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The last Tamalada: La Vegana Mexicana closing at 4th Street Market
1 week, 5 days ago

The last Tamalada: La Vegana Mexicana closing at 4th Street Market

LA Times  

The mushroom pozole and an assortment of vegan tamales from La Vegana Mexicana in Santa Ana. It has been seven years since Loreta Ruiz opened La Vegana Mexicana at 4th Street Market. An assortment of vegan Mexican food from La Vegana Mexicana in Santa Ana. “I am thankful I was able to serve so many people that had a special …

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De Los Reads: 6 books by Latino authors we’re reading that celebrate heritage in December
2 weeks, 4 days ago

De Los Reads: 6 books by Latino authors we’re reading that celebrate heritage in December

LA Times  

The holiday season has arrived. In this special edition of De Los Reads, you’ll find a delightful picture book that showcases the magic of Día de Reyes and its power to unite families year after year. ” By Annette M. Clayton; illustrated by Jone Leal “Arroz con gandules, anyone?” asks little Sofia’s grandpa, setting the scene for this heartwarming story …

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Selena Gomez Says Cooking With Boyfriend Benny Blanco 'Really Grounds' Her
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Selena Gomez Says Cooking With Boyfriend Benny Blanco 'Really Grounds' Her

News 18  

Selena Gomez has shared that cooking with her boyfriend Benny Blanco is one of their favorite pastimes. When asked how she deals with those feelings now, Gomez said, “It may sound a little silly, but just taking a step back and looking around, you know?” “At home, for instance, I’ll go outside, put my feet in the grass, listen to …

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How we celebrate the holidays: Abuelita’s Guate tamales, NYE rituals and more Latino traditions
1 year ago

How we celebrate the holidays: Abuelita’s Guate tamales, NYE rituals and more Latino traditions

LA Times  

The holidays are here, and although celebrations vary based on culture and region, growing up in Latino households means it’s time for food prep, cleaning and pachanga. Gifting a Paleta Payaso Andrea Flores, De Los reporter Every year for Christmas my dad thinks it’s funny to gift us a Paleta Payaso, the chocolate-shelled marshmallow lollipop with a gummy smile and …

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Making tamales brings my family together. But can we keep the tradition going?
1 year ago

Making tamales brings my family together. But can we keep the tradition going?

LA Times  

“These are likely the last tamales I will ever make,” my aunt and godmother Vicky says as she hands me bags filled with four varieties. Each year, my family reaffirms this in the week leading up to Christmas, when we gather in my Tia Vicky’s kitchen — my mom, our neighbor Angela and whatever other cousins, friends and grandkids can …

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From Mesoamerica to modern day, tamales have persisted as a dish for all seasons
1 year ago

From Mesoamerica to modern day, tamales have persisted as a dish for all seasons

LA Times  

Wrapped inside a fresh or dried corn husk is a soft maíz cake known intimately across the Americas as tamales. “As a queer Mexican person who loves to make ancestral and regional dishes from Mexico, making a very white, American creation with my own touch, is a funny thought,” Vela wrote via email. “I served this dish with a tiny …

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The large and fluffy tamale few know
1 year, 1 month ago

The large and fluffy tamale few know

BBC  

The large and fluffy tamale few know Hugo Espinoza The tamales are tied and ready to steam An icon in its native land, the Guatemalan tamale is wrapped in a striking green banana leaf that gives way to an airy corn dumpling stuffed with spicy pork, peppers and olives. "Mexico is such a big country," explained chef Debora Fadul, owner …

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Reese’s Cups, M&Ms, Hot Tamales: Here's a list of ‘most popular’ Halloween candies across US states
1 year, 2 months ago

Reese’s Cups, M&Ms, Hot Tamales: Here's a list of ‘most popular’ Halloween candies across US states

Hindustan Times  

An online candy retailer specialising in wholesale and bulk orders has determined the “most popular” Halloween candies in each state in the US. CandyStore has also found that 96% of people celebrating Halloween will buy candies The top candies vary in each state. However, the company has found that Reese’s Cups, M&Ms and Hot Tamales are the country’s three “most …

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Yahritza y Su Esencia, Yakima and Mexican culture
1 year, 4 months ago

Yahritza y Su Esencia, Yakima and Mexican culture

LA Times  

Sitting at Los Hernandez Tamales feels familiar. When asked about their stay in Mexico City, Yahritza said she didn’t love the commotion of the city, and the kicker was older brother Armando mentioning that he preferred the Mexican food of Washington state, “where they really give it a seasoning that is spicy and tastes good,” he said. As a first …

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As a child, she sold street tamales; a senator now, she’s shaking up Mexico’s presidential race.
1 year, 5 months ago

As a child, she sold street tamales; a senator now, she’s shaking up Mexico’s presidential race.

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A street-food salesgirl who became a tech entrepreneur and senator is shaking up the contest to succeed Mexico’s popular president and offering many voters the first real alternative to her country’s dominant party. Today the straight-talking opposition senator is a long shot against Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party, which holds Congress and 22 of Mexico’s 32 …

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Column: Making tamales with Gloria Molina and other stories
1 year, 7 months ago

Column: Making tamales with Gloria Molina and other stories

LA Times  

The eulogies are coming in for pioneering Chicana politician Gloria Molina, who died Sunday night — Mother’s Day — after a three-year battle with cancer. “One morning before a meeting, Gloria was speaking to a journalist and asked me, ‘Joy, what’s the Spanish word for ‘bridge’?” Picus said. And we both laughed hard!” Few took more of Molina’s barbs than …

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Column: 30 years of masa dreams at a tamale festival in Indio
2 years ago

Column: 30 years of masa dreams at a tamale festival in Indio

LA Times  

Silvia Rendon, owner of Casa de Silvia in Indio, shows off some of her restaurant’s Mexican dishes, including her award-winning tamales. We had to call my mom to make more tamales!” Juan Carlos Barajas, culinary director of the Indio International Tamale Festival, in front of a mural in downtown Indio. “Everyone comes back home, and you’re going to run into …

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L.A.’s beloved Afro-Mexican restaurant nearly closed for good. This weekend, it’s back
2 years, 6 months ago

L.A.’s beloved Afro-Mexican restaurant nearly closed for good. This weekend, it’s back

LA Times  

Tamales wrapped in corn husks and banana leaves are back on the menu at Tamales Elena y Antojitos, an Afro-Mexican restaurant in Bell Gardens that was set to permanently close but reopens today. In mid-May, after nearly one year of questioning their restaurant’s future, the Irras family announced they would close Tamales Elena, a restaurant that expanded upon their decades-old …

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The murky origins of the Mother-in-Law, a Chicago tamale-hotdog hybrid
2 years, 7 months ago

The murky origins of the Mother-in-Law, a Chicago tamale-hotdog hybrid

Salon  

There's a well-worn joke about how the Chicago Mother-in-Law got its name. As Gustavo Arellano wrote in his book " Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America," tamales have been served in Chicago since before the World's Columbian Exposition in May 1893. RELATED: The only sugar-rimmed margarita worth drinking is in Chicago Steven Alvarez, a professor at St. John's University …

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Guide: Where to get top-notch tamales in Los Angeles right now
3 years ago

Guide: Where to get top-notch tamales in Los Angeles right now

LA Times  

Tamales rate among the essential staple foods of Southern California. During an early December visit to Angry Egret Dinette, Wes Avila’s then brand-new takeout operation in Chinatown’s Mandarin Plaza, I noticed he’d painted a sign on its window: “Tamales available for the holidays.” I placed an order online, and on Christmas Eve we were unwrapping corn husks revealing fluffy masa …

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When kids open restaurants for their parents
3 years, 1 month ago

When kids open restaurants for their parents

LA Times  

Maria Lorenzo, center, with four of her five daughters, from left, Judept, Maria, Heidi and Teresa Irra outside their family-run restaurant, Tamales Elena y Antojitos in Bell Gardens. “My daughters can show what they’ve learned from me about food, cooking, and my recipes,” Lorenzo, 58, said in Spanish. Friends affectionately referred his mother, Chen Fong, now 71, as “Mama Fong.” …

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La sazón de inmigrante guatemalteca en Los Ángeles convierte sus tamales en una sensación
3 years, 4 months ago

La sazón de inmigrante guatemalteca en Los Ángeles convierte sus tamales en una sensación

LA Times  

Eulalia Chávez Huinac se coloca en una esquina del vecindario Westlake, en Los Ángeles, a vender tamales y atoles. A veces hay fila esperando los tamales”, reconoció Virginia, la colaborada de Chávez, luego de servir un arroz en chocolate a un consumidor. “Eso nos hizo venir para este país”, agregó Chávez, indicando que en casa de sus padres solo se …

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14 exceptional new restaurants for a better 2021
3 years, 11 months ago

14 exceptional new restaurants for a better 2021

LA Times  

A takeout window seems an apt location to begin thinking through some of the Los Angeles restaurants that managed not only to open in 2020, but also to enrich the city’s culture with creative achievement and personal narrative. Between Angry Egret Diner and Pearl River Deli in Chinatown sits Katsu Sando, Daniel Son’s ode to Japanese convenience-store sandwiches he’s evolved …

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Exploring Afro-Mexican cuisine at Tamales Elena in Bell Gardens
4 years ago

Exploring Afro-Mexican cuisine at Tamales Elena in Bell Gardens

LA Times  

As we try to deal with the 2020 pandemic freight train that continues to barrel over us, we should note a few bright spots— including the opening of a bricks-and-mortar location, in Bell Gardens, of Tamales Elena y Antojitos, which had for years operated out of a truck in the Watts neighborhood. In this episode of “Off Menu,” host and …

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Why Tamales Elena y Antojitos is L.A.’s most vital new Mexican restaurant
4 years, 2 months ago

Why Tamales Elena y Antojitos is L.A.’s most vital new Mexican restaurant

LA Times  

The pozole verde at Tamales Elena y Antojitos in Bell Gardens is a dish to savor in stages. Lorenzo’s recipe, like each of the two dozen menu items at Tamales Elena y Antojitos, illuminates the Afro-Mexican cooking of Costa Chica, a hilly stretch along the southern coast of the state of Guerrero between Acapulco and the border of Oaxaca. Tamales …

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