Tag: Denise Chávez

CHAMPURRADO

Dec 17, 2025 | Early Winter 2025, Recipes

This version of the traditional Mexican hot beverage champurrado features piloncillo, cinnamon, Mexican chocolate, and masa harina.

Borderland Bebidas

Nov 19, 2025 | Early Winter 2025, Stories

Through her investigation of bebidas fronterizas, a story that is both memoir and inventory of borderland drinks, Denise Chávez celebrates the grandmother of pots and pans: the olla.

MESQUITE STREET: LA VECINDAD

Jun 19, 2024 | Early Summer 2024, Stories

Las Cruces author Denise Chávez takes us back to the early days of Mesquite Street, mapping the way with stories that marry cuisine and culture, migration and family, books and candy.