TURNING UP THE HEAT

Johnny Duran and his family, operating as Los Chile Brothers, have been selling green chile during the late summer and fall in Santa Fe for 33 years. Duran, along with his son Chris and other family members, grows chile on 40 acres in Hatch. Their stand also sells CDs with music by the family band, the Duranimals Band. Later in the season, the Durans offer red chile ristras in Taos.

They started roasting in the parking lot about two weeks ago and will continue until November.

EDDIE MOORE/JOURNAL Johnny Duran, from Taos, is already roasting green chile at his Los Chile Brothers in the parking lot of the Big Lots store on Cerrillos Road.

In addition to roasted green chile, Los Chile Brothers offers red chile from the 2017 crop.