Lea este artículo en español aquí. No sooner had Jose Castañeda uttered the words “cauliflower masa” than I thought of Guacamole Gate. It was the recipe that outraged America in 2015, when The New ...

Tamales and the holiday season go hand in hand, especially here in Texas. And though the corn husk may reign supreme in most homes, the banana leaf variety is coming for that crown. It’s the ongoing ...

For the filing you may use your favorite vegetables or cooked meat filling. First cut the banana leaves in 8-inch squares. Boil the banana leaves for about five minutes or until they turn dark green.

Tamales are serious business come Christmas in Costa Rica. Unwrapping the steamed banana-leaf covering of a Costa Rican-style tamal is like opening a present. But considering the estimated 196 million ...

One of the most common dishes in Latin American gastronomy is a dough filled with various ingredients and wrapped in leaves, usually banana or plantain leaves. But what you call that dish depends on ...

Many hands make work light when it comes to tamale-making. From left Aria García helps her mom and the hostess behind the evening's gathering, Sara Klein, as friends Luis Infante of San Luis Potosí, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Tamales traces its humble beginnings to Spanish and Mexican roots. It is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of rice flour and corn dough filled with meats, fruits, vegetables, ...