Emma C. Perez prepares her traditional chicken tamales for Christmas. She is the mother of KPBS education reporter M.G. Perez who is on his way home for a holiday vacation. Pearland, TX, on Dec. 22, ...

Where would you go for the best sushi in the world? You might answer Tokyo, but in this era of celebrity chefs, many connoisseurs maintain it's New York -- at the eponymous restaurant run by ...

San Antonio's most famous tamale-maker has another achievement to boast of. Ellen Riojas Clark, known as "La Mera Mera Tamalera" — a nickname she gave herself that translates roughly as "the very, ...

Rosalba Lopez learned how to make tamales growing up in a small town near Cuernavaca, Mexico. The Mexican immigrant makes tamales with red or green chili. But her specialty is beef tamales soaked in a ...