Cinco de Mayo
Mexico native Lupita Sanchez is sharing her culture, community and the ethical farming initiatives behind her specialty coffee company, Café Metzli.
While chefs appreciate Mexican cuisine's day in the sun every May 5, they're not totally on board with the way the U.S. has appropriated their food.
You can't go wrong with the classic, but why limit yourself?
"If that's the only thing you know about my culture, you've lived a very, very sad life."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Cinco de Mayo is an important Mexican holiday, so let's not reduce it to an excuse to drink while wearing a sombrero.
Seriously, put the sombrero down.
It starts off with something that looks like an insanely giant pineapple.