Bryant -- I made the move from SAnta Fe to Portland for one year. I suffered for chile -- honestly -- and for posole. Oh, my, how I love posole with red chile...

What I finally did was pay friends to send me care packages. If I were you, before I moved out there, I"d make sure I had a "connection" to provide red chile and dried posole. The only way you'll get green chile, unless things have changed since 1990, is to have it fedexed to you on dry ice -- and that either takes a commercial operation or a really good friend.

But I agree that Thai food will certainly keep the tastebuds happy -- it's not the same sort of happy as fiery green chile stew, or carne adovado burritos, but enough to distract you.

I have now seen frozen green chile up here in our local supermarket, so maybe there's a movement afoot to expand the loveliness of chile throughout the country.

KAT -- I'm ambi-biscuitrous. I eat 'em with gravy, but also with butter and sugar. Or -- best of all -- butter and wild honey. mmmmm.

WW