There is no doubt about it, green chile cheeseburgers are good eats. New Mexico is blessed with many good green chile cheeseburgers. In fact, every eatery around has a green chile cheeseburger. They can be beef, pork, lamb, or even turkey and chicken. The type of roll is endless as is the slice of cheese. Green chile has to be from Hatch or somewhere else in New Mexico – no out-of-state stuff, please!

The Green Chile Cheeseburger Bucket List book came out the end of June. It is a tasty treat especially for a gift. Combine it with some salsa, can of chopped green chiles from Hatch, and even some chile seasoning and you are set.

One nasty little secret is that the book is listed on Amazon as a Chile – the country, travel book. You see the robots that work on Amazon, think chile is a country and not a food. That has happened with our How Chile Came to New Mexico and Chile Trivia books. Sad! We in New Mexico, constantly have to remind folks that it is C-H-I-L-E not chili.

I am eating right now: The Jersey Mike’s Chipotle Cheese Steak, The Range Green Chile Cheeseburger, Burger Bite’s Green Chile Cheeseburger, and of course Blake’s, but there are so many more.

Think about the Green Chile Cheeseburger Bucket List book when you go around and smell roasting chile in the air.

— Barbe Awalt