The holidays are a time for wrapping presents, wrapping houses in lights, and for the Ruizes of Austin, Texas – like so many Mexican-American families at Christmastime – wrapping tamales. For the past ...

Tamales are a Christmas Eve tradition for many Latinos. But they're also labor intensive and daunting for the newbie. Never fear: Mexican chef... For many Latinos, the taste of Christmas Eve is a ...

Tamales and holiday traditions — the two are inextricably linked in many Latino-American households, as with the multigenerational South Bay Contreras Curiel family, whose culinary passions have ...

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Juana Tabora's nimble fingers form one fat pillow-shaped bundle. Uno tamal, dos tamales, tres tamales, cuatro tamales, cinco, seis, siete... As Spanish music hums in the background, she quickly fills ...

It’s difficult to describe the taste of a chocolate tamale — that’s what’s wonderful about it. “A good one is kind of an explosion,” says Azucena Tovar. “A lot of tastes coming together in your mouth.

For many Latinos, the taste of Christmas Eve is a delicious gift of cornmasa and filling wrapped up in aromatic leaves: tamales. From Mexico to Puerto Rico, Venezuela to Cuba and beyond, Latin America ...