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 ...
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.
Legend has it that the first tamales were made with the flesh of a god. The Aztecs believed that Tzitzimitl, grandmother of the god Chicomexóchitl, created the first tamales. Tzitzimitl ...
Every year for many years the people of Milpa Alta, Mexico, have prepared a meal before Christmas, the magnitude of which would seem to require a miracle. Sixty thousand tamales and 5,000 gallons ...
Chispas' tamale options include birria, spicy birria, and chicken, as well as vegan tamales and halal chicken.(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) Fresh tamales stuffed with birria, spicy birria ...
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.