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 ...

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When Miriam Cedeño Alvarez makes tamales, she can feel her mother at her side, guiding her through each step. Those steps are muscle memory for Cedeño Alvarez now, built from the first time she ...

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When Pauline Alvarado thinks about the Christmases of her childhood, she remembers the whole family packed in the kitchen making tamales. She remembers her little hands kneading masa dough, wiping ...