Juana Tabora's nimble fingers form one fat pillow-shaped bundle. Uno tamal, dos tamales, tres tamales, cuatro tamales, cinco, seis, siete... As Spanish music hums in the background, she quickly fills ...

This particular recipe, adapted from what my mother and I remember of my tatarabuela’s (great-grandmother) tamales, is rather specifically for tamales as they are commonly made in Nogales, Sonora. It ...