Creamy cauliflower soup with rosemary olive oil: Lidey Heuck’s vegan soup is a velvety miracle that takes advantage of the ...

With the holidays in full swing, I thought this would be the perfect time to share a celebratory tamale recipe. As an Italian transplant from the Midwest, I’m what you would call an enthusiastic ...

For many people in both the U.S. and Mexico, tamales are a deeply cherished and traditional food eaten throughout the year, ...

In pre-Columbian Mexico, women invented tamales as a portable, satisfying food to feed the roaming armies of the Aztec, Mayan and Incan tribes. But this ancient form of ''take-out'' is also one of the ...

Virginia Hernandez’s tamales are considered the best by her friends and family. She makes them with pork, poblano peppers or chicken. There are even the more distinct ones called sweet tamales – or ...

"It is very labor-intensive. As I was growing up, my grandmother and grandfather had tamales for the holidays and made them by hand," Martinez said. "The thing that takes so long is the preparation.

Long associated with family gatherings and shared labor, tamales continue to anchor Christmas celebrations across cultures.

Salvadorian, Oaxacan and Afro-Mexican tamale makers share their secrets. Maria Irra eyeballs a spoonful of masa mixture into a corn husk -- filling it with pork in red salsa and chicken in green salsa ...

Victoria’s Bakery-Deli in Redding, California, is a family-run business specializing in authentic Mexican pastries and foods. The bakery experiences high demand for tamales during the Christmas season ...