Houston is home to a variety of tamales from all the different cultures that have taken root here. What does that say about ...

NPR's Leila Fadel and chef Padma Lakshmi make recipes from Lakshmi's book, "Padma's All American," which highlights foods made by immigrant communities that are also perfect for the holidays.

Immigrants from Mexico, Venezuela, and Peru are cooking up their own special Christmas traditions in New York City.

Hundreds gathered early Tuesday across two San Antonio staples to get their hands on a necessary holiday tradition: tamales.

During the weeks surrounding Christmas and New Year’s, tens of thousands of people will flock to Amapola Market in the Los Angeles area to buy freshly produced masa for making tamales, a cherished ...

Tamales and the holiday season go hand in hand, especially here in Texas. And though the corn husk may reign supreme in most homes, the banana leaf variety is coming for that crown. It's the ongoing ...

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And when you do give in (because your first choice should always be to get tamales from your friends’ mothers instead of buying them), you mostly get the same thing: steamed pockets of pork and masa ...

Long associated with family gatherings and shared labor, tamales continue to anchor Christmas celebrations across cultures.

We decided to round up all the ways Latin America refers to the dish, from corn-based tamales to plantain-based pasteles.