Cafe y Chisme Corner

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Tamales Oaxaqueños: What Makes Oaxaca's Version...

My tía Reyna spends every December in her cousin's kitchen outside the city of Oaxaca, standing over a stack of banana leaves the size of placemats, spooning dark, glossy mole...

Tamales Oaxaqueños: What Makes Oaxaca's Version...

My tía Reyna spends every December in her cousin's kitchen outside the city of Oaxaca, standing over a stack of banana leaves the size of placemats, spooning dark, glossy mole...

Latina Author Gifts: For the Woman Who Finally ...

My prima Marisol spent six years writing a book about my abuela's journey from Zacatecas, and for most of that time nobody in the family knew how far along she'd...

Latina Author Gifts: For the Woman Who Finally ...

My prima Marisol spent six years writing a book about my abuela's journey from Zacatecas, and for most of that time nobody in the family knew how far along she'd...

Latina Veteran Gifts: For the Woman Who Served ...

My prima Yesenia deployed twice before she turned twenty-six, and I remember the first family dinner after she came home for good — how she sat with her back to...

Latina Veteran Gifts: For the Woman Who Served ...

My prima Yesenia deployed twice before she turned twenty-six, and I remember the first family dinner after she came home for good — how she sat with her back to...

Latino Small Business Owner Gifts: For the Man ...

My tío Beto ran a tire shop off the same two-lane road for eighteen years before he ever hired a second full-time guy. I used to spend summers there as...

Latino Small Business Owner Gifts: For the Man ...

My tío Beto ran a tire shop off the same two-lane road for eighteen years before he ever hired a second full-time guy. I used to spend summers there as...

Latina Emprendedora Gifts: For the Woman Who St...

My tía Rosalba sold tamales out of a cooler in the trunk of her Corolla for two years before she ever had a storefront. My tío told her nobody was...

Latina Emprendedora Gifts: For the Woman Who St...

My tía Rosalba sold tamales out of a cooler in the trunk of her Corolla for two years before she ever had a storefront. My tío told her nobody was...

Latina Veterinarian Gifts: For the Woman Who Ch...

My prima Dulce spent seven years in school to become a veterinarian, and my Tío Ernesto still asks her, every single visit, why she "didn't just become a real doctor"...

Latina Veterinarian Gifts: For the Woman Who Ch...

My prima Dulce spent seven years in school to become a veterinarian, and my Tío Ernesto still asks her, every single visit, why she "didn't just become a real doctor"...