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Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In A Good Drink, Farrell goes in search of the bars, distillers, and farmers who are driving a transformation to sustainable spirits. She meets mezcaleros in Guadalajara who are working to preserve traditional ways of producing mezcal, for the health of the local land, the wallets of the local farmers, and the culture of the community. She visits distillers in South Carolina who are bringing a rare variety of corn back from near extinction to make...
Author
Series
CRS report volume R43350
Publisher
Congressional Research Service
Pub. Date
2018-
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Mezcal. In recent years, the oldest spirit in the Americas has been reinvented as an expensive positional good that has become popular among booze connoisseurs and the mixologists who use it as a cocktail ingredient. Yet, unlike most high-end distillates, mezcal is typically produced by and for subsistence farming communities, often under extremely challenging conditions. Greene visits remote, marginalized villages in the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero,...
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"As a pharmacist turned lawyer turned master prohibition era bootlegger, George Remus is now remembered as one of the most notorious figures of the American prohibition. This biography tells the complete story of Remus's private life and public persona, focusing especially on the turbulent rise and fall of his bootlegging kingdom"--Provided by publisher.