In the zócalo in Mexico City, you find simpler fillings like the charred strips of poblano chiles called rajas and a little cheese.” Traditional ... and recipes for making ... [+] tamales ...

When it comes to Mexican cuisine, tamales, one of the world's oldest recipes ... traditional tamale filling and then just add a little cheese and no one is going to be upset about it." In Mexico ...

But cooks still have to prepare fillings and dough, wrap the tamales, and tend to them for hours while they cook. It's hard work, especially with traditional ... from Mexico. These recipes ...

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.

and that's just scratching the surface -- from Mexico tamales made their way throughout Latin America, and the southern and southwest United States.

And those foods are as varied as America itself: baked ham, roasted turkey (or goose), prime rib, crown roast, lasagna, rack of lamb, pizza, chili, clam chowder and tamales, to name a few.