In November alone, customers hungry for a Texas-style tamal will purchase 165,000 sets of a dozen tamales. In December, the ...

Verdict: Despite higher grocery prices, it’s still more expensive to buy tamales than to make them. If you buy them, it will ...

SAN ANTONIO - Nothing says the holiday season like tamales. Alfonso’s Tamales on the East Side is pumping out some of the fattest, meatiest ones in San Antonio with their “Hand Made” behemoths!

However, Miguel Paz explained that her homemade tamales are a treat reserved for family and friends, as arthritis in her knees has made it too difficult for her to produce them for sale.

“There is no such thing as a single original recipe for tamales, as each place prepares them differently.” Larousse’s Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mexican Gastronomy identifies almost 700 ...