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A Field Guide to Tequila: What It Is, Where It’s From, and How to Taste It

Publisher: Artisan

Clayton Szczech speaks about his experience of growing up in Bakersfield, California, and how his Spanish is so good. He traces back to learning Spanish in high school and kept learning knowing he could communicate with more people he grew up around. In high school, he and his friend went to San Diego and crossed the border and of course the rest is history! Clayton has always had an open mind to keep learning and keep the community united knowing we all are different from each other we still deserve unity.

In the Field Guide to Tequila, Clayton gives out the history and how, where it all started. He gets into the stereotypes of movies and Tequila and how the shock comes to reality understanding it is a whole different world within the Fields of Tequila and having the knowledge of how a plant makes it. Especially with people in Jalisco because they know how to drink Tequila, it is a whole shock when you learn the ways of drinking Tequila, the history, the making, the science, and the whole experience behind it. Join the Book Club with Louie Saenz to learn more about Clayton Szczech’s Field Guide to Tequila here on KTEP.

Book publishing date: October 3rd, 2023

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Originally aired on December 16, 2023

Louie Saenz has been in the news broadcasting business for over thirty years. He has been a News Anchor and Reporter for KDBC-TV, KOAT-TV in Albuquerque, NM and KTSM-TV in El Paso. Saenz earned a degree in Journalism from NMSU, and a Masters in Communication from UTEP. He is currently the News & Public Affairs Director for KTEP-FM, and a lecturer in the Communication Department. He is also the host of Focus on Campus and co-host on El Paso Prime Time.
Xiomara has been working towards being On-Air for KTEP and as well as working towards being a Radio Engineer, she does volunteer work at KTEP.
Sam Cassiano is a native Californian who spent his formative years in the Bay Area. An army brat, his family toured Germany and Japan before settling in El Paso in 1973. Initially a Communications Major at UTEP, a radio internship at KPAS-FM 94, the PASS launched his broadcasting career. He can be heard as the morning news anchor on KTEP during NPR's Morning Edition, and Friday evenings at 10 pm as the host of Friday Night Blues.
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