Mexican cuisine is packed with delicious traditional recipes like the famous tamales; that little bundle made with corn and filled with various ingredients, wrapped in a banana leaf or corn husk, ...

Simmering meats, seasoned stuffing, and homemade corn masa — tamales represent a true Mesoamerican culinary tradition. Often, ...

“It’s fitting that tamales often come wrapped like presents because what’s inside when you peel back the corn husk or banana leaf is truly a gift,” says Mexico City native Roberto ...

Popular in South Texas, especially during the holidays, tamales are made of filled masa dough steamed in a corn husk. House of Rock in downtown Corpus Christi even holds a special Tamale Dinner ...