But if it's your first time making them, you may just want to go the traditional route and opt for simple but flavor-packed ingredients commonly used in Mexican cuisine. Pork tamales are a Mexican ...

The very best Mexican foods start with the letter T—tacos, tortas, tlayudas. Here we showcase the tastiest “T” bites from the streets of L.A. Northern-style corn husk-wrapped tamales are ...

The history of tamales is almost as old as the history of Mexico and these lovingly-wrapped packages of goodness are part of ...

Traditional Mexican tamales in banana leaves and corn husks ... of lard and chales — the crunchy bits left after cooking pork carnitas. They’re rich and wonderful.” ...

Price: $3 per tamale (Mexican), $4 per tamale (Guatemalan), $30 per dozen (Mexican), $40 per dozen (Guatemalan) Filling options: pork in red sauce, pork in green sauce, chicken in green sauce ...

And maybe it's a good thing Fannie never got around to writing the book on green corn tamales ... most masochistic Mexican food buff will probably admit that the potent pork-and-pepper concoction ...