I often crave tamales. When that craving hits, I’ll make a dozen or two, enough for dinner and lunch for my auntie and me, plus some to toss into the freezer for those midweek meals when we want ...

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 ...

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.

Cooking in leaves is a timeless tradition with endless earthy possibilities, from passing protein in lettuce wraps to baking salmon in fig leaves, steaming pork in kale leaves, and roasting cod in ...

In Venezuela, many people celebrate Christmas with a distinctive culinary tradition. But making hallacas — turbo-charged tamales that are both savory and sweet — is hard work. This is MORNING EDITION ...

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 ...