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The Rise of Pulque in Mexico

Photography by Samantha Demangate “It tastes like sweet aloe beer!” Explained my girlfriend when she tried her first sip of pulque. In a bar in downtown Mexico City, in a neighborhood near the famed center for Lucha Libre wrestling, we took our first sips out of a large ceramic jug. Pronounced pul-kay, the drink is a sacred leftover from antiquity that, according to many fanatics, is reaffirming itself as Mexico’s unofficial national drink. Pulque comes…

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Pyramids and Maize: Mexico’s Heartland and its Impact on Global Food Culture

Photography by Samantha Demangate Amongst the pyramids and ruins of Mexico’s heartland, is a culinary story that has taken on the world and changed it forever.   “How many degrees is this building tilting?” I asked the museum curator in Mexico City’s Palacio de la Autonomía de la UNAM museum. “A little, the city was built on a lake and now it’s sinking.” The lake she was talking about was Lake Texcoco, a vast body of…

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