and not everyone shares the obsession with rolling out consistently flavorful tortillas using heirloom corn. Learning about the ancient process of nixtamal was a way for Chavez to reconnect with ...

These homemade tortillas start with a dough made from whole-grain corn masa that is shaped and then cooked like a pancake on a griddle. Homemade salsa makes a great accompaniment. About 1,500 B.C ...

In Portland, Oregon, Three Sisters Nixtamal sells fresh masa and tortillas locally and ships hominy, corn, and DIY nixtamalization kits nationally. Adriana Azcárate-Ferbel, one of the co-founders ...

The Tortilleria Semilla Co-op models respect for working environments and ancestral cooking methods as they aim to grow and ...

Nobody knows who invented the nixtamal, the doughy corn mass that is the essential ... of having their own special taco. Be it for the tortilla, the content in its many variations or for the ...

The boiled mixture of water, corn and minerals like limestone ... “and then we would grind [the nixtamal] there and make tortillas for the family very early in the morning.” ...