Tasting Table talked to chef and cookbook author Rick Martinez, who shared his expert tips for making masa at home for the best, fluffiest tamales. By the way, the correct name in Spanish is tamal ...

Tamales come in all kinds of flavors but typically include masa wrapped around meat, cheese and other innovative ingredients. Some families, including mine, put an olive or two in the tamal.

There’s no turkey in this monumental sandwich at Jhoana Ruiz and Danny Espinoza’s pandemic-born house of masa, now reborn ... with a pair of their rajas tamales, descended from Espinoza ...

As they folded the masa packets into tamales, they discussed what they are going to cook for dinner on Christmas Eve, and later their shared dream of starting a business together. The members of ...

Louis as executive chef and owner of Sureste and El Molino del Sureste, including his favorite tamales. “If you haven't tried making cooked-masa varieties of tamales, give them a shot,” says ...

For this recipe, you'll need dried corn husks (rinsed), canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, shredded cheddar cheese, dry tamale masa, kosher salt, baking powder, unsalted butter (at room ...

Florinda Miguel Paz assembles tamales in her kitchen in Hillsboro.Chiara Profenna Starting with a dried corn husk, she spreads a handful of masa along the bottom half before choosing her fillings ...

Keep in mind that while tamales can be eaten throughout the year, Christmastime has become popular for this traditional Mexican dish primarily made with masa, a dough made from ground corn.