Dave Cathey

Santa Fe

Founding Editor at The Food Dood Feed

Editor at Santa Fe Reporter

An ordinary dood who loves the outdoors!

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Articles

Pan-Asian Magic in the High Desert

3 weeks ago | thefooddoodfeed.substack.com | Dave Cathey

Howdy to everybody in the 405 diningscape from the High Desert, home of the 505 diningscape. The past two communiques have been from Las Vegas via Jared Gleaton Eats, and seeing how I find myself nestled in the bosom of one of the nation’s top culinary destinations I thought I would offer would-be travelers some ideas.
Want to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month? Pho-getaboutit!

1 month ago | sfreporter.com | Dave Cathey

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and with the 50-year anniversary of the fall of Saigon fresh in our memories, SFR recently toured local Vietnamese fare. Santa Fe is home to three cafes specializing in Vietnam’s most popular dish, pho. Note: The English word for the beef and noodle soup does NOT rhyme with foe. In fact, if you pronounced pho properly and added a “ck” to the end with your dear old granny around, she might wash your mouth out with soap.
A Forensic Approach

1 month ago | sfreporter.com | Dave Cathey

Albuquerque novelist turns crime scene background into writing career by Dave Cathey May 14, 2025 9:52 AM Ramona Emerson, apparently, never sits down.
#UNTRUTH to Show for Free at Violet Crown on Thursday

1 month ago | sfreporter.com | Dave Cathey

The state of discourse, or lack thereof, across the nation has the League of Women Voters concerned enough to take action. Here in Santa Fe County, the local chapter has arranged a free, public screening of Dan Partland’s latest documentary, #UNTRUTH: The Psychology of Trumpism on Thursday. The film includes mental health experts, conservative politicians, historians and pundits unpacking how disinformation continues to permeate American culture and damage political institutions.
Fork Off!

1 month ago | sfreporter.com | Dave Cathey

The Fork is as under the weather as the phrase can imply possibly this week, so the staff has come together to cobble together some Morning Words and tasty advice to share. Before we begin, we wanted to pass along our thanks to the droves of you who took time to respond to last week’s rant from The Fork. Those words of support and engagement have The Fork fighting to recover.
50 years after the fall of Saigon, voices of the Vietnamese diaspora rise from the high desert

2 months ago | sfreporter.com | Dave Cathey

On April 30, 1975, the last US military helicopter flew away from Saigon just before Viet Cong forces stormed the US embassy and retook the Capitol, ending two decades of war. No event of the 1960s had a greater impact on American culture, politics and discourse than the US entrance into the Vietnam War. Nearly 60,000 US soldiers didn’t return and hundreds of thousands who did dealt with physical or emotional scars while social unrest made them the target of scorn.
Three Questions About The Vietnam War with Veteran Sal Soto

2 months ago | sfreporter.com | Dave Cathey
Letters to the Editor: April 23-30

2 months ago | sfreporter.com | Dave Cathey

News, April 16 “This Land Is Your Land” To the Editor: I read your article "This Land is Your Land" with interest. I found that the article ignores an 800-pound gorilla in the room: the Spanish and Mexican land grant lands. The land grants were operated by the grantees as a sort of hybrid between private and public lands with a great deal of the land being held as common lands by the grantees and their heirs.
Letters to the Editor: April !6

2 months ago | sfreporter.com | Dave Cathey

Opinion, April 9 “Out of State For Profit Hospital Corporations Have Broken the NM Medical System” To the editor: Randi McGinn has written a terrifying catalog of medical errors and the pain of those patients and families. She blames New Mexico's doctor shortage on big corporations and for profit medicine. It's a compelling argument from a very successful malpractice attorney, but there may be a reason she is here in New Mexico.
3 Questions with Chef Hue-Chan Karels

2 months ago | sfreporter.com | Dave Cathey

Chef Hue-Chan Karels doesn’t consider cooking her vocation as much as a part of her DNA. Her earliest memories involve cooking with her grandmother in Vietnam and making pastries as a teen for her parents’ French restaurant outside East Lansing, Mich.