It’s tamale time. This Mexican comfort food has a long history and is an essential part of every major holiday, particularly Christmas. It’s also the perfect portable snack for holiday travelers. They ...

Maria Elena Ortiz-Torres, 40, grew up sitting at her grandma’s kitchen table each December, watching the family matriarch make masa from scratch. She learned the basics of making tamales as her ...

It wasn’t until I moved to New York City for college that I realized how much I took the tamales of my childhood holidays for granted. A born-and-raised Southern Californian with a big Mexican ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Tamales are arguably the best of all the holiday foods in Texas. We're talking about handmade versus machine-rolled this morning. And yes, there is a difference: the price. Consumer ...

Every household has their own traditions when it comes to holiday dinners. Maybe you fry a turkey or roast a whole ham. But for many Latinx families, the centerpiece of their festive celebrations ...

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 ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As the holiday season approaches and families across South Texas prepare for their traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas tamales orders, local businesses say they’re feeling ...

Danielle Radin is a journalist for CBS Los Angeles and has authored 9 books. She is originally from Hermosa Beach. Danielle covers breaking news, crime, tech and politics. In a festive sign that ...

Everybody wants tamales for the holidays, and now they’re easier to find. The expansion of H-E-B Grocery brings about 10 varieties of hand-wrapped deli tamales, sold in-store or with curbside pickup, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some Texans like to host a tamalada, and others like to buy ready to eat tamales. Whatever you prefer, it’s that time of the year ...