LearnTo fully understand agave and its natural benefits, let's take a closer look at how it is made.
Health Benefits of Agave
LearnOaxaca, in southern Mexico, is the best place to try the country’s renowned mezcal.
Oaxaca Plays a Vital Role
LearnWhat is mezcal? Colloquially mezcal means anything roasted from the agave plant.
Touring Mezcal Country
LearnExploring and celebrating the cultural, commercial, and culinary significance of the agave across borders.
Agave Heritage Festival
LearnMezcal is an alcoholic beverage with a different odor and taste, when it is rested or aged in oak wood.
Fermented Beverages
LearnIt's not the taste of a single food, but how it links back to a place. It's recipes and ingredients.
The Flavor of Tucson-
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We will have more recipes added, when Agave Spirits: The Past, Present and Future of Mezcals is published. Stay tuned! In the mean time, visit…
Mezcal-Marinated Fajitas
The mezcal and fish sauce in these fajitas make for a surprisingly good combination. You’ll get a smoky, earthy flavor from the mezcal, while the…
Mezcal-Marinated Steak Tacos
In this taco recipe, the steak gets a double dose of flavor from a marinade made with mezcal and the sauce from canned chipotle chiles.…
Pan-Roasted Shrimp With Tomatoes and Arbol Chiles
Shrimp are like cotton balls, absorbing the flavor of whatever they bathe in. Whitney Otawka developed this dish for Cinco y Diez in Athens, Ga.…
Salmon with Bacanora
1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon butter Salmon fillet 2 tablespoons ground black pepper 3 tablespoons Santa Cruz Chili pepper 2 onces Bacanora ( Mezcal…
Spiced Pineapple-Agave Tepache
Tepache is a mildly alcoholic probiotic beverage that is fermented but not distilled. This version draws upon the inulins of two CAM succulents—rather than cane…
Spicy Mezcal Drumstick Skewers
Tired of all the big meals are similar flavors that the holidays bring? Spice things up a bit with these Spicy Mezcal Drumstick Skewers. Marinated…
Spicy Shredded "Chicken" Tofu Tacos w/ Chipotle Crema and Mezcal Lime Corn
And you thought vegans didn't have fun. Today, we are going to be working on a rendition of a chicken tacos…made out of tofu. Prep…
In the news
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28
Mar
We are Now Convinced that Agaves Will Help Our Evermore Thirsty World
Read moreEarly Alert: Join me and my special guest Tequila Interchange Project founder David Suro at our first book signing for Agave Spirits at Velvet Elvis
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21
Mar
Drink Carefully to Save Agaves, Rather than Ways that Hurt or Diminish them
Read moreOver half of all the 215 species of agaves described to date are among those million species now threatened on the dry, wrinkled face of
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21
Mar
We may be Amazed at How often Agave Spirits Surprises Us with Unforeseen Pleasures
Read moreFor many of us, our initiation into the culture of tequila, mezcal, and other agave spirits was love at first sip. We intuited that we
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14
Mar
We are Concerned for the Health of the Land, as Well as the Health of the Workers
Read moreIn our book to be released in May, David Suro & I spend a lot of effort exploring who gains and who loses through the