On the job this morning in the front yard of her Española Valley farm is award winning author Liddie Martinez of Chile Line Foods, LLC making chile ristras from chile grown in her garden. Martinez is the author of the popular Chile Line Cookbook: Historic Recipes of Northern New Mexico, available online at www.pajaritopress.com. Courtesy photo

On the job this morning Liddie Martinez is stringing together chile grown in garden of her Española Valley farm to make ristras. Courtesy photo

Liddie Martinez stringing chile together to make ristras from chile grown in her garden. Courtesy photo

The completed ristra made this morning by Liddie Martinez of Chile Line Foods, LLC from chile grown in the garden of her Española Valley farm. Courtesy photo