: cornmeal dough rolled with ground meat or beans seasoned usually with chili, wrapped usually in corn husks, and steamed
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Its new location in Long Beach offers the brand’s signature tacos — including braises such as chicken tinga, mole, steak picado and cochinita pibil — along with tamales, fresh tortillas to-go and, from 9 a.m. to noon, breakfast items such as breakfast tacos and burritos.
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Born in Panama, Salazar dissects the origins of distinctly American dishes like Arkansas tamales, San Antonio migas and plantain upside down cake.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 27 June 2024
Gallego, who is the son of Hispanic immigrants, held a town hall in Maryvale entirely in Spanish, among other events that have included judging a tamale festival and taking part in a food tour in south Phoenix and the West Valley.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2024
Consider how the new rules have affected just one category, hot-hold carts: Before the changes, they could be used to sell only tamales and steamed hot dogs.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Born in Panama, Salazar dissects the origins of distinctly American dishes like Arkansas tamales, San Antonio migas and plantain upside down cake.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 27 June 2024
Gallego, who is the son of Hispanic immigrants, held a town hall in Maryvale entirely in Spanish, among other events that have included judging a tamale festival and taking part in a food tour in south Phoenix and the West Valley.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2024
Consider how the new rules have affected just one category, hot-hold carts: Before the changes, they could be used to sell only tamales and steamed hot dogs.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 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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