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.
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We will have more recipes added, when The Agave Spirit World: Past, Present and Future of Mezcal, Tequila and their Distilled Kin is published. Stay…
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…
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