{"id":49955,"date":"2025-04-03T19:38:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=49955"},"modified":"2025-04-03T19:38:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:38:45","slug":"hernan-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/hernan-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Hecho en M\u00e9xico: Alum Brings Authentic Flavors to Home Kitchens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Isela Hern\u00e1ndez \u201995 founded HERN\u00c1N, which sells cookware, tableware, and specialty foods from her family\u2019s ancestral land<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Melissa Newcomb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">ILR alum Isela Hern\u00e1ndez \u201995 grew up in the border town of Del Rio, TX, frequently visiting family in Ciudad Acu\u00f1a, Mexico, just six miles south. As an adult living in NYC, she was struck by how popular Mexican food was in the city\u2014but also by how little it resembled the nation\u2019s actual cuisine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter a visit home, I became reinspired by my cultural roots,\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez recalls. \u201cIt made me think, \u2018If someone wanted to make Mexican food in an authentic manner, how would they do it?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/IMG_3501-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Isela Hern\u00e1ndez looks at cocoa beans with a food producer.\" class=\"wp-image-49965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/IMG_3501-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/IMG_3501-A-300x169.jpg 300w, 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class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sourcing cocoa beans.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hern\u00e1ndez had grown up with staples like a cast-iron <em>comal<\/em> for making tortillas and a <em>molinillo<\/em> used to froth hot chocolate\u2014but she knew that the further one lived from the Southwest, the harder it was to acquire authentic Mexican products and cookware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tapping her experience in sourcing products for a large NYC department store, in 2007 she launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hernanmexico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERN\u00c1N<\/a>, a purveyor of premium Mexican culinary items, from specialty foods to kitchenware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All its products\u2014sold online, in gourmet stores, and in some restaurants and caf\u00e9s\u2014are sourced from Mexico. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/IMG_2174-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Isela Hern\u00e1ndez with bowls of mole almendrado, mole verde, pipian, and other spices.\" class=\"wp-image-49963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/IMG_2174-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/IMG_2174-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/IMG_2174-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/IMG_2174-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/IMG_2174-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/IMG_2174-A-608x342.jpg 608w, 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time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Says Hern\u00e1ndez: \u201cMy mission has always been to do both: promote my Mexican culture and culinary traditions, and open up market space for producers who don\u2019t normally have access to customers outside their country or even their town.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p>Hern\u00e1ndez makes frequent trips around Mexico to partner with artisans and food producers.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>HERN\u00c1N, which is based in Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s Texas hometown, started with kitchenware, including cookware, prep tools, and clay serving pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its traditional <em>molinillos<\/em>, which comprise loose rings stacked around a handle, are hand-carved from a single piece of wood that\u2019s burned to create different hues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its <em>molcajetes<\/em>\u2014mortar-and-pestle sets for making guacamole, salsas, and other dishes\u2014are also hand-carved, from volcanic stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/File_000-B.jpg\" alt=\"Hernan's Mexican lime squeezer with a margarita and limes.\" class=\"wp-image-49962 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/File_000-B.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/File_000-B-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/File_000-B-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/File_000-B-316x316.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/File_000-B-400x400.jpg 400w, 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best in its category two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hern\u00e1ndez and her company have been featured in such major media as <em>Food &amp; Wine<\/em>, <em>Martha Stewart Living<\/em>, Food Network, and Telemundo, as well as in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g1YaLbTRye4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an episode<\/a> of AT&amp;T\u2019s entrepreneurship web series \u201cEscape the Cube.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <em>New York Times<\/em>, Hern\u00e1ndez was among the recipients of \u201clove letters to small business,\u201d a story that ran in the opinion section in 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/IMG_5039-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Hot chocolate skulls on a colorful cloth with frothy hot chocolate in a mug.\" class=\"wp-image-49966\" 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