TV: Golden Crown Panaderia celebrates New Mexico's baking heritage Sep 30, 2025

TV: Golden Crown Panaderia celebrates New Mexico's baking heritage Sep 30, 2025

TAKE YEARS.
AN ALBUQUERQUE BAKERY KIND OF
TAKES THE CAKE WHEN HIGHLIGHTING
NEW MEXICO'S HISPANIC LOVE FOR
BAKING.
JULIAN PARAS TAKES US THROUGH
GOLDEN CROWN PANADERIA.
GOLDEN CROWN PANADERIA IS MORE
THAN YOUR AVERAGE BAKERY.
IT'S A TESTAMENT TO
ALBUQUERQUE'S LOVE FOR BAKING.
HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE, IN THE
VALLEY, WE HAD A LOT OF
BAKERIES, NEIGHBORHOOD BAKERIES,
WHICH IS WHY PRATT MORALES
WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT
AS A KID.
HE REMEMBERS THE MAGIC OF
WALKING INTO A PANADERIA, AND HE
WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT YEARS
LATER, IS IS, YOU KNOW, IS A IS
A LATINO WORD.
SO HERE IN NEW MEXICO, I THOUGHT
WHEN I STARTED BAKING THAT I
WANT TO FEATURE NEW MEXICO TYPE
BAKING INSIDE THIS PANADERIA IS
MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF HISTORY.
USING INGREDIENTS LIKE BLUE CORN
AND GREEN CHILE TO MAKE
SOMETHING TASTE LIKE NEW MEXICO.
WE USE A LOT OF BLUE CORN HERE
IN SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS.
WE MAKE A BLUE CORN BISCOCHITOS,
FOR EXAMPLE, AND THAT THAT ONE
IS.
I NOW GET IT FROM LOCALLY HERE
IN NEW MEXICO, FROM ICE CREAM TO
PIZZA.
EVERYTHING THEY MAKE IS CRAFTED
WITH NEW MEXICO FLAIR COLLECTING
HATCH, GREEN CHILE AND
INTEGRATING NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
BREAD RECIPES TO HONOR OUR
STATE.
SO WHEN PEOPLE WALK INTO HERE,
THAT'S WHAT THE MEMORY BRINGS TO
PEOPLE.
SO IT'S THE NOSTALGIA OF WHEN
YOU'RE YOUNG SON CHRIS IS NEXT
IN LINE TO TAKE OVER THE
BUSINESS.
HE'S GROWN UP HERE HELPING THE
BAKERY RUN THIS FAMILY SUCCESS
RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AND
WORLDWIDE.
WHETHER IT'S THE WASHINGTON
POST, NEW YORK TIMES, OR EVEN
GUY FIERI, ALL HAVE REALIZED THE
CARE THIS PANADERIA PUTS INTO
EVERYTHING THEY BAKE.
WHEN YOU GET FEATURED ON THESE
SHOWS AND THEY COME DOWN AND
THEY HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU'VE BEEN
DOING YOUR WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE,
THAT'S THE COOL THING THEY SAY,
Transcript:
AS THE WORLD CHANGES, THIS PLACE
STAYS THE SAME BUT NEVER LOSES
ITS TASTE.
PEOPLE COME, THEY BUY THE GIFTS,
BUY COOKIES, AND TO BE ABLE TO
CELEBRATE LIFE OR HANG OUT AND
HAVE DINNER TOGETHER.
NOT ONLY AM I DOING SOMETHING
LOCAL TO SHOWCASE NEW MEXICO,
BUT THEN I'M ALSO INVOLVED IN
THE YOUNGER GENERATION, PAYING
HOMAGE TO WHAT NEW MEXICO IS
TRULY M
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