Seattle, where he grows organic hay, beans, apples, and squash.
