: cornmeal dough rolled with ground meat or beans seasoned usually with chili, wrapped usually in corn husks, and steamed
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The 7 Siblings will be serving hot sauce and tamales.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
Spa offerings at the on-site spa range from a Signature Rainforest Massage to facials using Biologique Recherche and my Tsuru Cacao Ancestral Ritual was one that centered around Costa Rican cacao, where I was wrapped like a tamale and relaxed in the heat and massage.
—Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
The meat department had a pot with cooked black beans, pork tamales and cook beef chunks that had been cooked more than 24 hours before, but nobody knew how much longer.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
Using a technique borrowed from Indigenous people, the dumplings are wrapped in banana leaves and boiled in water for a dish with a similar texture to a tamale.
—The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2024
Layer with chicken tamale mix, cilantro, sour cream, and cheese.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2024
One-time-only events include tamale maker La Patrona popping up at Mount Pleasant taco purveyor La Tejana for a special breakfast menu on March 2 and a Women in Wine and Cheese pairing class at Cork Market on March 30.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
The free event features live music, Santa Claus, a gift market, a tamale contest and crafts for the kids along with tractor rides.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
Family dinners featuring housemade tamales and chicken fajitas are a common affair at this East Sacramento restaurant, opened in 2021 by Maria Estela Munoz Martinez.
5100 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento; (916) 662-7099.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
Spa offerings at the on-site spa range from a Signature Rainforest Massage to facials using Biologique Recherche and my Tsuru Cacao Ancestral Ritual was one that centered around Costa Rican cacao, where I was wrapped like a tamale and relaxed in the heat and massage.
—Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
The meat department had a pot with cooked black beans, pork tamales and cook beef chunks that had been cooked more than 24 hours before, but nobody knew how much longer.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
Using a technique borrowed from Indigenous people, the dumplings are wrapped in banana leaves and boiled in water for a dish with a similar texture to a tamale.
—The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2024
Layer with chicken tamale mix, cilantro, sour cream, and cheese.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2024
One-time-only events include tamale maker La Patrona popping up at Mount Pleasant taco purveyor La Tejana for a special breakfast menu on March 2 and a Women in Wine and Cheese pairing class at Cork Market on March 30.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
The free event features live music, Santa Claus, a gift market, a tamale contest and crafts for the kids along with tractor rides.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
Family dinners featuring housemade tamales and chicken fajitas are a common affair at this East Sacramento restaurant, opened in 2021 by Maria Estela Munoz Martinez.
5100 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento; (916) 662-7099.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
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tamale
noun
ta·ma·le
tə-ˈmäl-ē 
: cornmeal dough rolled with ground meat or beans seasoned usually with chili, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed
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