Local Author and Ethnobotanist Wins a James Beard Award

The James Beard Foundation announced the winners of the 2024 James Beard Media Awards in Chicago on June 8. The awards, often referred to as the “Oscars of the food world,” recognized top food authors, broadcast producers, hosts, journalists, podcasters, and social media content creators.

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The Paperback Release of Agave Spirits is now available

The paperback release of Agave Spirits by WW Norton marks a year of critical praise not just for the Suro-Nabhan collaboration of four years in the making of this book, but for all who are conserving the life-giving interactions between century plants and bats.

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An Expert Guide to Mexico’s Agave Spirits

On a recent evening at Tequilas, a restaurant in Philadelphia, I was offered a small bowl of what looked like gnarled slices of dried pineapple. It was roasted agave, of the same variety that had produced the mezcal in the small glass cup in front of me on the bar.

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Excerpts from ‘Agave Spirits’ Review: The Magic of the Mezcalero

Gary Paul Nabhan and David Suro Piñera’s “Agave Spirits: The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals” is both a paean to and lamentation for the unique intersection of nature and community that produces mezcal.

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‘Agave Spirits’ Takes a Stand Against Blue Tequila Agave

The New York Times just posted praise for our Agave Spirits book, but at the same time I want to thank the many friends who came out to the Marfa Agave Festival, Collected Works in Santa Fe and Book Works in Albuquerque for our storytelling from the book.

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