This piece was posted years ago, but we republish it every year because it’s a great recipe with video instructions. It’s the season for tamales. First step: Get your masa from La Palma Mexicatessen.

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2021. Tamales are difficult to make. It’s part of why they feel so special around the holidays. Each component takes time: prepping the red chile ...

Homemade tamales have a reputation for being complicated, time-consuming, and best left to experts or big family gatherings. In reality, that reputation comes from how tamales are traditionally made, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dating back to pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, evidence of tamales recipes dates back to as early as 8000 BC. Made of masa dough with ...

Tamales have a reputation for being difficult to make. However, it's not necessarily that they're technically hard to whip up, it's just that they can go awry in various ways. There are mistakes ...

In Florinda Miguel Paz’s Hillsboro home, hours of prepwork have culminated in six stainless steel pots and bowls of fresh ingredients scattered over the floral tablecloth in her kitchen. Miguel Paz ...

When Pauline Alvarado thinks about the Christmases of her childhood, she remembers the whole family packed in the kitchen making tamales. She remembers her little hands kneading masa dough, wiping ...