Cafe y Chisme Corner
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Rompope: Mexico's Eggnog, and Why It's Better
Every December, my great-aunt Chelo would set two glass bottles on the kitchen counter in Atlixco, just outside Puebla, and refuse to explain what was in them until they were...
Rompope: Mexico's Eggnog, and Why It's Better
Every December, my great-aunt Chelo would set two glass bottles on the kitchen counter in Atlixco, just outside Puebla, and refuse to explain what was in them until they were...
Cajeta: The Goat's Milk Caramel Mexican Grandmo...
My abuela kept her cajeta recipe entirely in her head, and she'd get visibly annoyed if anyone tried to write it down while she worked, waving a wooden spoon in...
Cajeta: The Goat's Milk Caramel Mexican Grandmo...
My abuela kept her cajeta recipe entirely in her head, and she'd get visibly annoyed if anyone tried to write it down while she worked, waving a wooden spoon in...
Gallo Pinto: The Costa Rican Breakfast That Sta...
My abuela in Alajuela never measured anything for her gallo pinto, but she always knew the exact moment to add the Salsa Lizano — right after the rice hit the...
Gallo Pinto: The Costa Rican Breakfast That Sta...
My abuela in Alajuela never measured anything for her gallo pinto, but she always knew the exact moment to add the Salsa Lizano — right after the rice hit the...
Asado Uruguayo: Why Uruguayans Take Grilling Mo...
My tío Walter would start the fire before the sun was fully up, even when the asado wasn't until two in the afternoon. Nobody questioned it. He'd stand by the...
Asado Uruguayo: Why Uruguayans Take Grilling Mo...
My tío Walter would start the fire before the sun was fully up, even when the asado wasn't until two in the afternoon. Nobody questioned it. He'd stand by the...
Chipa: The Paraguayan Cheese Bread That Runs on...
My tía Nilda kept her chipa recipe in a spiral notebook so worn the cover had separated from the pages, held together with a rubber band that had gone brittle...
Chipa: The Paraguayan Cheese Bread That Runs on...
My tía Nilda kept her chipa recipe in a spiral notebook so worn the cover had separated from the pages, held together with a rubber band that had gone brittle...
Salteñas: The Bolivian Empanada You Eat Standin...
My primo Mateo in La Paz taught me the salteña rule before he taught me anything else about Bolivian food: never bite from the top. He handed me one wrapped...
Salteñas: The Bolivian Empanada You Eat Standin...
My primo Mateo in La Paz taught me the salteña rule before he taught me anything else about Bolivian food: never bite from the top. He handed me one wrapped...