Cafe y Chisme Corner

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Cafe y Chisme Corner

Cubana: The Cuban-American Who Never Forgot Havana

There is a specific grief in Cuban-American identity that exists nowhere else. It is not the grief of loss in the ordinary sense — not the grief of someone who...

Cubana: The Cuban-American Who Never Forgot Havana

There is a specific grief in Cuban-American identity that exists nowhere else. It is not the grief of loss in the ordinary sense — not the grief of someone who...

Dominicana: Carrying the Island in Everything S...

There's a specific way a dominicana walks into a room. It's not something you can teach. It's not a performance. It's years of watching your tía command a quinceañera without...

Dominicana: Carrying the Island in Everything S...

There's a specific way a dominicana walks into a room. It's not something you can teach. It's not a performance. It's years of watching your tía command a quinceañera without...

Ruda, Limpias y Barridas: La Farmacia de la Abuela

There was always something growing in a pot by the back door. Or tied in a bundle hanging in the kitchen. Or tucked into the corner of a room where...

Ruda, Limpias y Barridas: La Farmacia de la Abuela

There was always something growing in a pot by the back door. Or tied in a bundle hanging in the kitchen. Or tucked into the corner of a room where...

Azabache: The Tradition of Protecting Babies

If you were born into a Latin family, there's a good chance you wore one before you could walk. It might have been a tiny bracelet on your wrist, a...

Azabache: The Tradition of Protecting Babies

If you were born into a Latin family, there's a good chance you wore one before you could walk. It might have been a tiny bracelet on your wrist, a...

El Ojo Turco: The Evil Eye Charm in Latino Culture

If you grew up in a Latino household, you know the object. It's that blue glass eye — concentric circles of white, light blue, dark blue, and black — hanging...

El Ojo Turco: The Evil Eye Charm in Latino Culture

If you grew up in a Latino household, you know the object. It's that blue glass eye — concentric circles of white, light blue, dark blue, and black — hanging...

Mal de Ojo: La Creencia, Los Síntomas, El Remedio

Hay cosas que se aprenden sin que nadie te las enseñe formalmente. Se aprenden en la cocina, en el susurro de tu abuela cuando alguien llega a la casa con...

Mal de Ojo: La Creencia, Los Síntomas, El Remedio

Hay cosas que se aprenden sin que nadie te las enseñe formalmente. Se aprenden en la cocina, en el susurro de tu abuela cuando alguien llega a la casa con...