Benedicta Alejo Vargas kneels on the floor of a conference room in LoDo, plucking pieces of masa from a large, blue-gray mound of the stuff resting on her metate, the stone grinder she’s had since she ...

It can be difficult to decide whether corn or flour tortillas are better for your dish, but opting for corn is usually a good call and is often more authentic. There's nothing quite like ones made ...

You can make tortillas Nicoyan style at home. All you need is lime-treated corn flour, which is called masa harina. Technique tip: Cool any unused tortilla to room temperature and store tightly ...

MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Tortillas are fundamental in Mexican and other Latin American cuisine, but behind that little corn tortilla is a rich history that a tortilla company in Madison has the ...

An ancient process has been making a comeback in the kitchens of some of Houston's most innovative restaurants. Bayou City chefs are reintroducing nixtamalization, a centuries-old method once used by ...

What makes the burritos at Dos Toros or the tacos at Empellon among the best in the city? The secret ingredient is a little tortilla shop tucked away in Corona, Queens. Tortilleria Nixtamal began ...

Tortillas are the foundation of a great taco. You can spend hours roasting or braising meats and building complex salsas, but if the tortilla is mediocre, the best you can hope for is a mediocre taco.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Corn tortillas glide steadily out of the oven at Yoli Tortilleria in the East Bottoms of Kansas City. Marissa and Mark Gencarelli said the company makes fresh tortillas every day, ...

The cooks in the kitchen of Otto's Tacos spend much of their day making dough from nixtamal corn, then pressing it into hundreds of golden tortillas they finish on a flat-top grill before serving hot ...

If you’re like me — a frequent home cook who nevertheless likes to eat out — you might be used to saying the following phrase out loud: “Can I make that at home?” My husband always nods in approval ...

If you haven’t taken a drive down Guadalupe Street lately, let me suggest it’s worth your time. Beyond being able to experience a wealth of visual and cultural richness, if you keep driving west ...