Claudia Alarcón covers food, drinks and travel in places near and far. Tamales are one of the most iconic foods of Mexico. These delicious treats were prepared and consumed centuries before the ...

Family members travel for the event as tamales are prepared in shifts or assembly lines. Mexico is home to over 500 distinct types of tamales — but, given how food transforms over time ...

In 48 hours, 3,000 kilograms of tamales, mole, and rice are cooked. The feast is given out to anyone who offers to help fund and aid the community's annual pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chalma.

When Kullick was a child, her grandmother and a cluster of aunts would get together each year to make the tamales, cooking them over an open fire. There's a saying in Mexico that if you leave the ...

Tamales symbolize family, according to History.com. Generations of family gather together to make the labor-intensive food that will be eaten throughout the holiday season. In Mexico, the holiday ...

Chef Olivia Lopez knows a thing or two when it comes to tamales and tortillas. She makes them from nixtamalized heirloom corn that she sources directly from several small communities in Mexico.

On Saturday, dozens of residents from across the Imperial Valley gathered at Tito Huerta Park to enjoy one of Mexico’s ...