Download or read book Maguey Journey written by Kathryn Rousso and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name "maguey" refers to various forms of the agave and furcraea genus, also sometimes called the century plant. The fibers extracted from the leaves of these plants are spun into fine cordage and worked with a variety of tools and techniques to create textiles, from net bags and hammocks to equestrian gear. In this fascinating book, Kathryn Rousso, an accomplished textile artist, takes a detailed look at the state of maguey culture, use, and trade in Guatemala. She has spent years traveling in Guatemala, highlighting maguey workers’ interactions in many locations and blending historical and current facts to describe their environments. Along the way, Rousso has learned the process of turning a raw leaf into beautiful and useful textile products and how globalization and modernization are transforming the maguey trade in Guatemala. Featuring a section of full-color illustrations that follow the process from plant to weaving to product, Maguey Journey presents the story of this fiber over recent decades through the travels of an impassioned artist. Useful to cultural anthropologists, ethnobotanists, fiber artists, and interested travelers alike, this book offers a snapshot of how the industry stands now and seeks to honor those who keep the art alive in Guatemala.
Download or read book Finding Mezcal written by Ron Cooper and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking and deeply personal book, Ron Cooper—a leading voice in the artisanal mezcal movement, and the person largely responsible for popularizing the spirit in the United States—shares everything he knows about this storied, culturally rich, and now hugely in-demand spirit, along with 40 recipes. In 1990, artist Ron Cooper was collaborating with craftspeople in Oaxaca, Mexico, when he found mezcal—or, as he likes to say, mezcal found him. This traditional spirit was virtually unknown in the United States at the time, and Cooper founded Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal in order to import it. Finding Mezcal recounts Cooper's love affair with the spirit and the people who make it; its meteoric rise in popularity; and the delicate balance between sharing mezcal with the world and facilitating its preservation. Each chapter introduces a new mezcal, its producer, and its place of origin, while also covering mezcal production methods and the botany of the maguey (aka agave) plant, from which mezcal is distilled. Featuring 40 recipes developed for Del Maguey by chefs and bartenders from around the world, the book is copiously illustrated with photographs, as well as Cooper's artwork and that of his friend Ken Price, who illustrated Del Maguey's now-iconic labels.
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Download or read book Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1799 1804 written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-22 with total page 1422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, during the years 1799-1804 is a three-volume account of an expedition taken from Spain to South America by naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland. The authors visited Venezuela, Cuba, Andes, Mexico and USA where they collected the material and made extensive notes. Their joint effort to record a memoir of this great expedition is quite interesting and valuable because it contain specific documentation of their scientific observations, but it also presents an intriguing and romantic work with many poetic descriptions of nature and the people who lived in the areas he visited.
Download or read book Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America During the Years 1799 1804 written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America During the Year 1799 1804 written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America During the Year 1799 1824 written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Travels in the United States Etc During 1849 and 1850 by the Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley written by Emmeline Lady Stuart-Wortley and published by University of Michigan Library. This book was released on 1851 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life Travels and Researches of Baron Humboldt With Continuation Giving a Narrative of Humboldt s Celebrated Journey in Central Asia Etc With Plates written by William MacGillivray and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Difficult Journey written by Máximo Serrano Hércules and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2016-06-25 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mximo Serrano Hrcules was born in El Salvador in February 1961. He comes from a peasant family working in the countryside. He had very little education due to the precarious economic conditions in the country, so he had to start working on the farms since his adolescence. Being so young, he sees himself in a desperate situation due to the internal political war in El Salvador. By the simple instinct to preserve life, he was forced to immigrate to other countries, and he adventured in other unknown lands as a working journey from Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, and Canada in infrahuman situations as an undocumented being. Because of the veracity of the war problem that caused bloodshed in his country, he was granted by the United Nations to become a permanent resident in Canada since 1989, and now he has become a regular worker as a Canadian citizen. He uses his free moments for literature and for his tasks as a human being. He loves poetry and anything related with arts and culture.
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Download or read book How the Gringos Stole Tequila written by Chantal Martineau and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once little more than party fuel, tequila has graduated to the status of fine sipping spirit. How the Gringos Stole Tequila traces the spirit's evolution in America from frat-house firewater to luxury good. But there's more to the story than tequila as upmarket drinking trend. Author Chantal Martineau spent several years immersing herself in the world of tequila -- traveling to visit distillers and agave farmers in Mexico, meeting and tasting with leading experts and mixologists around the United States, and interviewing academics on either side of the border who have studied the spirit. The result is a book that offers readers a glimpse into the social history and ongoing impact of this one-of-a-kind drink. It addresses issues surrounding the sustainability of the limited resource that is agave, the preservation of traditional production methods, and the agave advocacy movement that has grown up alongside the spirit's swelling popularity. In addition to discussing the culture and politics of Mexico's most popular export, this book also takes readers on a colorful tour of the country's Tequila Trail, as well as introducing them to the mother of tequila: mezcal.
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