MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Tortillas are fundamental in Mexican and other Latin American cuisine, but behind that little corn tortilla is a rich history that a tortilla company in Madison has the ...

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., ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Lines of corn tortilla chips and tortillas flow with systematic purpose at Raquelitas Tortillas factory in Denver’s River North Art District. Once the chips ...

For thousands of years, the people of what are now Mexico and Central America have been soaking and cooking corn in an alkaline solution, usually water mixed with the mineral quicklime, to make the ...

Learn how to nixtamalize corn, nixtamalization history, and why this process creates more nutrition for us to absorb. In fall of 2023, when Marissa Ames, former editor-in-chief of MOTHER EARTH NEWS, ...

An ancient process has been making a comeback in the kitchens of some of Houston's most innovative restaurants. Bayou City chefs are reintroducing nixtamalization, a centuries-old method once used by ...

Nixtamalization is a traditional process in which corn is cooked in an alkaline solution, typically calcium hydroxide, to induce substantial physical and chemical transformations. This treatment not ...

It's fascinating how a single grain can turn into something so different with a simple process. Hominy and corn share the same origin, but their nutritional profiles have surprising differences due to ...