DOWNEY, Calif. (KABC) -- It's that time of year when many Latino families are loading up on a golden item: masa dough for tamales. Many customers are turning to a popular Los Angeles grocery chain, ...

Cesar Salvadoran and his kids, Adrian and Roman, joined our host Surae in the kitchen to celebrate National Tamale Day this ...

Today is National Tamale Day, so Yolanda’s Tamales pays us a visit!A tamale is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made from masa ...

The dough that makes up the exterior of tamales is known as masa. This shouldn't be confused with masa harina, which is a kind of corn flour often used in tamales (as well as corn tortillas and more).

Rain or shine, people from both near and far embark on the journey to Amapola Market in Downey each year to get their hands on the essential ingredient for Christmas tamales – masa. “We make the masa ...

LOS ANGELES — Christina Chavarria had already prepared almost 200 tamales, but she was back at Amapola Market in Southern California early Tuesday morning for more masa. The dough made from ground ...

In pre-Columbian Mexico, women invented tamales as a portable, satisfying food to feed the roaming armies of the Aztec, Mayan and Incan tribes. But this ancient form of ''take-out'' is also one of the ...

Who makes the best tamales in the Valley? That's what the Top Tamale 2024 reader's choice contest aims to find out. With dozens of restaurants, food trucks and home pop-ups nominated during the ...