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
Selena Quintanilla: What the Queen of Tejano Ga...
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez died in Corpus Christi on March 31, 1995, when she was twenty-three years old. She had already sold millions of records in the United States and Mexico, had...
Selena Quintanilla: What the Queen of Tejano Ga...
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez died in Corpus Christi on March 31, 1995, when she was twenty-three years old. She had already sold millions of records in the United States and Mexico, had...
Día de Reyes: The Three Kings, the Rosca, and t...
January 6 is the day the gifts arrive. In Mexican tradition — and throughout Latin America — it is the Magi who bring presents to children, not Santa Claus. The...
Día de Reyes: The Three Kings, the Rosca, and t...
January 6 is the day the gifts arrive. In Mexican tradition — and throughout Latin America — it is the Magi who bring presents to children, not Santa Claus. The...
Nochebuena: The Night Before Christmas That Lat...
On Christmas Eve in a Mexican or Mexican-American household, the presents under the tree are less important than what's in the kitchen. The tamales have been made — or are...
Nochebuena: The Night Before Christmas That Lat...
On Christmas Eve in a Mexican or Mexican-American household, the presents under the tree are less important than what's in the kitchen. The tamales have been made — or are...
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,...