PALETAS PACK B Piña (Yellow), Jamaica (Garnet), and Fresas con Crema (Pink)
BRIGHT, FROZEN, DELICIOUS
On the most sweltering days of summer, there is nothing like a frozen, fruit-filled treat–especially one you can hold in your hand, at the park or the beach, and have to eat quickly before it melts down your arm. In the sticky heat they are irresistible. With that delicious image in mind, we present our 71st Quarterly Edition for summer 2026, “Paletas.”
COOL BEGINNINGS
In the 1940s, Ignacio and Luis Alcázar and their cousin Agustín Andrade left the small town of Tocumbo, Michoacán, dreaming of a better life. The trio arrived in Mexico City, where they opened a small shop selling paletas, frozen treats on a stick made from real fruit and fresh ingredients, which they had been concocting for their neighbors in Tocumbo for years.
Their paletería was a great success, and they expanded quickly, offering franchises to their friends and relatives back in Tocumbo. Soon there were thousands of paleterías all over Mexico, and so many of them were owned by natives of Tocumbo that these shops became widely known as Las Michoacanas.
Mexican immigrants brought paleterías with them to the United States–first throughout the American Southwest, then to cities like New York, Miami, and Chicago. Today, thankfully, paletas can be found just about anywhere in the U.S.A.
TRADITION
Norma and José, the owners of Chicago’s multigenerational Paletaría Los Magos in the Pilsen neighborhood, shared with us how they uphold the traditional and artisanal methods of paleta making.
PACKED WITH FLAVOR
Quarterly Edition subscribers will receive all three 3-Packs: nine flavors of paletas!
Start a year-long subscription with this Summer Edition and receive the complete collection, free USA shipping on all your shipments, 10% off while shopping at this site, and lots of other benefits, including our sincere thanks.
The first shipment of a subscription (or renewal) comes in a custom-designed box. For 2026, that box is by artist Jennifer Farrell of
Starshaped Press.
SPECIFICATIONS:
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Backing card illustration by Atlan Arceo-Witzl, atlanaw.com.
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Proudly printed by the good people of Classic Color, Broadview, Ill.
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Covers: West Rock Tango 12pt C1S “Blanco” with a 4-color application of process-color soy-based inks.
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04.
Innards: Domtar Lynx Opaque 60#T “Blanco” with a fine application of “Crema” soy-based Superior ink.
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Cover and innards printed on a Komori Lithrone G40 six-color UV printing press.
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Bound with a Muller Martini Presto II saddle stitcher with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”
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07.
Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine.
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SPECIFICATIONS:
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01.
Backing card illustration by Atlan Arceo-Witzl, atlanaw.com.
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02.
Proudly printed by the good people of Classic Color, Broadview, Ill.
-
03.
Covers: West Rock Tango 12pt C1S “Blanco” with a 4-color application of process-color soy-based inks.
-
04.
Innards: Domtar Lynx Opaque 60#T “Blanco” with a fine application of “Crema” soy-based Superior ink.
-
05.
Cover and innards printed on a Komori Lithrone G40 six-color UV printing press.
-
06.
Bound with a Muller Martini Presto II saddle stitcher with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”
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07.
Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine.
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08.
Dot-Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).
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09.
Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm).
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10.
FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype.
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All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
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Limited Edition of 36,000 3-Packs total. 12,000 Packs each of A, B, and C.
Dot-Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).
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01.
- 09.Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm).
- 10. FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype.
- 11. All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
- 12.Limited Edition of 36,000 3-Packs total. 12,000 Packs each of A, B, and C.
BRIGHT, FROZEN, DELICIOUS
On the most sweltering days of summer, there is nothing like a frozen, fruit-filled treat–especially one you can hold in your hand, at the park or the beach, and have to eat quickly before it melts down your arm. In the sticky heat they are irresistible. With that delicious image in mind, we present our 71st Quarterly Edition for summer 2026, “Paletas.”
COOL BEGINNINGS
In the 1940s, Ignacio and Luis Alcázar and their cousin Agustín Andrade left the small town of Tocumbo, Michoacán, dreaming of a better life. The trio arrived in Mexico City, where they opened a small shop selling paletas, frozen treats on a stick made from real fruit and fresh ingredients, which they had been concocting for their neighbors in Tocumbo for years.
Their paletería was a great success, and they expanded quickly, offering franchises to their friends and relatives back in Tocumbo. Soon there were thousands of paleterías all over Mexico, and so many of them were owned by natives of Tocumbo that these shops became widely known as Las Michoacanas.
Mexican immigrants brought paleterías with them to the United States–first throughout the American Southwest, then to cities like New York, Miami, and Chicago. Today, thankfully, paletas can be found just about anywhere in the U.S.A.
TRADITION
Norma and José, the owners of Chicago’s multigenerational Paletaría Los Magos in the Pilsen neighborhood, shared with us how they uphold the traditional and artisanal methods of paleta making.
PACKED WITH FLAVOR
Quarterly Edition subscribers will receive all three 3-Packs: nine flavors of paletas!
Start a year-long subscription with this Summer Edition and receive the complete collection, free USA shipping on all your shipments, 10% off while shopping at this site, and lots of other benefits, including our sincere thanks.
The first shipment of a subscription (or renewal) comes in a custom-designed box. For 2026, that box is by artist Jennifer Farrell of
Starshaped Press.
SPECIFICATIONS:
-
01.
Backing card illustration by Atlan Arceo-Witzl, atlanaw.com.
-
02.
Proudly printed by the good people of Classic Color, Broadview, Ill.
-
03.
Covers: West Rock Tango 12pt C1S “Blanco” with a 4-color application of process-color soy-based inks.
-
04.
Innards: Domtar Lynx Opaque 60#T “Blanco” with a fine application of “Crema” soy-based Superior ink.
-
05.
Cover and innards printed on a Komori Lithrone G40 six-color UV printing press.
-
06.
Bound with a Muller Martini Presto II saddle stitcher with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”
-
07.
Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine.
-
SPECIFICATIONS:
08.-
01.
Backing card illustration by Atlan Arceo-Witzl, atlanaw.com.
-
02.
Proudly printed by the good people of Classic Color, Broadview, Ill.
-
03.
Covers: West Rock Tango 12pt C1S “Blanco” with a 4-color application of process-color soy-based inks.
-
04.
Innards: Domtar Lynx Opaque 60#T “Blanco” with a fine application of “Crema” soy-based Superior ink.
-
05.
Cover and innards printed on a Komori Lithrone G40 six-color UV printing press.
-
06.
Bound with a Muller Martini Presto II saddle stitcher with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”
-
07.
Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine.
-
08.
Dot-Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).
-
09.
Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm).
-
10.
FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype.
-
11.
All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
-
12.
Limited Edition of 36,000 3-Packs total. 12,000 Packs each of A, B, and C.
Dot-Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).
-
01.
- 09.Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm).
- 10. FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype.
- 11. All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
- 12.Limited Edition of 36,000 3-Packs total. 12,000 Packs each of A, B, and C.