Buy the right masa: fresh, unprepared tamale masa. It’s finer than tortilla masa because it’s ground three or four times, while tortilla masa is ground only once. You want it wet, and dated for ...

AUSTIN, Texas — It’s time to pull out the tamaleras, crank up the Christmas tunes and get your hands in some masa. Although many of us eat tamales year-round, December is when the corn husks really ...

On the kitchen table of Osmar Garcia's home in Conway sits a bowl of pork tamales still in their corn husks. "I hope you like them," says Osmar's mom, Tina, of Morrilton. I peel away the corn husk and ...

John Hernandez takes a break from his day job at Oddfellows Cafe to run a weekend tamale pop-up called Casa Masa. His range of tamale varieties is impressive, from traditional to vegan to gourmet ...