Sweet smell of New Mexico success: Albuquerque native brings green chile to New York City

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Thanks to Albuquerque native Eric See, 1,200 pounds of green chile is going back to New York City.

“This is to give the people what they want,” See said. “That’s our culinary icon, that’s the face of the state.”

See’s love for chile runs deep – so deep that he started his own New Mexican restaurant five years ago in Brooklyn, New York. See named the restaurant after his grandmother, Ursula, who is 93 years old and still living in Albuquerque…

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