Let White People Appropriate Mexican Food—Mexicans Do It to Ourselves All the Time
Let White People Appropriate Mexican Food—Mexicans Do It to Ourselves All the Time
*A couple of White women traveled to Mexico and brought back tortilla recipes that they got from Mexican women in markets and restaurants. They started selling the tortillas from their […]
Why Tortillas May Hold The Key To Healthier Babies
*Here’s why this is important: ” . . . studies suggest that fortifying corn masa with folic acid could prevent an additional 40 to 120 cases of neural tube defects […]
Decolonize your Tortilla!
By Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA Heads up, tortilla snobs! A pair of California professors behind the blog Decolonize Your Diet! show us how to make fresh homemade tortillas the traditional way. They’re […]
‘La Fortaleza’ Means ‘Family’ At This Tortilla Factory
By Gloria Angelina Castillo, New America Media/Eastern Group Publications The Ortiz family doesn’t remember the exact date it first went up, but matriarch Hermila Esparza Ortiz recalls her son didn’t […]
Guanajuato’s “Miner” Enchiladas
I remember my very first time at Guanajuato, Mexico. The image of all of its narrow streets, long hills and slopes, the music, the artists in the streets, the Juarez […]
How Cow Brains, My Love Of Food Helped Me Find “The One”
I love food to a ludicrous degree. I think this may because I grew up poor and was raised to truly respect it. Sometimes I eat things so delicious that […]
Easy Black Bean Tostadas
By Aurora Ibarra Black beans should be an important part of a healthy vegetarian diet (even if you’re not a vegetarian they are still good for you!). They have a […]
Ham And Cheese Sincronizadas With Homemade Tortillas
By Melissa Pitts Sincronizadas are the easiest thing to make and the perfect snack or lunch. I’m not exactly sure what the difference is between them and quesadillas but I […]
Sopes: A Step By Step Process
By Melissa Pitts and Abigail Garcia Sopes are like raised tortilla patties filled with basically whatever you please. Because they be can stuffed with your choice of filling, they please […]
Tejano Food Can Be Healthy, Too
By Richard G. Santos Many years ago, as a college student to be exact, I developed an ulcer. The doctor placed me on a special diet that I immediately questioned. […]