While places like California, Texas, and Chicago have historically offered an abundance of places to buy fresh masa for making your own tortillas, tamales, and more, it wasn't always that way for the ...

Paola is a cooking writer and avid cook who wrote her very first recipe for a key lime cookie pie at age six. She is a proud Pata Salada— that’s Mexican coastal surf speak for a native of Puerto ...

Time to pull out the tamaleras, crank up the Christmas tunes and get your hands in some masa. Although many of us eat tamales all year ‘round, December is when the corn husks really fly as groups of ...

We tested this tamales recipe with both instant and fresh masa. Fresh masa yielded the best corn flavor and best texture, but we’ve included instructions for using instant since the flour is easier to ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Time to pull out the tamaleras, crank up the Christmas tunes and get your hands in some masa. Although many of us eat tamales year-round, December is when the corn husks really fly as ...

Silky, fresh masa wrapped around a flavor-packed filling and stuffed in a corn husk is serious comfort food. Whether they’re stuffed with pork, chicken or vegetables, tamales are also a fast meal on ...

Shuck the corn, reserving the husks. Wash the husks and lay them flat in a dish of water to keep them moist. Remove the silk from the corn and cut the kernels off from the cobs, starting at the root.

AUSTIN, Texas — It’s time to pull out the tamaleras, crank up the Christmas tunes and get your hands in some masa. Although many of us eat tamales year-round, December is when the corn husks really ...

These Ohio tamale counters deserve a 2026 detour, with cozy flavors, handmade masa, and the kind of meals locals whisper about.

“There’s a rhythm to it, the way she works the masa,” Cynthia Gonzalez says quietly. Her mother, Dora, carefully stirs a large pot of masa for tamales over the stove. It’s smooth as custard and ...

Con Amor creates fresh Modern Mexican meals with homemade masa. The menu features influences from all over Mexico while not committing to just one region. The vibe of the restaurant is aimed at a fun ...

John Hernandez takes a break from his day job at Oddfellows Cafe to run a weekend tamale pop-up called Casa Masa. His range of tamale varieties is impressive, from traditional to vegan to gourmet ...