Simply translated, masa — the foundation for every perfect tortilla, tostada, tamale, pozole, arepa and gordita — means dough ...

I eat both kinds on a regular basis, but I have one complaint. The corn tortillas I buy at the grocery store — even the big, fancy Mexican one near my house — are crumbly and fall apart midway ...

Most Mexicans buy fresh corn tortillas from small neighborhood shops. The wheat flour version developed by Gomez and her team contains probiotics -- live microorganisms found in yogurt and other ...