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Where Strangers Become Friends: The Home Dining Experience of Seis y Seis

By Richard Emblin -

The front door opens onto a spacious Bogotá apartment overlooking a tree-lined street in La Cabrera. There is no maître d’ waiting behind a podium, no hostess stand, no reservations book resting beside an espresso machine. Instead, Claudia Cepeda welcomes each guest personally, offering an aperitif before inviting them to settle into the living room. […]

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Christmas in Colombia: Nine Nights of Novenas, a Thousand Lights

By The City Paper Staff -

Christmas in Colombia does not arrive quietly. It announces itself early, with the scent of cinnamon and panela simmering in kitchens, the crackle of fireworks in neighborhood streets, and the steady murmur of voices gathering night after night for the novenas. Long before December 24, the country has already slipped into celebration, moving to a […]

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The end of Colombia’s Dijon age

By The City Paper Staff -

France’s Dijon mustard has disappeared from supermarket shelves across Colombia after a resolution by the Ministry of Health to limit the sale of “ultra-processed” foods.

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