Food critic Anthony Bourdain attacks Santa Fe store’s ‘world famous’ Frito pie

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In this Sept. 27, 2013 photo, Loraine Chavez, of Santa Fe, prepares a Frito Pie for a costumer at the Five & Dime in Santa Fe, N.M. The tourist attraction and a mainstay in the city\'s historic plaza was recently insulted by food critic Anthony Bourdain on an episode of CNN\'s "Parts Unknown". (AP Photo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, Luis Sanchez Saturno)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Insults dished out by food critic Anthony Bourdain on an episode of CNN’s “Parts Unknown” have stirred up outrage in New Mexico.

The sharp-tongued chef and writer lashed into the “World Famous” Frito pies sold at Santa Fe’s well-known Five & Dime General Store’s snack bar.

Bourdain says the dish tasted as if it were made with canned Hormel Chili and a “day-glow orange cheese-like substance.” He then charged that the local favourite isn’t even a New Mexico meal, but rather a Texas creation. He says New Mexicans should leave the recipe to the Texans.

Mike Collins, store manager of the Five & Dime, says Bourdain was “completely wrong” on the store’s Frito pie. He says their version is homemade from chile grown in New Mexico and remains popular.

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