Tamales and the holiday season go hand in hand, especially here in Texas. And though the corn husk may reign supreme in most ...

While many consider Northern Mexican –style tamales wrapped in corn husks—the most common presentation in the US—to be the ...

It’s called the chepil tamal, made with a key ingredient in Oaxacan cooking, the chepil, an herb with tiny leaves that comes from a legume that can grow more than six feet tall. It has a taste that ...

Beyond being a traditional Mexican dish, tamales represent a cultural emblem full of history, unity and tradition.

Some say you should avoid talking about politics with family around the holidays. Those people have never been around a group of Latinos debating whether the singular word for tamales is "tamal" or ...

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 ...

There are dozens of dishes called ‘tamales’ with nothing in common except that they are folded in a wrapping, usually corn husks or banana leaves, before cooking. This particular formula, in which ...

Bill Esparza is a James Beard award-winning food journalist, author of LA Mexicano, and onscreen food television personality covering food in United States and Latin America. This update adds Mercado ...

Casino Del Sol has announced the 20th Tucson Tamal & Heritage Festival will take place on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at the AVA Amphitheater.