If you've ever gotten into making cocktails, you've probably heard of agave syrup. It's a sweetener produced exclusively in Mexico from agave plants, and the blue agave plant is famously used to make ...

Without the agave plant, there would be no tequila, no mezcal, no sophisticated tasting menus, and no salty margaritas. But at distiller Jose Cuervo the hardy, large-leafed succulent plants soon will ...

People in Mexico and elsewhere will soon be marking the annual Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) on Nov. 2. Many will ...

When a recipe calls for honey and you don't have any on hand, when you want to sweeten your yogurt bowl or morning oatmeal, or when you swore you had syrup in the fridge only to realize that you'll ...

The types of tequila — from blanco to extra añejo — are categorized by how long they're aged. The longer tequila ages the more complex its flavor.

MURRIETA, Calif. — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his property ...

MURRIETA, Calif. -- Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his ...

Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his property is now dotted with ...

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) -- Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his ...