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How to Make Mexican Tamales

I shied away from making tamales at home for the longest time, believing it was an undertaking so labor-intensive that it was only worth doing with the help of many, many extra hands. Turns out I was wrong—tamales, while requiring a small amount of assembly time, really aren't all that hard or time-consuming to make at all. After a few rounds of recipe testing, this version with three options for fillings will give you plenty of light, tender, airy, and incredibly flavor tamales…

Eat Mexican and Still Lose Weight!

Restaurant Girl Danyelle Freeman reveals the best Mexican dishes to order when you're watching your waistline.

16 Bucket List Burrito Shops To Try Before You Die

We assembled a panel of certified burrito correspondents, food scholars, and top chefs to spill the beans—ehem—about their go-to burrito spots, from a classic Mission dive in San Francisco, to a surprising front-runner in Kentucky.

Love your enchiladas? You can thank NMSU chile research pioneer Fabian Garcia

The Mexican food industry owes much of its widespread popularity to one of NMSUs pioneering researchers, horticulturist Fabian Garcia.

A Guide to American Taco Styles

The world of tacos is hardly defined, as its elements are always evolving. Here's a snapshot of what tacos in America look like today.

Why home-cooked food never tastes like restaurant food

If You Truly Love Tacos, You Won't Mind Paying $25k For This One

9 Great Latin American Food Facts You May Have Not Known?

Latin American foods are popular worldwide, so here are some little facts and bits of information that you may have not known?

9 Latin American Wedding Traditions Couples Need to Know

Learn more about these rich Latin American wedding traditions, from padrinos to el lazo, and many more.

5 Reasons Why You Should Travel to Latin America

Latin America is culturally and geographically diverse with non-stop adventure. Internship Peru discuses the top 5 reasons you should visit Latin America!

How Latin America Was Built, Before Modernism Came Along

“The Metropolis in Latin America,” at the Americas Society, is a tale of ambition, nationalism, violence, technical innovation and economic transformation.

How Some Tried—and Failed—to Kill “Race” in Latin America

The use of genetic testing to demonstrate degrees of mixture in Latin American populations has had perverse consequences that are also potentially dangerous.

9 Latin American Beauty Products You Can Totally Get in the U.S.

We are all familiar with K-Beauty which as been booming on the internet, but Latinos have been cooking up some beauty must-haves for quite some time ourselves. From Mexico to Dominican Republic, we've rounded up the best Latin American beauty buys that will leave you looking and feeling fabulous — and you can totally snag them right here in the U.S.RELATED: 8 Beauty Products You'll Only Find in Latino Households

Girls who code: How images can help shatter tech's gender stereotypes

Sex sells, or so the saying goes. So it should come as no surprise that in 2007, the top-selling image for the search term “woman” at Getty images featured an attractive woman lying naked and wrapped up in sheets, staring … Continue reading →

3 Things You Need To Know About Latin American Digital Consumers

Latin America is in the early stages of its digital commerce story with the tale being woven by the earliest of adopters in the region. Opportunities exist for those players willing to play the long game and take the necessary steps to appeal to the region’s savviest digital consumers.

Inspired by Rio? Here's a Look at Brazilian Dining Habits

For Brazilians, trendy foods, sweets, and communal meals rule.

Why you need to see the Getty's collection of video art from Latin America

An evening of Latin American video art screenings at the Getty