Pasa por Aquí | columns by Nicolasa Chávez

Colonial period chocolate making implements and ingredients. Photo by Nicolasa Chávez.
Chocolate: From Food of the Gods to the Food of Love
Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 11:41pm | By Nicolasa Chávez
This Valentine season stores large and small fill up with festive chocolate items from elegant hand-crafted bonbons to heart-shaped boxes to tiny teardrop-shaped morsels wrapped in pink and red. One often...

The author’s personal altar with paper flowers, candles, autumn leaves and food items. In the center is a drawing of the author’s sister Christel Angélica Chávez, Captain U.S. Air Force. Drawing by Anthony Thielen (cousin). Credit: Photo Courtesy by Nicolasa Chávez
Celebrating the Dead: Día de los Muertos and All Hallowe’en
Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 2:05pm | By Nicolasa Chávez
Many people do not know the origins of this fun - and fright-filled night, nor of the similarities its’ origins share with Día de los Muertos

Credit: Pixabay photo by Bruce Tunget
Growing up “Coyota” in New Mexico
Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 3:49pm | By Nicolasa Chávez
Did being a coyote make me any less New Mexican? What exactly did it mean to be a “Coyota” in New Mexico?
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