Cafe y Chisme Corner
Stories, cultura, and gift guides rooted in real Latino family life. Read, share, and find something that feels like home.
Cafe y Chisme Corner
Las Posadas: The Nine Nights of Christmas That ...
Las Posadas begins nine days before Christmas — on December 16 — and it begins with a procession. Candles and lanterns in the hands of children and adults. The figures...
Las Posadas: The Nine Nights of Christmas That ...
Las Posadas begins nine days before Christmas — on December 16 — and it begins with a procession. Candles and lanterns in the hands of children and adults. The figures...
Norteño Music: Accordion, Border Life, and the ...
Norteño music comes from the border — from the ranch culture of northern Mexico and the specific geography of states like Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, and Coahuila, where the influence...
Norteño Music: Accordion, Border Life, and the ...
Norteño music comes from the border — from the ranch culture of northern Mexico and the specific geography of states like Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, and Coahuila, where the influence...
Mangonada: The Mexican Summer Drink Made With C...
The mangonada makes a specific demand: it requires the right cup, which must be clear so you can see the layers — mango sorbet, chamoy, mango chunks, chamoy again, tajín,...
Mangonada: The Mexican Summer Drink Made With C...
The mangonada makes a specific demand: it requires the right cup, which must be clear so you can see the layers — mango sorbet, chamoy, mango chunks, chamoy again, tajín,...
Café de Olla: The Mexican Morning Ritual That N...
There is a specific morning that this coffee belongs to. It is not a coffee shop morning. It is the morning in your grandmother's kitchen, or the morning after a...
Café de Olla: The Mexican Morning Ritual That N...
There is a specific morning that this coffee belongs to. It is not a coffee shop morning. It is the morning in your grandmother's kitchen, or the morning after a...
Mole: The Sauce That Takes Days to Make and Cen...
Making mole is not something you do in an afternoon. The recipe from Oaxaca — the negro mole that is sometimes called one of the greatest sauces in the world...
Mole: The Sauce That Takes Days to Make and Cen...
Making mole is not something you do in an afternoon. The recipe from Oaxaca — the negro mole that is sometimes called one of the greatest sauces in the world...
Panama: The Canal, Cumbia, and a Pride That Bri...
Panama is the country that connected two oceans and, in doing so, changed the geometry of world trade. The canal is the fact that every conversation about Panama begins with...
Panama: The Canal, Cumbia, and a Pride That Bri...
Panama is the country that connected two oceans and, in doing so, changed the geometry of world trade. The canal is the fact that every conversation about Panama begins with...