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Christmas Traditions: Tamales

2021 Articles, Community, Food Fun, Jim Mulligan, Reedley News

by Jim Mulligan

I would imagine that not many family traditions can be traced back ten thousand years. The Gates family, like many families who trace their roots to Mexico, can do just that. Lesley Olvera Gates, her husband Tony, their two daughters Maddy and Morgan, and their extended family, continue a tradition of Christmas Eve tamale making and eating that Lesley remembers as an integral part of her earliest childhood memories—and it literally has ancient beginnings.

Great Food Search: Tamales

2017 Articles, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, The Great Food Search

by Terrance Mc Arthur

Tamales—friendly little bundles of cornmeal and good stuff, wrapped and steamed in corn husks. Yummy stuff, and that is the subject of this Great Food Search. I go out to restaurants and other food venues, reporting what is best and what’s the rest.

High Quality Product; High Quality Experience: Casa de Tamales

2014 Articles, Healthy Eating in the Valley, Tom Sims

by Tom Sims

Don’t just ask what makes Liz Sanchez of Casa de Tamales tick. That would be the wrong question. She doesn’t just tick; she pulsates with passion! It is the same passion when she talks about tamales, business, her family, her staff-family, her customers and her philosophy of giving back to the community. She does not separate her business from her life. It is one package with common interests.