The holiday season isn’t just about Santa and gifts, for many it’s also about tamales. While people can find them all year long they’ve become a holiday tradition for many families, and you don’t have ...

Eighty years before the first Hispanic restaurant opened in Knoxville, the people of the city were enjoying the savory taste of tamales. The idea of consuming corn-based dough wrapped around various ...

I have to admit, the first time I ate tamales, I didn’t care for them much. The flavor was pretty good, but they had the consistency of dense, boiled dough. The way they were wrapped seemed a mystery.