I've written about her recipe before, and I'm including a variation of it here, but hers is not the only recipe I use. Oma Lena always used pork in her filling, and she always made her tamales with ...

When I moved to Memphis in 2021, brown asphalt roads, muggy air and an empty airport clearly signaled I wasn’t in L.A. anymore. It was my first time living outside South-Central, and I was incredibly ...

Jim Dixon wrote about food for WW for more than 20 years, but these days most of his time is spent at his olive oil-focused specialty food business Wellspent Market. Jim’s always loved to eat, and he ...

The Mississippi Delta might not seem like the natural habitat for tamales, but these flavorful, tightly wrapped parcels have become a local institution. Delta tamales are their own thing -- smaller, ...

When it comes to food in Mississippi, a few things may come to mind: Fried chicken, creamy but spicy comeback sauce, or the state's iconic dessert, Mississippi mud pie. However, it turns out that ...

These legendary tamales in Arkansas are totally worth the drive, packed with bold flavor, rich tradition, and ...