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

República Dominicana: Pride, Merengue, Bachata,...

Half of an island, all of a country. The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti — the first landmass Columbus landed on, the site of the first...

República Dominicana: Pride, Merengue, Bachata,...

Half of an island, all of a country. The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti — the first landmass Columbus landed on, the site of the first...

Oaxaca: Food, Art, Indigenous Culture, and the ...

Oaxaca is the kind of place that people who have never been there already know something about — the mole, the textiles, the mezcal, the tlayudas. And people who have...

Oaxaca: Food, Art, Indigenous Culture, and the ...

Oaxaca is the kind of place that people who have never been there already know something about — the mole, the textiles, the mezcal, the tlayudas. And people who have...

Jalisco: Where Mexican Pride, Mariachi, and Teq...

Jalisco is not a quiet state. It gave the world tequila — the agave plant grown in volcanic soil, distilled in the city of Tequila, protected by denomination of origin...

Jalisco: Where Mexican Pride, Mariachi, and Teq...

Jalisco is not a quiet state. It gave the world tequila — the agave plant grown in volcanic soil, distilled in the city of Tequila, protected by denomination of origin...

Abuela: The Matriarch at the Center of It All

There are entire cultures built around a single figure, and in Latino communities, that figure is the abuela. Not the grandmother in the generic sense — grandmothers exist in every...

Abuela: The Matriarch at the Center of It All

There are entire cultures built around a single figure, and in Latino communities, that figure is the abuela. Not the grandmother in the generic sense — grandmothers exist in every...

VapoRub: Abuela's Cure for Everything

The blue jar. The specific smell that you can identify across a room without seeing it. The cold winter night when your abuela came in, unscrewed the lid, and applied...

VapoRub: Abuela's Cure for Everything

The blue jar. The specific smell that you can identify across a room without seeing it. The cold winter night when your abuela came in, unscrewed the lid, and applied...

Hispanic Heritage Month: What It Is, What It Is...

Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15 — a span chosen deliberately. September 15 is the independence day of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua....

Hispanic Heritage Month: What It Is, What It Is...

Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15 — a span chosen deliberately. September 15 is the independence day of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua....