Dylan Ettinger is a Los Angeles-based writer specializing in spirits, cocktails, and coffee with hands-on experience visiting distilleries and bars across the US, Europe, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Agaves constitute one of the best- adapted groups of landscape plants for arid gardens. Their stiff, sword-shaped leaves and bold rosette pattern of growth make them ideal accent plants. Besides being ...

For many gardeners, winter spells a quiet time. Instead of tending to a variety of crops, winter is often used for planning spring gardens, refreshing tools, and crossing off chores from an ...

Tequila can only be made from Blue Weber agave, while mezcal can be made from a variety of different species. Agave is the heart of any bottle of mezcal. When produced in a traditional manner, mezcal ...