Myths in the Bottle: Rethinking the Worm

By Dina Novarr— Every year, around the first week of May, American bars drape themselves in green, white, and red, pour margaritas by the gallon, and toast to Mexico. Somewhere behind the bar, there’s probably a bottle of mezcal with a pale, curled creature at the bottom: the gusano, the worm, the myth. It is […]